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Table 1 Incidence of AMI per 100 000 person-years in the Netherlands between 1997 and 2007 stratified by age and gender

From: Neighbourhood socioeconomic inequalities in incidence of acute myocardial infarction: a cohort study quantifying age- and gender-specific differences in relative and absolute terms

 

Age-group (years)

Age standardized rate‡

 

<35

35-44

45-54

55-64

65-74

75-84

85-94

≥95

Male

         

Number of events

1534

10 783

32 120

46 694

52 782

43 502

13 092

714

201 221

Incidence rate *

3.9

76

252

469

819

1272

1714

1952

212

Female

         

Number of events

561

3032

7863

13 338

25 833

39 597

23 911

2208

116 342

Incidence rate *

1.5

22

63

136

354

737

1199

1368

87

Male vs. Female

         

Absolute rate difference

2.4

54

189

333

465

535

515

584

126

(95 % CI)

(2.1 – 2.7)

(52 – 56)

(185 – 192)

(328 – 339)

(457 – 474)

(520 – 549)

(482 – 549)

(430 – 739)

(124 – 127)

Relative Risk †

2.64

3.46

4.00

3.46

2.31

1.73

1.43

1.43

2.45

(95 % CI)

(2.37 – 2.94)

(3.31 – 3.62)

(3.89 – 4.11)

(3.39 – 3.53)

(2.28 – 2.34)

(1.70 – 1.75)

(1.40 – 1.46)

(1.31 – 1.55)

(2.43 – 2.47)

  1. AMI, Acute Myocardial Infarction.
  2. * Incidence rates are expressed as age-gender group specific event rates per 100 000 person-years of the age-gender group.
  3. ¶ Rate differences are differences in incidence rates between men and women, expressed per 100 000 person-years of the age-groups.
  4. † Relative Risks are incidence rate ratios with 95 % confidence interval (CI).
  5. ‡ Age standardized rates are incidence rates standardized to the European standard population.
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