TABLE 3.

Unadjusted one-year and long-term rates of mortality and readmission

Variable	MA	UA	RA	P
One-year rate, %
All-cause mortality	21.3	21.0	21.0	0.96
Readmission (all-cause cardiac)	26.8	35.3	31.7	<0.0001
Readmission (acute MI, unstable angina, congestive heart failure)	19.8	25.3	21.5	<0.0001
Long-term rate, %
All-cause mortality	32.0	31.6	32.3	0.88
Readmission (all-cause cardiac)	37.0	43.8	40.5	<0.0001
Readmission (acute MI, unstable angina, congestive heart failure)	29.2	34.5	30.5	0.0004

MA Metropolitan area; MI Myocardial infarction; RA Rural area; UA Nonmetropolitan urban area