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. 2011 Jan 5;11:1. doi: 10.1186/1471-2261-11-1

Table 2.

Proportion of men and women surviving after a first myocardial infarction stratified for age

Survival (%) at different times after MI


Men Women



Time after MI Age 25-55 years Age 56-64 years Age 25-55 years Age 56-64 years
7 days 82.2 77.6 85.2 79.1

28 days 81.2 74.9 82.9 76.9

1 years 79.2 72.3 81.4 73.5

3 years 77.3 68.9 79.3 69.9

5 years 75.3 65.5 77.5 66.3

10 years 71.0 58.0 75.1 59.8

20 years 63.9 48.9 69.7 51.2