Skip to main content
. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 Aug 1.
Published in final edited form as: Ann Epidemiol. 2011 Aug;21(8):572–579. doi: 10.1016/j.annepidem.2011.04.006

Table 3B.

Age-standardized rates for non-fatal MI, non-sudden cardiac death and sudden cardiac death (direct standardization to 2007 world standard population), by income. The ARIC and FINRISK studies 1987–2001.

Exposure Non-fatal MI Non-sudden cardiac death Sudden cardiac death

Events Follow-up p-years IR (per10,000) Events Follow-up p-years IR (per10,000) Events Follow-up p-years IR (per10,000)
ARIC (N=13,712) 714 120 195
  Total sample population
 Low 208 36 317 54.7 (46.9, 62.4) 49 37 342 11.8 (8.3, 15.3) 89 37 342 21.0 (16.5, 25.5)
 medium 236 55 865 40.2 (35.0, 45.4) 35 57 166 5.4 (3.6, 7.2) 56 57 166 9.2 (6.7, 11.6)
 High 270 77 806 36.1 (31.7, 40.4) 36 79 265 5.0 (3.3, 6.7) 50 79 265 6.5 (4.6, 8.3)
Women
 Low 135 25 949 49.7 (41.0, 58.3) 23 26 605 8.1 (4.7, 11.6) 50 26 605 16.4 (11.7, 21.1)
 medium 84 33 022 24.8 (19.5, 30.1) 14 33 456 3.9 (1.8, 5.9) 20 33 456 5.5 (3.1, 7.9)
 High 66 38 676 17.6 (13.3, 22.0) 12 38 928 3.4 (1.4, 5.4) 10 38 928 2.7 (1.0, 4.4)
Men
 Low 73 10 368 67.2 (50.7, 83.8) 26 10 737 20.9 (12.2, 29.6) 39 10 737 33.3 (22.2, 44.3)
 medium 152 22 843 61.8 (51.7, 72.0) 21 23 710 7.6 (4.2, 10.9) 36 23 710 14.8 (9.8, 19.9)
 High 204 39 130 53.1 (45.7, 60.4) 24 40 337 6.2 (3.7, 8.8) 40 40 337 9.9 (6.8, 13.0)
FINRISK (N= 9,816) 342 66 148
  Total sample population
 low 141 28 751 44.7 (37.0, 52.5) 31 29 406 8.8 (5.4, 12.1) 73 29 406 22.6 (17.1, 28.0)
 medium 112 29 435 35.8 (29.0, 42.6) 23 30 048 6.8 (3.8, 9.7) 48 30 048 15.5 (11.1, 20.0)
 high 89 30 492 28.1 (22.1, 34.0) 12 30 984 3.2 (1.2, 5.2) 27 30 984 8.1 (4.9, 11.3)
Women
 low 50 15 723 28.4 (20.0, 36.7) 9 16 010 4.6 (1.3, 7.9) 8 16 010 4.2 (1.0, 7.3)
 medium 38 15 831 22.1 (14.7, 29.4) 8 16 065 4.5 (1.2, 7.8) 13 16 065 7.8 (3.5, 12.1)
 high 28 16 375 16.1 (10.0, 22.3) 3 16 553 1.7 (0.0, 3.6) 6 16 553 3.3 (0.5, 6.1)
Men
 low 91 13 027 64.5 (50.7, 78.3) 22 13 396 13.7 (7.4, 20.0) 65 13 396 44.5 (33.2, 55.9)
 medium 74 13 604 51.8 (39.7, 63.9) 15 13 983 9.3 (4.3, 14.4) 35 13 983 24.4 (16.2, 32.6)
 high 61 14 117 41.8 (31.3, 52.6) 9 14 431 5.0 (1.4, 8.7) 21 14 431 13.6 (7.6, 19.7)

IR = incidence rate