Record linked retrospective cohort study of 4.6 million people exploring ethnic variations in disease: myocardial infarction in South Asians

Table 2 Incidence rate and number of first admissions for acute MI* in Scotland between 1^st May 2001 and 31^st December 2003 by sex and ethnic group.

	Non South Asians			South Asians
	Rate (Admissions/1000 population/year)	Number of cases	Census population **	Rate (Admissions/1000 population/year)	Number of cases	Census population **
Female
25 to 34	0.03	29	320,018	0.00	0	3,519
35 to 44	0.20	199	366,337	0.28	2	2,647
45 to 54	0.68	584	322,103	1.36	6	1,653
55 to 64	2.00	1408	264,030	3.49	8	860
65 to 74	5.05	3043	225,973	8.39	10	447
75 to 84	11.33	4605	152,421	24.19	8	124
85 and over	21.92	3406	58,266	42.86	4	35
Crude rate, all ages	2.91	13276	1,709,148	1.53	38	9,285
Standardised rate (95% CI), all ages	2.56 (2.51, 2.60)			4.86 (3.05, 6.67)
Male
25 to 34	0.12	86	278,236	0.00	0	3,328
35 to 44	0.69	609	332,767	1.58	11	2,612
45 to 54	2.36	1948	308,996	2.56	12	1,756
55 to 64	5.43	3525	243,602	6.36	20	1,179
65 to 74	10.28	5091	185,773	15.29	27	662
75 to 84	18.77	4726	94,429	42.55	16	141
85 and over	31.05	1710	20,655	26.79	2	28
Crude rate, all ages	4.53	17696	1,464,458	3.40	88	9,706
Standardised rate (95% CI), all ages	5.00 (4.93, 5.08)			7.71 (5.68, 9.75)

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