Table 1

Age-specific average annual rates of all-admissions for myocardial infarction and percentage change by sex: England, 1968–2016

	Age-specific average annual rates per 100 000 population									Change in average annual rates % (95% CI)*
Age (years)	1968–1970	1971–1975	1976–1980	1981–1985†	1990–1995	1996–2001	2002–2006	2007–2011	2012–2016	1968–1970 to 1981–1985	1990–1995 to 2012–2016
Men
15–34	29	31	31	26	18	16	18	21	18	−10.9 (−28.1 to +10.4)	−2.5 (−8.6 to +4.1)
35–39	77	74	75	60	45	38	37	35	37	−22.3 (−32.3 to −10.8)	−18.4 (−22.1 to −14.6)
40–44	189	185	182	170	112	94	92	82	91	−10.2 (−17.8 to −1.9)	−19.1 (−21.4 to −16.8)
45–49	297	339	332	325	210	177	175	150	174	9.4 (+2.4 to +17.0)	−17.2 (−18.9 to −15.5)
50–54	439	495	514	521	362	276	262	231	272	18.7 (+12.1 to +25.7)	−24.7 (−26.0 to −23.4)
55–59	575	634	666	692	532	422	350	310	370	20.4 (+14.7 to +26.4)	−30.4 (−31.5 to −29.4)
60–64	714	790	798	846	702	577	463	363	439	18.5 (+13.2 to +24.0)	−37.6 (−38.4 to −36.7)
65–69	757	865	878	952	847	708	598	456	487	25.8 (+19.7 to +32.2)	−42.5 (−43.3 to −41.7)
70–74	719	853	937	1078	1002	843	763	596	602	49.8 (+41.2 to +59.1)	−39.9 (−40.7 to −39.1)
75–79	659	829	966	1129	1178	990	972	777	772	71.2 (+58.5 to +85.0)	−34.5 (−35.4 to −33.5)
80–84	658	749	898	1203	1301	1114	1315	1063	1004	82.7 (+64.6 to +102.9)	−22.8 (−24.1 to −21.5)
Women
15–34	5	6	5	6	3	3	4	4	4	32.9 (−21.3 to 124.5)	34.2 (+16.3 to +54.8)
35–39	10	10	10	8	6	6	8	7	9	−16.8 (−44.7 to +25.0)	44.9 (+30.6 to +60.9)
40–44	27	30	32	23	16	14	19	18	23	−10.7 (−30.3 to +14.2)	39.6 (+30.9 to +49.0)
45–49	50	54	53	55	35	31	36	36	44	10.0 (−7.2 to +30.3)	25.5 (+20.0 to +31.3)
50–54	85	98	102	111	75	59	57	57	69	30.4 (+14.5 to +48.5)	−8.6 (−11.8 to −5.3)
55–59	135	163	163	196	147	120	90	81	104	44.8 (+31.3 to +59.6)	−29.4 (−31.4 to −27.4)
60–64	218	236	254	284	247	198	150	119	144	30.7 (+20.7 to +41.5)	−41.6 (−42.9 to −40.2)
65–69	293	331	345	397	368	311	247	190	190	34.0 (+24.6 to +44.1)	−48.3 (−49.3 to −47.3)
70–74	341	421	430	534	507	426	380	392	289	53.7 (+43.1 to +65.1)	−43.1 (−44.1 to −42.0)
75–79	370	466	555	667	678	551	555	449	432	74.3 (+61.2 to +88.5)	−36.4 (−37.4 to −35.3)
80–84	424	502	602	790	823	700	788	672	626	84.0 (+68.1 to +101.4)	−23.9 (−25.2 to −22.7)

*Estimated from the exponential of the beta-coefficient for time period from Poisson regression models.
†There were no English national data available for the period 1986–1989.