Table 3.

Myocardial infarction case fatality by age at baseline and sex among participants. EPICARDIAN (1995-2004)

Gender	Age	Case fatality (95%CI)	No. of events Fatal MI/all MI
Men	65-74	38% (29-49)	33/86
	75-84	41% (27-57)	16/39
	>85	64% (38-86)	9-14
Women	65-74	31% (18-46)	13/42
	75-84	41% (27-55)	18/44
	>85	55% (33-74)	12-22
Total	>65	41% (35-47)	101/247

Values represent proportion with fatal events within each group

All MI (Myocardial Infarctions): definite and possible

p for trends (age) <0.05; p (gender) <0.01