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Table 1 Characteristics of people living in Ontario, 2004 with a hospitalization for acute myocardial infarction, Ontario 1988 to 2004.

From: How many people have had a myocardial infarction? Prevalence estimated using historical hospital data

  

Men

Women

Ontario Population

 

4,526,367

4,750,578

AMI Prevalence (%)

 

2.5

1.2

Mean Age

 

67.4

74.0

Age (%)

   
 

20–49

8.3

4.1

 

50–64

34.6

18.7

 

65–79

41.4

41.2

 

80+

15.7

36.0

# of years with valid health insurace

   
 

0–5

0.5

0.4

 

6–10

1.7

1.3

 

11–15

6.1

4.3

 

15+

91.8

93.9

# of years with AMI admissions (%)

   
 

1

88.4

89.3

 

2

10.0

9.1

 

3+

1.7

1.7

  1. Data Source: Statistics Canada, Hospital Discharge Abstract Database