Open AccessAcute myocardial infarction case fatality, incidence and mortality rates in a population registry in Gerona, Spain, 1990-1992. REGICOR Investigators
Author(s) -
Glòria Pérez
Publication year - 1998
Publication title -
international journal of epidemiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.406
H-Index - 208
eISSN - 1464-3685
pISSN - 0300-5771
DOI - 10.1093/ije/27.4.599
Subject(s) - medicine , case fatality rate , myocardial infarction , incidence (geometry) , population , epidemiology , mortality rate , demography , environmental health , physics , sociology , optics
Community-based registries provide the best approach to assessing the impact of myocardial infarction (MI) in a population. The objective of the present study was to determine MI mortality, incidence, attack rate and 28-day case fatality in the province of Gerona, Spain from 1990 to 1992.
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