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Table 2 Estimated percent differences in average monthly incidence rate of AMI admissions from Poisson regression in Marion County, by sex, race, and sex and racea, b

From: Effects of smoke-free air law on acute myocardial infarction hospitalization in Indianapolis and Marion County, Indiana

 

Number (%) of admissions

% difference in incidence rate (95% CI)

Sex

  

 Females

6707 (44.4%)

REF

 Males

8397 (55.6%)

73% (44%, 107%)

Race

  

 White

9209 (61.0%)

REF

 Black

4047 (26.8%)

13% (2%, 26%)

Sex and Race

  

 White Females

3905 (25.9%)

REF

 Black Females

1967 (13.0%)

35% (19%, 54%)

 White Males

5304 (35.1%)

66% (52%, 82%)

 zBlack Males

2080 (13.8%)

81% (53%, 114%)

  1. aAdjusted for month (time trend), seasonality (annual sine and cosine terms), monthly mean apparent temperature (at zip-code level), monthly ambient PM2.5 concentrations (at zip-code level), and total monthly hospital discharges. Offset was the log of the total age- sex- and/or race- specific population of Marion County
  2. bMissing/excluded: race—131 (0.87%) Hispanic or Latino, 12 (0.08%) American Indian/Alaska Native, 27 (0.18%) Asian, 404 (2.67%) Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander, 29 (0.2%) multiracial, 261 (1.73%) other race, 984 (6.51%) unknown/missing race