Table 1.
Characteristics of patients admitted to hospital with acute myocardial infarction (AMI) or angina by sex
| AMI sample (n=4580) | Angina sample (n=4457) | |||||||
| Men | Women | Men | Women | |||||
| n | %* | n | % | n | % | n | % | |
| Total | 2911 | 63.6 | 1669 | 36.4 | 2503 | 56.2 | 1954 | 43.8 |
| Age at admission | ||||||||
| 45–54 | 190 | 6.5 | 80 | 4.8 | 152 | 6.1 | 151 | 7.7 |
| 55–64 | 685 | 23.5 | 277 | 16.6 | 628 | 25.1 | 499 | 25.5 |
| 65–74 | 807 | 27.7 | 414 | 24.8 | 897 | 35.8 | 622 | 31.8 |
| 75–84 | 757 | 26.0 | 481 | 28.8 | 634 | 25.3 | 493 | 25.2 |
| 85+ | 472 | 16.2 | 417 | 25.0 | 192 | 7.7 | 189 | 9.7 |
| Region of residence | ||||||||
| Major city | 1485 | 51.0 | 807 | 48.4 | 1321 | 52.8 | 972 | 49.7 |
| Inner regional | 1025 | 35.2 | 629 | 37.7 | 886 | 35.4 | 717 | 36.7 |
| Regional/remote | 354 | 12.2 | 200 | 12.0 | 259 | 10.4 | 237 | 12.1 |
| Highest qualification | ||||||||
| No school certificate | 417 | 14.3 | 357 | 21.4 | 305 | 12.2 | 326 | 16.7 |
| School or trade certificate/diploma | 1923 | 66.1 | 1085 | 65.0 | 1629 | 65.1 | 1310 | 67.0 |
| Tertiary degree | 497 | 17.1 | 175 | 10.5 | 502 | 20.1 | 276 | 14.1 |
| Country of birth | ||||||||
| Australia/New Zealand | 2142 | 73.6 | 1323 | 79.3 | 1888 | 75.4 | 1576 | 80.7 |
| Other | 728 | 25.0 | 327 | 19.6 | 583 | 23.3 | 353 | 18.1 |
| Marital status | ||||||||
| Single | 647 | 22.2 | 750 | 44.9 | 465 | 18.6 | 638 | 32.7 |
| Married/de facto | 2244 | 77.1 | 916 | 54.9 | 2011 | 80.3 | 1313 | 67.2 |
| BMI | ||||||||
| Not obese (BMI<30 kg/m2) | 2079 | 71.4 | 1100 | 65.9 | 1713 | 68.4 | 1260 | 64.5 |
| Obese (BMI≥30 kg/m2) | 625 | 21.5 | 394 | 23.6 | 619 | 24.7 | 479 | 24.5 |
| Physical functioning | ||||||||
| No or minor limitation | 1412 | 48.5 | 469 | 28.1 | 1221 | 48.8 | 691 | 35.4 |
| Moderate limitations | 646 | 22.2 | 386 | 23.1 | 647 | 25.9 | 517 | 26.5 |
| Severe limitations | 393 | 13.5 | 392 | 23.5 | 301 | 12.0 | 373 | 19.1 |
| Psychological distress | ||||||||
| Low | 1958 | 67.3 | 948 | 56.8 | 1681 | 67.2 | 1131 | 57.9 |
| Moderate | 339 | 11.7 | 205 | 12.3 | 337 | 13.5 | 273 | 14.0 |
| High | 188 | 6.5 | 111 | 6.7 | 178 | 7.1 | 172 | 8.8 |
| Health insurance | ||||||||
| No private health insurance | 1164 | 40.0 | 807 | 48.4 | 845 | 33.8 | 731 | 37.4 |
| Private hospital insurance/Department of Veterans Affairs Card | 1746 | 60.0 | 862 | 51.7 | 1658 | 66.2 | 1223 | 62.6 |
*Pecentage of missing cases: AMI sample (men, women): region of residence (1.6, 2.0); highest qualification (2.5, 3.1); country of birth (1.4, 1.1); marital status (0.7, 0.2); body mass index (BMI) (7.1, 10.5); physical limitations (15.8, 25.3); psychological distress (14.6, 24.3); health insurance (<0.1, 0.0). Angina sample (men, women): region of residence (1.5, 1.4); highest qualification (2.7, 2.2); country of birth (1.3, 1.3); marital status (1.1, 0.1); BMI (6.8, 11.0); physical limitations (13.3, 19.1); psychological distress (12.3, 19.3); health insurance (0.0, 0.0).