Table 1.
Baseline characteristics of population and AMI incidence in 1990–92 and 2000–02 and univariable model results
| Population (%) | Incidence (%) | Std Rate† | p-value | RR | 95% CI | |
| 1990–92 | ||||||
| All incidents | 8921481 | 74213 | 690 | |||
| Gender | <0.0001 | |||||
| Men (ref) | 4141974 (46) | 41151 (55) | 970 | 1.00 | ||
| Women | 4779507 (54) | 33062 (45) | 474 | 0.69 | 0.68, 0.70 | |
| Age (years) | <0.0001 | |||||
| 30–44 (ref) | 3263541 (37) | 1874 (3) | 59 | 1.00 | ||
| 45–59 | 2557551 (29) | 11384 (15) | 441 | 7.73 | 7.36, 8.12 | |
| 60–74 | 2117613 (24) | 29660 (40) | 1370 | 24.3 | 23.2, 25.4 | |
| 75+ | 982776 (11) | 31295 (42) | 3213 | 55.7 | 53.1, 58.3 | |
| Deprivation | <0.0001 | |||||
| 1 – least (ref) | 565935 (6) | 3294 (4) | 513 | 1.00 | ||
| 2 | 1264680 (14) | 8917 (12) | 572 | 1.21 | 1.12, 1.31 | |
| 3 | 1992501 (22) | 15754 (21) | 635 | 1.36 | 1.26, 1.46 | |
| 4 | 2264034 (25) | 19087 (26) | 696 | 1.47 | 1.37, 1.59 | |
| 5 | 1304034 (15) | 12101 (16) | 769 | 1.60 | 1.48, 1.73 | |
| 6 | 978408 (11) | 9461 (13) | 807 | 1.63 | 1.50, 1.78 | |
| 7 – most | 551889 (6) | 5599 (8) | 881 | 1.74 | 1.58, 1.92 | |
| 2000–02 | ||||||
| All incidents | 9618498 | 56995 | 481 | |||
| Gender | <0.0001 | |||||
| Men (ref) | 4486074 (47) | 31847 (56) | 673 | 1.00 | ||
| Women | 5132424 (53) | 25148 (44) | 325 | 0.69 | 0.67, 0.70 | |
| Age (years) | <0.0001 | |||||
| 30–44 (ref) | 3488874 (36) | 1616 (3) | 47 | 1.00 | ||
| 45–59 | 2929725 (30) | 8079 (14) | 276 | 6.01 | 5.70, 6.34 | |
| 60–74 | 2123298 (22) | 19574 (34) | 891 | 20.0 | 19.9, 21.0 | |
| 75+ | 1076601 (11) | 27726 (49) | 2550 | 56.3 | 53.5, 59.2 | |
| Deprivation | <0.0001 | |||||
| 1 – least (ref) | 612279 (6) | 2570 (5) | 335 | 1.00 | ||
| 2 | 1372263 (14) | 6504 (11) | 370 | 1.14 | 1.05, 1.23 | |
| 3 | 2154495 (22) | 11927 (21) | 435 | 1.35 | 1.26, 1.46 | |
| 4 | 2423592 (25) | 14393 (25) | 487 | 1.46 | 1.35, 1.57 | |
| 5 | 1387467 (14) | 9404 (16) | 554 | 1.64 | 1.51, 1.77 | |
| 6 | 1063713 (11) | 7548 (13) | 579 | 1.72 | 1.58, 1.87 | |
| 7 – most | 604689 (6) | 4649 (8) | 674 | 1.94 | 1.76, 2.15 | |
† Age standardised rates (per 100,000)