Table 4.
Incidence rates and mortality rates for acute myocardial infarction (AMI) in different national and international studies carried out in the elderly.
| All incidence rates | All mortality rates | ||||
|
Study Period of Study (Reference No.) |
Age Group |
Men | Women | Men | Women |
|
EPICARDIAN Study REGICOR-65 plus (24)* |
65-74 | 981(921-1044) 599(528-670) |
351(316-389) 166(131-202) |
456(416-499) 220(177-263) |
142(120-167) 55(35-75) |
| 75-84 | 858(802-917) 972(840-1105) |
623(576-673) 409(338-481) |
442(402-485) 570(468-672) |
350(315-388) 223(170-276) |
|
| >85 | 1244(1177-1314) 1071(791-1351) |
1118(1054-185) 671(307-836) |
933(875-994) 740(506-973) |
745(693-800) 426(295-558) |
|
|
EPICARDIAN Study** 1994-2004 |
>65 | 957(898-1018) | 546(502-594) | 484(442-529) | 293(260-329) |
|
Oxford Study 1994-95 (30) |
65-79 | 1585 | 868 | 826 | 478 |
|
Rotterdam Study 1990-2000 (26) |
>55 | 840(660-1020)1 420(280-550)2 |
310(230-390)1 360(2.60-450)2 |
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|
Bronx Aging Study 1981-89 (31) |
>75 | 4700 (total) | 3900 (total) | ||
|
Cardiovascular Health Study 1989-90 (32) |
>65 | 2070 | 790 | ||
|
Framingham Heart Study1960-1999 (33) |
65-74 | 1800 | 800 | ||
| 75-84 | 2700 | 1400 | |||
**Age- standardization by the European Standard Population (Eurostat 2006) as reference
*New and recurrent cases
1 recognized myocardial infarction
2 unrecognized myocardial infarction
Rates per 100,000 person-years (95% Confidence interval)