Table 1

First acute myocardial infarction directly standardised rates and rate ratios (per year, per 100 000) with 95% CI 1 May 2001 to 30 April 2008 in people ≥30 years, by ethnic group (men)

Ethnic group\|men	Events (n)		Directly standardised rate*
Ethnic group\|men	Events (n)	(n)	Rate and 95% CI		Rate ratio and 95% CI
White Scottish	43 498	1 212 686	512.4	507.8 to 517.1	100.0
Other white British	3147	116 076	394.9	381.4 to 408.3	77.1	74.3 to 79.8
White Irish	569	15 454	477.5	439.5 to 515.5	93.2	85.7 to 100.7
Other white	473	17 335	419.0	381.2 to 456.8	81.8	74.4 to 89.2
Any mixed background	45	1400	658.5	476.0 to 841.0	128.5	92.9 to 164.2
Indian	89	3125	620.9	485.6 to 756.3	121.2	94.7 to 147.6
Pakistani	190	5354	729.5	609.2 to 849.9	142.4	118.9 to 165.9
Other South Asian	35	1714	675.8	446.5 to 905.1	133.2	82.7 to 183.8
African	26	1746	512.4	332.1 to 692.7	100.0	64.8 to 135.2
Chinese	27	3004	230.9	127.5 to 334.3	45.1	24.9 to 65.2
Other ethnic group	27	1848	496.9	243.9 to 749.9	97.0	47.6 to 146.4

*Age standardised to white Scottish population.