Table 1.
Descriptive data for all coronary heart disease admissions in Liverpool between January 2004 and March 2012, including comparisons between 2005/2006 and 2010/2011
| Population characteristics 2004–2012 |
Crude admissions |
Age-adjusted rates per 100 000* |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frequency | Per cent | 2005–2006 | 2010–2011 | Difference | 2005–2006 | 2010–2011 | Rate ratio | |
| Total | 56 995 | 100 | 13 434 | 15 523 | +2089 | 1696.7 | 2097.1 | 1.10 (1.08–1.12) |
| Male | 30 236 | 53.1 | 7167 | 8271 | +1104 | 2064.0 | 2235.4 | 1.08 (1.06–1.11) |
| Female | 26 759 | 46.9 | 6267 | 7252 | +985 | 1371.5 | 1542.2 | 1.12 (1.09–1.16) |
| 16–19 | 11 | <0.1 | 2 | 3 | +1 | 3.4 | 5.8 | 1.70 |
| 20–29 | 55 | 0.1 | 15 | 12 | −3 | 9.1 | 6.4 | 0.699 |
| 30–39 | 448 | 0.8 | 127 | 87 | −40 | 109.1 | 81.0 | 0.742 |
| 40–49 | 3526 | 6.2 | 933 | 830 | −103 | 763.5 | 707.0 | 0.926 |
| 50–59 | 9211 | 16.2 | 2366 | 2339 | −27 | 2351.9 | 2236.1 | 0.951 |
| 60–69 | 13 647 | 23.9 | 3290 | 3650 | +360 | 4386.7 | 4632.0 | 1.06 |
| 70–79 | 17 578 | 30.8 | 4053 | 4883 | +830 | 6622.6 | 8220.5 | 1.24 |
| 80+ | 12 519 | 22.0 | 2648 | 3719 | +1071 | 8406.4 | 11 068.5 | 1.32 |
*Final age-adjusted rates and CIs calculated for total, male and female rates only. Age-specific rates and rate ratios are raw rates shown for reference.