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Published in final edited form as: Am J Cardiol. 2012 Mar 20;109(11):1589–1593. doi: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2012.01.381

Table 3.

Adjusted^* acute myocardial infarction rates stratified by gender and race: population-based rates per 100,000 persons

Description	Year							Relative decrease (%) from 2001–2007	Trend^**
Description	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	Relative decrease (%) from 2001–2007	Trend^**
ALL	312	287	270	251	242	227	222	29.0	<0.01
Gender and Race
Male White	363	324	305	281	278	262	251	30.8	<0.01
Female White	258	235	221	206	203	182	177	31.4	<0.01
Male Black	303	317	302	282	234	246	262	13.6	<0.01
Female Black	273	288	274	263	216	230	238	12.6	0.02

Adjusted by age.

^**

Poisson regression.

^***

Interaction between gender/race and time: 0.0325