Table 5.

Hazard Ratio for risk-adjusted mortality within 1 year of HF hospitalization after AMI

HR		95% CI
1998	1.000	baseline
1999	0.987	0.964	1.011
2000	0.977	0.954	1.000
2001	0.956	0.934	0.979
2002	0.914	0.893	0.936
2003	0.892	0.871	0.913
2004	0.862	0.841	0.883
2005	0.841	0.820	0.862
2006	0.828	0.807	0.849
2007	0.825	0.804	0.847
2008	0.862	0.840	0.885
2009	0.878	0.856	0.902
2010	0.892	0.869	0.916

Abbreviations: AMI, acute myocardial infarction; CI, confidence interval; HF, heart failure; HR, hazard ratio Analyses adjusted for patient demographics and comorbidities