Table 1

Incidence of myocardial infarction

Study	Years of data collection	Age limits	Population served	Cases	Incidence (events/ 1000/year)	Case fatality
†The definition included definite non-fatal myocardial infarction and possible, probable, or definite coronary heart disease mortality. Cities from 21 countries were included in the study. Belfast and Glasgow represented the UK. They had a much higher than average incidence than the mean but only a slightly lower 28 day case fatality.
*Cardiac chest pain including myocardial infarction and unstable angina.
MONICA†¹⁴	1985–1991	35–64 years	Large	3584	4.3	49% at 28 days
OXMIS¹⁵	1994–1995	<80 years	568800	1343	2.4	39% at 28 days
ARIC^16,²⁰	1987–1996	35–74 years	354357	14842	4.2
BHF/NICE	Uncertain	All ages	58 million	268000	4.6
Hospital Death and Discharge Statistics (England)	2002–2003	All ages	50 million	105476	2.1
Hospital Death & Discharge Statistics (Scotland)⁴⁹	1990–2000	All ages	4.8 million	96026 (225512*)	2.0 (4.7*)
Hospital Death & Discharge Statistics (Scotland)⁴⁹	2000	All ages	4.8 million	∼8000 (∼27000*)	1.7 (5.7*)

MINAP	2003	All ages	∼50 million	∼60000	1.2