Table 3.
Numbers and Rates Per 100 000 of Admissions for Acute Coronary Syndromes by Year and Sex
| 2003–2004 | 2004–2005 | 2005–2006 | 2006–2007 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Ratea | No. | Ratea | No. | Ratea | No. | Ratea | |
| All ACS | ||||||||
| F | 387 | 130.7 | 368 | 122.4 | 345 | 113.1 | 319 | 103.0 |
| M | 829 | 281.5 | 701 | 233.5 | 720 | 235.4 | 608 | 195.2 |
| STEMI | ||||||||
| F | 83 | 28.0 | 72 | 24.0 | 70 | 22.9 | 69 | 22.3 |
| M | 196 | 66.5 | 186 | 62.0 | 197 | 64.4 | 141 | 45.3 |
| NSTEMI | ||||||||
| F | 199 | 67.2 | 216 | 71.9 | 182 | 59.6 | 175 | 56.5 |
| M | 387 | 131.4 | 291 | 96.9 | 289 | 94.5 | 288 | 92.5 |
| UA | ||||||||
| F | 105 | 35.5 | 80 | 26.6 | 93 | 30.5 | 75 | 24.2 |
| M | 246 | 83.5 | 224 | 74.6 | 234 | 76.5 | 179 | 57.5 |
Abbreviations: ACS, acute coronary syndromes; F, female; M, male; NSTEMI, non–ST‐elevation myocardial infarction; STEMI, ST‐elevation myocardial infarction; UA, unstable angina.
a
Rate per 100000 females and per 100000 males, respectively.