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. 2010 Spring;6(1):35–41.

Table 5.

Abundance distribution in patients with myocardial infarction with respect to education and common causes of delay

Delay reason Literate Illiterate Sum

n % n % n %
Waiting for spontaneous recovery 20 47.6 12 35.3 32 42.1
Attributing to non-cardiac causes 11 26.2 5 14.7 16 21.1
Not minding the pain 6 14.3 8 23.5 14 18.4
Decrease in educational information 5 11.9 9 26.5 14 18.4
Sum 42 5 5.3 34 44.7 76 100
P value 0.18