Table 1.

Characteristics of all, first and recurrent AMI events, England, 2010

Characteristics	All AMI	First AMI			Recurrent AMI
	n	All	Fatal		All	Fatal
		n	n	All cases (%)	n	n	All cases (%)
Total	82 252	68 422	21 715	31.7	13 830	4334	31.3
Type of event
Hospital admission	63 864	52 965	6258	11.8	10 899	1403	12.9
Sudden AMI death	18 388	15 457	15 457	100	2931	2931	100
Sex
Male	50 071	41 689	12 387	29.7	8382	2593	30.9
Female	32 181	26 733	9328	34.9	5448	1741	32.0
Age
Mean	72.9	72.2	77.4	–	76.6	80.1	–
Median	75	74	80	–	79	82	–
Age group (years)
0–29	147	144	30	20.8	3	1	33.3
30–54	9678	8787	1251	14.2	891	109	12.2
55–64	12 527	11 019	2109	19.1	1508	271	18.0
65–74	17 154	14 491	3948	27.2	2663	701	26.3
75–84	23 711	19 092	7214	37.8	4619	1557	33.7
≥85	19 035	14 889	7163	48.1	4146	1695	40.9
Deprivation
Least deprived, 1	17 048	14 522	4594	31.6	2526	822	32.5
2	16 604	13 950	4355	31.2	2654	851	32.1
3	16 265	13 467	4322	32.1	2798	882	31.5
4	16 146	13 293	4279	32.2	2853	877	30.7
Most deprived, 5	16 189	13 190	4165	31.6	2999	902	30.1