Skip Navigation

This Article
Right arrow Full Text (PDF)
Right arrow Alert me when this article is cited
Right arrow Alert me if a correction is posted
Services
Right arrow Email this article to a friend
Right arrow Similar articles in this journal
Right arrow Similar articles in PubMed
Right arrow Alert me to new issues of the journal
Right arrow Add to My Personal Archive
Right arrow Download to citation manager
Right arrowRequest Permissions
Google Scholar
Right arrow Articles by NÄYHÄ, S.
Right arrow Search for Related Content
PubMed
Right arrow PubMed Citation
Right arrow Articles by NÄYHÄ, S.
Social Bookmarking
Add to CiteULike   Add to Connotea   Add to Del.icio.us  
What's this?

© 1992 Oxford University Press

research-article

Improved Survival after Acute Myocardial Infarction in Finland, 1974–1985

SIMO NÄYHÄ

Department of Public Health Science, University of Oulu Aapistie 3, SF-90220 Oulu, Finland

Näyhä S (Department of Public Health Science, University of Oulu, Aapistie 3, SF-90220, Oulu, Finland). Improved survival after acute myocardial infarction in Finland 1974–1985. International Journal of Epidemiology 1992; 21: 30–35. The survival of people suffering an acute myocardial infarction (AMI) aged 45–74 years in Finland was examined using information on hospital discharges and deaths during the period 1974–1985. There were 128922 cases of initial AMI events, including 37041 deaths that occurred outside hospital. The 3-day, 1-month and 1-year survival rates in 1981–1985 were 67%, 60% and 54% for males, and 73%, 65% and 58% for females. The overall risk of dying declined by 22% between 1974–1975 and 1984–1985, but this varied by age and follow-up time. The greatest decline (28%) was attained in 3-day mortality at ages 45–54 years while very little improvement occurred between the third day and the first month following the attack, possibly due to selection during the first few days. It is concluded that survival after AMI in Finland has improved substantially, and this should have affected mortality in the general population to a significant extent.

Received 1 April 1991


Add to CiteULike CiteULike   Add to Connotea Connotea   Add to Del.icio.us Del.icio.us    What's this?


This article has been cited by other articles:


Home page
 Eur Heart JHome page
S Capewell, B.M Livingston, K MacIntyre, J.W.T Chalmers, J Boyd, A Finlayson, A Redpath, J.P Pell, C.J Evans, and J.J.V McMurray
Trends in case-fatality in 117718 patients admitted with acute myocardial infarction in Scotland
Eur. Heart J., November 2, 2000; 21(22): 1833 - 1840.
[Abstract] [PDF]


Disclaimer:
Please note that abstracts for content published before 1996 were created through digital scanning and may therefore not exactly replicate the text of the original print issues. All efforts have been made to ensure accuracy, but the Publisher will not be held responsible for any remaining inaccuracies. If you require any further clarification, please contact our Customer Services Department.