Table 2

Acute myocardial infarction in the Oxford region 1981–1983 and 2008–2010

	Number of deaths		Rates per 100 000		Ratio* of rate† in 2008–2010/ 1981–1983
Age group, years	1981–1983	2008–2010	1981–1983	2008–2010	Ratio* of rate† in 2008–2010/ 1981–1983
Men
35–39	45	6	16.8	1.8	–
40–44	80	21	37.0	6.0	0.16
45–49	183	63	91.4	19.4	0.21
50–54	342	88	179.4	31.4	0.17
55–59	562	146	309.8	58.5	0.19
60–64	839	178	522.7	71.6	0.14
65–69	1136	209	866.5	117.0	0.14
70–74	1309	267	1204.2	184.9	0.15
75–79	1145	352	1633.4	318.6	0.20
80–84	745	428	2237.2	570.7	0.26
85+	504	580	3111.1	1032.0	0.33
35 and over	6890	2338	448.8	87.6	0.20
Women
35–39	4	3	1.5	0.9	–
40–44	18	4	8.7	1.1	–
45–49	23	10	12.0	3.0	–
50–54	61	19	32.7	6.8	0.21
55–59	136	20	74.5	7.8	0.10
60–64	291	53	170.0	20.7	0.12
65–69	461	77	304.1	41.0	0.13
70–74	725	139	520.5	88.6	0.17
75–79	1001	243	920.9	183.1	0.20
80–84	920	348	1301.3	329.2	0.25
85+	998	785	1922.9	665.8	0.35
35 and over	4638	1701	190.4	40.5	0.21
Total	11 528	4039	302.5	61.8	0.20

Number of mentions on death certificates, age-specific mortality rates per 100 000 population, and the age-standardised mortality rate in 2008–2010 expressed as a ratio to that in 1981–1983.
*Ratios compare periods covered by different versions of International Classification of Disease codes and governed by different rules for the selection of underlying cause of death.
†Rates given where deaths with acute myocardial infarction as a cause in 2008–2010 is ≥10.