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Table 2 Comparison MCD and MONICA (districts of Bruges and Ghent); 2002-4.

From: Do inter-hospital comparisons of in-hospital, acute myocardial infarction case-fatality rates serve the purpose of fostering quality improvement? An evaluative study

Bruges 2002-2004

Ghent 2002-2004

 

Females

Females

 

Fatal

Total

Fatal

Total

Age

MONICA

MCD

MONICA

MCD

MONICA

MCD

MONICA

MCD

 

<1 h°

≥1 h°

Subt.°°

   

<1 h

≥1 h

Subt.

   

25 - 34 y

0

0

0

0

0

1

0

0

0

0

2

3

35 - 44 y

0

0

0

0

4

6

0

0

0

0

3

2

45 - 54 y

0

1

1

1

12

10

1

2

3

2

18

13

54 - 64 y

0

6

6

1

23

23

5

4

9

2

29

28

65 - 74 y

5

14

19

6

71

65

6

11

17

5

59

54

Total

5

21

26

8

110

105

12

17

29

9

111

100

 

Males

Males

 

Fatal

Total

Fatal

Total

Age

MONICA

MCD

MONICA

MCD

MONICA

MCD

MONICA

MCD

 

<1 h

≥1 h

Subt.

   

<1 h

≥1 h

Subt.

   

25 - 34 y

0

0

0

0

1

1

0

0

0

0

4

3

35 - 44 y

0

0

0

0

23

20

0

2

2

1

34

29

45 - 54 y

2

7

9

3

104

89

4

3

7

4

87

95

54 - 64 y

1

10

11

4

117

114

8

22

30

11

112

109

65 - 74 y

9

31

40

12

162

141

13

23

36

19

137

138

Total

12

48

60

19

407

365

25

50

75

35

374

374

  1. °: </≥1 hour: number of fatal cases having sojourned less than/at least one hour at the hospital before dying. This item is only registered in the MONICA registry; the MCD merely provides the day of decease without indicating whether the event took place within the first hour of admission or later on in the hospital stay.
  2. °°:Subt.: subtotal (MONICA registry): number of fatal cases having sojourned at least one hour at the hospital before dying and of the number of fatal cases having sojourned less than one hour at the hospital before dying
  3. MCD: Minimal Clinical Data; MONICA: Monitoring of Trends and Determinants in Cardiovascular Diseases register