Table 1 Characteristics of STEMI hospitalisations

Number

13,117

344

12,773

Sex

Male, N (%)

9,255 (70.6)

230 (66.9)

9,025 (70.7)

<0.001

Female, N (%)

3,862 (29.4)

114 (33.1)

3,748 (29.3)

Age

35-44, N (%)

800 (6.1)

69 (20.1)

731 (5.7)

<0.001

45-54, N (%)

2,293 (17.5)

104 (30.2)

2,189 (17.1)

55-64, N (%)

3,229 (24.6)

84 (24.4)

3,145 (24.6)

65-74, N (%)

3,058 (23.3)

60 (17.4)

2,998 (23.5)

75+, N (%)

3,737 (28.5)

27 (7.8)

3,710 (29.0)

Remoteness

Major City, N (%)

8,735 (63.8)

115 (33.4)

8,620 (67.5)

<0.001

Inner Regional, N (%)

3,068 (23.4)

133 (38.7)

2,935 (23.0)

Outer and remote, N (%)

924 (7.0)

89 (25.9)

835 (6.5)