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Acta Medica Medianae |
MORBIDITY DUE TO THE ACUTE MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION IN THE FARMERS POPULATION OF NIŠ MUNICIPALITY
Marko LAZOVIĆ, Jozef GLASNOVIĆ, Milica LAZOVIĆ, Nevenka KARANOVIĆ, Milena MILOSAVLJEVIĆ and Milena MLADENOVIĆ
Clinic for Cardiovascular Diseases of the Clinic Center, Niš
In the period from
1974 to 1994 the overall number of patients-farmers suffering from the
acute myocardial infarction (ATM) who were treated in the hospital was
163, meaning 8 per year. The average annual general rate of incidence
was 20,22 of the sick per 100,000 people older than 30 years of age. The
general rate of incidence among men was 23,8 of the sick, while among
women it was 16,3 of the sick per 100,000 people of the same sex. Unlike
the urban population of Niš, the ATM of the farmers is typical for older
age groups. There were 85 or 52,1 % of the older than 70, while there
were 130 or 79,6% patients older than 60. There were no younger than 39
suffering from the ATM. The difference among the sexes was caused by the
one pertaining to the age (over 70 years of age). Out of 85 patients
there were 52 or 61 % men, while there were 33 or 39% of the female
patients, while the absolute ratio was 1,6:1 for men. The average age of
all 163 patients was 67,40 (SD=8,60), for men 67 (SD=9,16) and for women
67,59 (SD=7,78). The average age of men and women is the same. The
average age of the farmers was considerably higher than the average age
of the urban population of Niš (p< 0,001).
Key words: acute myocardial infarction, morbidity, farmers' population, municipality of Niš |