Table 8 Discharge diagnoses for patients referred to acute hospital admission with the diagnosis acute myocardial infarction (K75). Relative risk for different discharge ICD-10 diagnoses by explanatory variables (referrals, age and gender), compared with discharged with acute myocardial infarction (I21)

Acute myocardial infarction (I21)

583

43

63

66 (56–76)

25

Pain in throat and chest (R07)^d

160

12

54

0.71

0.54–0.93

62 (53–74)

0.79

0.71–0.87

36

1.81

1.35–2.42

Angina pectoris (I20)

93

7

40

0.47

0.32–0.69

72 (64–81)

1.21

1.04–1.41

27

0.87

0.56–1.34

Chronic ischaemic heart disease (I25)

60

4

47

0.47

0.29–0.77

61 (54–67)

0.74

0.61–0.90

15

0.68

0.34–1.37

Atrial fibrillation and flutter (I48)

49

4

51

0.73

0.43–1.23

76 (69–82)

1.51

1.21–1.89

43

1.37

0.78–2.41

Heart failure (I50)

41

3

66

1.30

0.71–2.35

81 (73–88)

1.96

1.51–2.55

51

1.50

0.81–2.75

Other diagnoses chapter I (circulatory)

121

9

62

0.99

0.71–1.38

71 (57–81)

1.05

0.93–1.20

37

1.48

1.04–2.11

Other diagnoses chapter R (symptoms)

63

5

60

0.95

0.59–1.52

71 (60–82)

1.09

0.90–1.31

43

1.85

1.12–3.06

Diagnoses chapter J (respiratory)

62

5

55

0.83

0.52–1.32

77 (69–83)

1.52

1.25–1.85

39

1.16

0.70–1.91

Other

127

9

42

0.52

0.38–0.72

70 (59–83)

1.03

0.91–1.16

46

1.94

1.40–2.68

All

1359

100

57

68 (57–79)

32