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Table 2 Incidence rates of AMI per 100 000 person-years in the Netherlands between 1997 and 2007, stratified by socioeconomic quintile, age and gender *

From: Neighbourhood socioeconomic inequalities in incidence of acute myocardial infarction: a cohort study quantifying age- and gender-specific differences in relative and absolute terms

	Age-group (years)								Age standardized rate‡
	<35	35-44	45-54	55-64	65-74	75-84	85-94	≥95	Age standardized rate‡
Male
Q1 - most affluent	3	58	205	393	704	1146	1606	2057	181
Q2	3	66	235	437	782	1231	1674	2046	200
Q3	4	76	256	474	829	1274	1757	1858	214
Q4	4	84	268	510	883	1317	1752	1852	226
Q5 - most deprived	6	94	308	563	921	1402	1788	1943	246
Total	4	76	252	469	819	1272	1714	1952	212
Female
Q1 - most affluent	1	13	43	94	265	636	1150	1422	68
Q2	1	20	53	119	317	700	1170	1363	79
Q3	1	21	65	134	361	753	1215	1310	88
Q4	2	26	68	157	389	767	1210	1336	94
Q5 - most deprived	2	30	93	193	448	822	1243	1400	108
Total	1	22	63	136	354	737	1199	1368	87

AMI, Acute Myocardial Infarction.
* Incidence rates are expressed as socioeconomic quintile-specific event rates per 100 000 person-years of strata of socioeconomic quintiles within age-gender groups.
‡ Age standardized rates are standardized to the European standard population.

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