Risk group | Period | |||
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1985–1989 | 1990–1994 | 1995–1999 | 2000–2002 | |
Numbers of deaths in each category of patients during first year are shown. | ||||
RR, relative risk; CI, confidence interval. | ||||
*Reference group for early recurrent AMI is hospital survivors after first AMI without a recurrent AMI during the first 30 days after index admission; †reference group for late recurrent AMI is hospital survivors who where alive 30 days after admission, and without a recurrent AMI during the first year after admission. Adjustment was made for sex and age. | ||||
No re-AMI day 5–30* | ||||
Patients, n | 34 781 | 34 877 | 32 208 | 22 508 |
Deaths, n | 4752 | 4495 | 3729 | 2899 |
Re-AMI day 5–30 | ||||
Patients, n | 1014 | 1348 | 1010 | 1044 |
Deaths, n | 462 | 446 | 279 | 203 |
RR* (95% CI) | 7.5 (6.9 to 8.5) | 4.8 (4.3 to 5.2) | 3.2 (2.8 to 3.6) | 2.1 (1.9 to 2.5) |
No re-AMI day 5–365* | ||||
Patients, n | 30 652 | 31 043 | 29 418 | 20 366 |
Deaths, n | 2633 | 2667 | 2398 | 1871 |
Late recurrent AMI day 31–365 | ||||
Patients, n | 3205 | 2938 | 2000 | 1564 |
Deaths, n | 1195 | 932 | 541 | 450 |
RR (95% CI)† | 11.7 (11.0 to 12.4) | 8.5 (8.0 to 9.1) | 6.3 (5.8 to 6.9) | 5.6 (5.1 to 6.2) |