Table 1

Distribution of characteristics and outcomes by deprivation quintiles of participants admitted to hospital with first-time AMI, 2010–2011

	1 (least deprived)		2		3		4		5 (most deprived)
	n	Per cent	n	Per cent	n	Per cent	n	Per cent	n	Per cent	p Value
Gender
Men	534	65.9	594	62.1	751	61.7	737	59.9	734	60.3
Women	276	34.1	362	37.9	466	38.3	493	40.1	484	39.7	0.063
Age
35–54	80	9.9	109	11.4	158	13.0	199	16.2	212	17.4
55–74	302	37.3	397	41.5	533	43.8	529	43.0	522	42.9
75+	428	52.8	450	47.1	526	43.2	502	40.8	484	39.7	<0.001
Comorbidities
0	318	39.3	386	40.4	469	38.5	461	37.5	412	33.8
1	235	29.0	298	31.2	361	29.7	339	27.6	368	30.2
2	128	15.8	137	14.3	215	17.7	208	16.9	205	16.8
3+	129	15.9	135	14.1	172	14.1	222	18.0	233	19.1	<0.001
Rural–urban classification
Urban	602	74.3	443	46.3	715	58.8	945	76.8	1036	85.1
Town	106	13.1	167	17.5	181	14.9	217	17.6	175	14.4
Rural	102	12.6	346	36.2	321	26.4	68	5.5	7	0.6	<0.001
Admitting hospital
No catheterisation facilities	214	26.4	374	39.1	582	47.8	380	30.9	418	34.3
Angiography only	332	41.0	404	42.3	404	33.2	593	48.2	521	42.8
Revascularisation facilities	264	32.6	178	18.6	231	19.0	257	20.9	279	22.9	<0.001
End points
Revascularisation	328	40.5	427	44.7	533	43.8	514	41.8	456	37.4
Subsequent MI	*	–	*	–	*	–	*	–	*	–
Death	146	18.0	155	16.2	204	16.8	201	16.3	228	18.7
Migration	*	–	*	–	*	–	*	–	*	–
End of follow-up	308	38.0	353	36.9	446	36.6	473	38.5	489	40.1	0.077