Table 3.

Treatment Eligibility Rates

	Entire Cohort	Northeast	South	Midwest	West	P for Interaction
	Percentage
Aspirin on admission						0.002
Overall	85.4	85.9	84.9	84.7	86.5
White	85.3	85.9	84.7	84.8	86.6
Black	85.6	84.5	86.6	83.7	85.4
P value	0.54	0.12	<0.001	0.21	0.39
Beta-blockers on admission						0.47
Overall	42.1	39.7	42.6	43.2	43.5
White	42.3	39.8	42.9	43.4	43.7
Black	39.5	38.6	39.7	39.5	39.6
P value	<0.001	0.38	<0.001	0.001	0.03
Aspirin at discharge						0.08
Overall	34.7	36.3	32.8	32.1	40.6
White	34.4	36.2	32.2	31.8	40.5
Black	38.8	39.8	38.5	35.9	45.4
P value	<0.001	0.005	<0.001	<0.001	0.01
Beta-blockers at discharge						0.75
Overall	18.8	17.0	18.6	19.0	22.2
White	18.8	17.0	18.4	19.0	22.2
Black	19.8	17.1	19.7	20.5	23.9
P value	0.02	0.96	0.02	0.11	0.28