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Survival rate 28 days after hospital admission with first myocardial infarction. Inverse relationship with socio-economic circumstances.

Gerward, Sofia LU ; Tydén, Patrik LU ; Hansen, Ole LU ; Engström, Gunnar LU ; Janzon, Lars LU and Hedblad, Bo LU (2006) In Journal of Internal Medicine 259(2). p.164-172
Abstract
Objective. To study to what extent geographical differences of the mortality from ischaemic heart disease (IHD) can be accounted for by the 28-day case fatality rate (CFR) following first hospital admittance for acute myocardial infarction (MI) and whether the geographical pattern of survival has any relationship with socio-economic circumstances. Design. Register-based surveillance study. Setting. Seventeen residential areas in Malmo, Sweden. Subjects. All 5533 patients were admitted during 1986-1995 for a first acute MI at Malmo University Hospital. Main outcome measures. CFR is based on record linkage with national registers. Area-specific cardiovascular and socio-economic scores (SES) are based on previous cross-sectional studies.... (More)
Objective. To study to what extent geographical differences of the mortality from ischaemic heart disease (IHD) can be accounted for by the 28-day case fatality rate (CFR) following first hospital admittance for acute myocardial infarction (MI) and whether the geographical pattern of survival has any relationship with socio-economic circumstances. Design. Register-based surveillance study. Setting. Seventeen residential areas in Malmo, Sweden. Subjects. All 5533 patients were admitted during 1986-1995 for a first acute MI at Malmo University Hospital. Main outcome measures. CFR is based on record linkage with national registers. Area-specific cardiovascular and socio-economic scores (SES) are based on previous cross-sectional studies. Results. In patients below 75 years of age, differences of the 28-day CFR accounted for 20-30% of the geographical variance in mortality from IHD. No corresponding association was found in older age groups. Patients from areas with low SES had the highest CFR, 23.8%. The odds ratios of fatal outcome for patients from areas with median and low SES (versus high SES) were 1.23 (95% CI: 1.01-1.50) and 1.25 (95% CI: 1.03-1.52), respectively (P for trend: 0.060). The strongest correlation was observed in men below 75 years of age (P for trend: 0.007). During the study period there was an improvement of the survival rate for patients from high and medium SES areas but no corresponding change for patients coming from areas having a low SES. Conclusions. In patients below 75 years, geographical differences of the mortality from IHD were related to differences of the 28-day CFR following hospital admittance for a first MI. Rates of survival were inversely related to socio-economic circumstances in the patient's residential area. (Less)
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myocardial infarction, epidemiology, socio-economic factors, survival, urban population
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Journal of Internal Medicine
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259
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2
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164 - 172
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Wiley-Blackwell
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10.1111/j.1365-2796.2005.01594.x
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English
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