Table 2.

Mortality risk at 28 days, 1 year and 5 years after a first hospital admission for acute myocardial infarction (AMI), peripheral arterial disease in the lower extremities (PAD) and ischemic stroke, by age and gender

		Acute myocardial infarction				PAD				Ischemic stroke
	Age	No. of men	No. of women	Men	Women	No. of men	No. of women	Men	Women	No. of men	No. of women	Men	Women
				% deaths	% deaths			% deaths	% deaths			% deaths	% deaths
28-day case fatality	< 55	3,424	656	4.1	5.8	478	339	-	-	1,336	1,145	6.8	7.5
	55-74	8,027	3,285	10.6	12.8	1,454	778	1.8	1.4	5,549	3,185	14.3	17.2
	75-84	2,563	2,346	26.3	29.8	531	385	5.3	5.7	3501	4739	29.2	25.6
	85+	449	815	38.8	40.0	76	117	18.4	18.8	995	2481	47.8	42.3
	Total	14,463	7,102	12.7	20.9	2,539	1,619	2.4	3.5	11,381	12,150	21.0	23.8
	ASR*			6.0	8.2			0.5	0.5			7.6	9.0
1-year mortality	< 55	3,424	656	5.5	7.3	478	339	2.5	1.5	1,336	1,145	8.9	8.9
	55-74	8,027	3,285	15.3	17.9	1,454	778	7.9 18.6	6.3	5,549	3,185	20.9	20.1
	75-84	2,563	2,346	37.4	39.1	531	385	47.4	16.6	3501	4739	42.2	36.4
	85+	449	815	56.3	55.6	76	117	10.3	41.0	995	2481	61.7	59.2
	Total	14,463	7,102	18.2	28.2	2,539	1,619	3.8	10.4	11,381	12,150	29.6	33.4
	ASR*			7.9	9.9				2.1			9.8	11.3
5-years mortality	< 55	3,424	656	9.4	11.6	478	339	8.4	5.0	1,336	1,145	14.7	12.0
	55-74	8,027	3,285	29.0	30.0	1,454	778	27.7	21.2	5,549	3,185	37.6	35.3
	75-84	2,563	2,346	63.2	60.9	531	385	52.7	45.2	3501	4739	68.2	61.1
	85+	449	815	85.5	81.6	76	117	84.2	74.4	995	2481	86.7	83.5
	Total	14,463	7,102	32.2	44.5	2,539	1,619	31.0	27.4	11,381	12,150	48.6	53.0
	ASR*			13.7	15.9			13.2	7.2			17.1	15.7

PAD: peripheral arterial disease of the lower extremities

*ASR: age-standardized rates (ASR) adjusted to European Standard

- Number of deaths < 3