title: Incidence of acute myocardial infarction in Islamic Republic of Iran: a study using national registry data in 2012.
abstract: Population-based data on myocardial infarction rates in the Islamic Republic of Iran have not been reported on a national or provincial scale. In a cross-sectional study, data were collected on 20 750 new cases of myocardial infarction (ICD10 codes I21-22) admitted to hospitals and registered by the Iranian Myocardial Infarction Registry in 2012. The crude and age-adjusted incidence for the 31 provinces and the whole country were directly calculated per 100 000 people using the WHO standard population. Overall, males comprised 72.4% of cases and had a significantly lower mean age at incidence than women [59.6 (SD 13.3) years versus 65.4 (SD 12.6) years]. The male:female incidence ratio was 2.63. The age-standardized myocardial infarction incidence rate was 73.3 per 100 000 in the whole country (95% CI: 72.3%-74.3%) and varied significantly from 24.5 to 152.5 per 100 000 across the 31 provinces. The study provides baseline data for monitoring and managing cardiovascular diseases in the country.
authors.affiliation: Department of Epidemiology & Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Islamic Republic of Iran.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ahmadi
authors.affiliation: Safety Promotion & Injury Prevention Research Center, Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Islamic Republic of Iran. hsoori@yahoo.com.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Soori
authors.affiliation: Safety Promotion & Injury Prevention Research Center, Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Islamic Republic of Iran.
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Mehrabi
authors.affiliation: Safety Promotion & Injury Prevention Research Center, Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Islamic Republic of Iran.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Etemad
authors.affiliation: Ministry of Health & Medical Education, Center for Non-Communicable Disease Control, Cardiovascular Office, Tehran, Islamic Republic of Iran.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Samavat
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, School of Medicine & Hajar Hospital, Shahrekord University of Medical Sciences, Shahrekord, Islamic Republic of Iran.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Khaledifar
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D017677:Age Distribution; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D007492:Iran / Q000453:epidemiology; D008297:Male; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000453:epidemiology*; D012042:Registries / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D012111:Residence Characteristics; D017678:Sex Distribution