Table 1

Acute coronary events and 28 day case fatality by age and sex

Age (years)MenWomen
EventsDeathsEventsDeaths
*p<0.001; †age adjusted to overall Singapore male event distribution.
20–24145 (35.7%)53 (60.0%)
25–294516 (35.6%)42 (50.0%)
30–3423272 (31.0%)2010 (50.0%)
35–39628182 (29.0%)4020 (50.0%)
40–441311348 (26.5%)12762 (48.8%)
45–491874533 (28.4%)301142 (47.2%)
50–542300764 (33.2%)485234 (48.2%)
55–5928881188 (41.1%)992503 (50.7%)
60–6435311838 (52.1%)1523881 (57.8%)
All128234946 (38.6%)34971857 (53.1%)*
Mean (SD)53.0 (8.3)38.6%†56.8 (6.7)*51.5%†