Table 2

Incidence (per 100 000 person years) of hospitalisation for a first AMI by age and sex in the Netherlands in 1995 and 2000

Age (years)	1995			2000			2000/1995
Age (years)	Patients*	Population at risk†	Incidence (95% CI)	Patients*	Population at risk†	Incidence (95% CI)	IR‡ (95% CI)
*Number of patients hospitalised for a first AMI (records that uniquely linked with the population register); †number of (unique) people in the population register at 1 July 1995 and 2000, respectively; ‡incidence ratio (IR) of the incidence in 2000 to that in 1995.
CI, confidence interval.
Men
<30	28	2654358	1.1 (0.7 to 1.4)	37	2576315	1.4 (1.0 to 1.9)	1.36 (0.83 to 2.22)
30–39	337	1057764	32 (29 to 35)	356	1098227	32 (29 to 36)	1.02 (0.88 to 1.18)
40–49	1747	1007599	173 (165 to 182)	1 450	1011713	143 (136 to 151)	0.83 (0.77 to 0.89)
50–59	3030	740283	409 (395 to 424)	2 960	892870	332 (320 to 344)	0.81 (0.77 to 0.85)
60–69	4223	576479	733 (711 to 755)	3 344	606735	551 (533 to 570)	0.75 (0.72 to 0.79)
70–79	3661	362702	1009 (977 to 1042)	3 291	399574	824 (796 to 852)	0.82 (0.78 to 0.86)
80–89	1345	128657	1045 (990 to 1101)	1 276	138020	925 (874 to 975)	0.88 (0.82 to 0.95)
⩾90	92	13943	660 (525 to 794)	69	14886	464 (354 to 573)	0.70 (0.51 to 0.96)
All ages	14463	6541785	221 (218 to 225)	12 783	6738340	190 (186 to 193)
Women
<30	4	2552064	0.2 (0.0 to 0.3)	13	2485992	0.5 (0.2 to 0.8)	3.34 (1.09 to 10.2)
30–39	82	1025600	8 (6 to 10)	90	1067573	8 (7 to 10)	1.05 (0.78 to 1.42)
40–49	313	975229	32 (29 to 36)	374	989158	38 (34 to 42)	1.18 (1.01 to 1.37)
50–59	682	721322	95 (88 to 102)	692	867587	80 (74 to 86)	0.84 (0.76 to 0.94)
60–69	1645	627180	262 (250 to 275)	1 250	637725	196 (185 to 207)	0.75 (0.69 to 0.80)
70–79	2442	502222	486 (467 to 506)	2 108	531798	396 (380 to 413)	0.82 (0.77 to 0.86)
80–89	1732	273244	634 (604 to 664)	1 533	283866	540 (513 to 567)	0.85 (0.80 to 0.91)
⩾90	202	46337	436 (376 to 496)	215	54502	394 (342 to 447)	0.90 (0.75 to 1.10)
All ages	7102	6723198	106 (103 to 108)	6 275	6918201	91 (89 to 93)