Table 3

Annual average number of admissions for myocardial infarction and percentage change by sex and age group: England, 1968–2016

	Annual average number of admissions (n)									Change in annual average numbers* (%)
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	447	486	556	442	334	304	358	285	327	−1.1	−2.1
35–39	1117	1074	1112	1010	734	668	722	651	637	−9.6	−13.2
40–44	2843	2664	2576	2368	1836	1507	1720	1589	1663	−16.7	−9.4
45–49	4803	5066	4682	4300	3338	2761	2875	2773	3353	−10.5	0.4
50–54	6000	7526	7408	6802	4751	4348	4034	3739	4998	13.4	5.2
55–59	8440	8480	9548	9040	6496	5158	5548	4631	5855	7.1	−9.9
60–64	9437	10 528	9694	10 558	8078	6329	5744	5490	6318	11.9	−21.8
65–69	7780	9568	10 002	9528	8982	7045	6392	5242	6978	22.5	−22.3
70–74	4697	6466	8044	9288	8721	7290	6853	5663	6297	97.7	−27.8
75–79	2697	3540	4906	6380	6934	6608	6762	5754	6263	136.6	−9.7
80–84	1480	1674	2102	3318	4774	4287	6116	5306	5630	124.2	17.9
15–84	49 740	57 072	60 630	63 034	54 978	46 304	47 125	41 123	48 318	26.7	−12.1
Women
15–34	70	90	96	106	60	59	78	71	80	51.4	33.3
35–39	137	140	140	136	105	108	151	139	161	−0.7	53.3
40–44	407	420	446	318	269	237	350	354	425	−21.9	58.0
45–49	830	818	744	716	556	511	601	671	865	−13.7	55.6
50–54	1223	1552	1508	1466	988	933	897	931	1285	19.9	30.1
55–59	2140	2348	2494	2670	1818	1434	1457	1243	1680	24.8	−7.6
60–64	3277	3562	3500	3940	3010	2263	1933	1871	2166	20.2	−28.0
65–69	3867	4562	4808	4810	4466	3355	2841	2325	2882	24.4	−35.5
70–74	3573	4784	5198	6276	5721	4422	3974	3103	3328	75.7	−41.8
75–79	2827	3804	5042	6290	6144	5274	5130	4121	4124	122.5	−32.9
80–84	2093	2564	3350	4854	5841	4760	5979	4918	4720	131.9	−19.2
15–84	20 443	24 644	27 326	31 582	28 976	23 356	23 392	19 747	21 717	54.5	−25.1

* Percent change of annual averages: (most recent period–earliest period)/earliest period.
† There were no English national data available for the period 1986–1989.