Table 2.

HF hospitalization after AMI

	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	p-value
Number of AMI hospitalizations	216107	221405	230825	236831	244819	243503	232528	216260	199676	190843	191900	183023	182223
Patient-years of follow-up after AMI	186605	189899	197444	201729	208658	206685	197474	182940	169470	161125	161468	155145	155009
Number of patients hospitalized for HF after AMI	29987	30437	31745	31889	33101	33345	31428	28094	25124	23453	23594	22557	22087
Incidence of HF hospitalization (per 100 person-years)
Overall	16.1	16.0	16.1	15.8	15.9	16.1	15.9	15.4	14.8	14.6	14.6	14.5	14.2	<0.0001
66-74	11.8	11.8	11.8	11.6	11.8	11.7	11.4	11.1	10.5	10.2	10.5	10.2	10.0	<0.0001
75-84	17.5	17.2	17.2	16.9	16.8	17.4	17.0	16.2	15.6	15.3	15.2	15.2	14.9	0.0003
85+	23.8	23.3	23.1	22.4	22.6	22.6	22.7	22.0	21.3	20.9	20.6	21.1	20.9	<0.0001
White male	13.3	13.3	13.5	13.3	13.5	13.8	13.8	13.4	12.8	12.6	12.9	12.8	12.5	0.0032
White female	18.0	17.8	17.7	17.2	17.1	17.5	17.1	16.4	15.8	15.6	15.3	15.4	14.9	<0.0001
Black male	19.7	19.9	19.0	20.1	20.6	19.5	19.3	18.8	20.0	19.0	18.4	18.7	17.8	0.002
Black female	23.8	23.6	24.1	23.0	23.7	23.8	23.2	22.6	22.3	21.6	21.6	20.4	21.9	<0.0001
Other male	16.4	15.2	15.2	16.5	16.2	15.9	15.1	15.3	13.8	13.8	15.0	14.6	14.0	0.0006
Other female	20.7	21.8	21.9	21.9	20.1	20.1	20.1	19.3	19.1	17.1	18.2	17.5	18.2	<0.0001

Abbreviations: AMI, acute myocardial infarction; HF, heart failure