TABLE 1.

AMI Patient Characteristics in 2002 and 2011 by AMI Discharge Diagnosis Position: Patients with secondary AMI hospitalizations are increasingly older, more likely to be female and less likely to be white

	2002		2011
	Principal	Secondary	Principal	Secondary
Beneficiary-years (#)	28.8 million		28.9 million
AMI Hospitalizations (#)	302,829	119,943	194,002	127,478
% of All by Dx Position	72%	28%	60%	40%
Mean Age in years (SD)*	78.3 (7.9)	79.5 (7.9)	78.5 (8.5)	80.1 (8.5)
Age 65-74, %	35.2	28.8	37.0	29.1
Age 75-84, %	41.1	43.3	35.9	37.4
Age ≥ 85, %	23.7	27.9	27.0	33.5
Female, %	50.7	53.7	48.2	53.0
White, %	88.6	86.7	86.6	84.6
Black, %	7.4	8.8	8.4	10.0