Table 2.

In-Hospital, One-Week, One-Month, and Six-Month Post-Discharge Mortality Following AMI Between Survey Samples (Weighted, Adjusted: age, sex, hospital, CHF, Cardiogenic Shock, Arrhythmias (Asystole, Ventricular Fibrillation, Ventricular Tachycardia))

	1985 (N = 1,306)	1990 (N = 1,550)	1995 (N = 1,087)	2001 (N = 515)	P for trend
In-Hospital Mortality* (95% CI)	1.8% (.7–4.4)	1.4% (.6–3.5)	1.8% (.7–4.6)	3.6% (1.4–9.2)	<0.0001
Deaths	149	165	100	30
	1985 (N=1,156)	1990 (N=1,385)	1995 (N=987)	2001 (N=485)	P for trend
Post-Discharge Mortality**
One-week (95% CI)	1.2% (0.7–2.0)	1.5% (0.9–2.4)	0.8% (0.4–1.5)	1.6% (0.7–3.8)	NS
Deaths	12	18	7	6
One-month (95% CI)	4.1% (3.0–5.7)	3.2% (2.3–4.5)	2.0% (1.3–3.1)	3.9% (2.2–6.9)	NS
Deaths	38	37	15	13
Six-month (95% CI)	9.5% (7.7–11.9)	6.1% (4.7–7.8)	4.9% (3.6–6.5)	7.5% (5.0–11.1)	NS
Deaths	101	86	41	29

^*In-hospital mortality rates indicate percent deaths per person-week.

^**Post-discharge mortality rates indicate percent deaths per person-week, per person-month, and per person-6 months, respectively.