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Table 1 Characteristics of the acute myocardial infarction (AMI), stroke and atrial fibrillation (AF) cohorts

From: Joint mapping of cardiovascular diseases: comparing the geographic patterns in incident acute myocardial infarction, stroke and atrial fibrillation, a Danish register-based cohort study 2014–15

 

AMI

Stroke

AF

Cases

PY

IR

Cases

PY

IR

Cases

PY

IR

Total

18,349

6,868,414

26.7

28,006

6,817,459

41.1

39,040

6,790,503

57.5

Sex

 Female

6,791

3,561,742

19.1

13,391

3,506,561

38.2

17,754

3,506,072

50.6

 Male

11,558

3,306,672

35.0

14,615

3,310,898

44.1

21,286

3,284,431

64.8

Age

 30–59

4,895

4,256,183

11.5

5,775

4,238,191

13.6

4,805

4,256,227

11.3

 60–69

4,470

1,321,559

33.8

5,991

1,313,460

45.6

8,412

1,312,313

64.1

 70–79

4,595

859,414

53.5

7,676

848,137

90.5

12,345

831,006

148.6

 80 + 

4,389

431,258

101.8

8,564

416,943

205.4

13,478

390,956

344.7

Income

 Low

4,572

1,367,521

33.4

6,991

1,357,075

51.5

8,600

1,351,987

63.6

 Medium

11,017

4,124,208

26.7

16,448

4,093,957

40.2

23,295

4,077,683

57.1

 High

2,760

1,376,685

20.0

4,567

1,366,427

33.4

7,145

1,360,833

52.5

  1. AMI acute myocardial infarction, AF atrial fibrillation, PY person-years, IR incidence rate (per 10,000 PY)