Characteristics of patients admitted to hospital with MI
| No (% of all pathways) | Initial unscheduled care service contacted | |||||
| Admission (A) N=2666 (column%) | ED (E) N=6130 (column%) | NHS24 (N) N=4933 (column%) | PCOOH (O) N=216 (column%) | Ambulance (S) N=12 380 (column%) | ||
| Sex | N=26 325 | |||||
| Men | 16 624 (63.1) | 1703 (63.9) | 4240 (69.2) | 2787 (56.5) | 144 (66.7) | 7750 (62.6) |
| Women | 9701 (37) | 963 (36.1) | 1890 (30.8) | 2146 (43.5) | 72 (33.3) | 4630 (37.4) |
| CHD death within 28 days of admission | 1465 (5.6) | 107 (4.0) | 223 (3.6) | 318 (6.4) | 23 (10.6) | 794 (6.4) |
| Age (years) | ||||||
| <50 | 2344 (8.9) | 261 (9.8) | 733 (12.0) | 423 (8.6) | 15 (6.9) | 912 (7.4) |
| 50–54 | 2152 (8.2) | 229 (8.6) | 691 (11.3) | 343 (7.0) | 17 (7.9) | 872 (7.0) |
| 55–59 | 2764 (10.5) | 290 (10.9) | 821 (13.4) | 480 (9.7) | 23 (10.6) | 1150 (9.3) |
| 60–64 | 2841 (10.8) | 362 (13.6) | 797 (13.0) | 471 (9.5) | 22 (10.2) | 1189 (9.6) |
| 65–69 | 3281 (12.5) | 370 (13.9) | 829 (13.5) | 581 (11.8) | 23 (10.6) | 1478 (11.9) |
| 70–74 | 3149 (11.9) | 346 (13.0) | 660 (10.8) | 583 (11.8) | 18 (8.3) | 1542 (12.5) |
| 75–79 | 3202 (12.2) | 303 (11.4) | 622 (10.1) | 605 (12.3) | 27 (12.5) | 1645 (13.3) |
| 80+ | 6592 (25.0) | 505 (18.9) | 977 (15.9) | 1447 (29.3) | 71 (32.9) | 3592 (29.0) |
| SIMD | ||||||
| 1 (most deprived) | 6345 (24.1) | 622 (24.2) | 1502 (24.8) | 1119 (22.7) | 38 (17.6) | 3064 (24.8) |
| 2 | 5934 (22.5) | 534 (20.8) | 1420 (23.4) | 1114 (22.6) | 59 (27.3) | 2807 (22.7) |
| 3 | 5141 (19.5) | 509 (19.8) | 1142 (18.8) | 963 (19.5) | 55 (25.5) | 2472 (20.0) |
| 4 | 4677 (17.8) | 496 (19.3) | 1029 (17.0) | 919 (18.6) | 40 (18.5) | 2193 (17.7) |
| 5 (least deprived) | 4030 (15.3) | 406 (15.8) | 968 (16.0) | 813 (16.5) | 24 (11.1) | 1819 (14.7) |
| Missing | 198 (0.8) | |||||
| Urban/rural* | ||||||
| Urban | 18 005 (68.4) | 1733 (67.5) | 4401 (72.6) | 3374 (68.5) | 127 (58.8) | 8370 (67.7) |
| Accessible | 5523 (21.0) | 563 (21.9) | 1188 (19.6) | 1093 (22.2) | 47 (21.8) | 2632 (21.3) |
| Remote | 1486 (5.6) | 129 (5.0) | 230 (3.8) | 306 (6.2) | 18 (8.3) | 803 (6.5) |
| Very remote | 1113 (4.2) | 142 (5.5) | 242 (4.0) | 155 (3.1) | 24 (11.1) | 550 (4.5) |
| Missing | 198 (0.8) | |||||
| Previous MI | ||||||
| No | 21 962 (83.4) | 2184 (81.9) | 5107 (83.3) | 4237 (85.9) | 195 (90.3) | 10 239 (82.7) |
| Yes | 4363 (16.6) | 482 (18.1) | 1023 (16.7) | 696 (14.1) | 21 (9.7) | 2141 (17.3) |
*Measured by Scottish Executive Urban Rural Classification. Accessible=within 30 minutes’ drive time of an urban area; remote=30–60 minutes’ drive time from an urban area; very remote =>60 minutes’ drive time from an urban area.
CHD, coronary heart disease; ED, emergency department; MI, myocardial infarction; PCOOH, primary-care-out-of-hours; SIMD, Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation.