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Abstract

Background

Shifts in the burden of coronary heart disease (CHD) from an acute to chronic illness have important public health consequences.

Objective

To assess age-sex-specific time trends in rates and characteristics of acute and chronic forms of CHD hospital admissions in the Netherlands.

Methods

Using nationwide Dutch registers, we assessed time trends between 1998 and 2007 in hospitalization rates of 188,266 acute myocardial infarction (AMI, ICD-9 410), 294,374 unstable angina (ICD-9 411, 413) and 205,649 chronic forms of CHD (ICD-9 412, 414) admissions.

Results

Between 1998 and 2007, the age-standardized CHD hospitalization rate declined from 688 to 545 per 100,000 in men and from 281 to 229 per 100,000 in women. Overall, hospitalization rates decreased at younger age (<75 years) but increased in very old age (≥85 years). The annual percentage change in hospitalization rates was larger for AMI (men:-5.1%, women:-4.4%) than for unstable angina patients (men:-2.0%, women:-2.0%). For chronic CHD, the average annual percentage change was +0.7% in men and +2.1% in women. The proportion of chronic CHD in the total of CHD admissions increased between 1998 and 2007 from 29% to 36% in men and from 23% to 30% in women. The proportion of AMI decreased from 30% to 24% in men and from 27% to 22% in women.

Conclusions

An increasing proportion of Dutch CHD hospital admissions was for chronic forms of CHD. The age at hospitalization was pushed towards older age: premature CHD admission declined over time and admission rates at very old age increased.

Keywords

Coronary disease hospitalization trends myocardial infarction unstable angina chronic disease age distribution Netherlands

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Shifts in the age distribution and from acute to chronic coronary heart disease hospitalizations

Abstract

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