Table 2.

Descriptive data for myocardial infarction 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/100 000*
	Frequency	Per cent	2005–2006	2005–2006	2005–2006	2005–2006	2010–2011	Rate ratio
Total	6356	100	1881	1089	−792	230.3	134.2	0.583 (0.549–0.618)
Male	3799	59.8	1135	682	−453	325.3	190.0	0.584 (0.542–0.629)
Female	2557	40.2	746	407	−339	148.7	85.3	0.574 (0.520–0.633)
16–19	2	<0.1	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	-
20–29	11	0.2	4	1	−3	2.4	0.5	0.219
30–39	91	1.4	20	16	−4	17.2	14.9	0.867
40–49	488	7.7	149	81	−68	121.9	69.0	0.566
50–59	1016	16.0	286	221	−65	284.3	211.3	0.743
60–69	1376	21.6	405	226	−179	540.0	286.8	0.531
70–79	1763	27.7	531	291	−240	867.6	489.9	0.565
80+	1609	25.3	486	253	−233	1542.9	753.0	0.488

*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.