The mortality due to acute myocardial infarction is higher in men than in women. From the 1980s to the present date there has been a slow and gradual decline in mortality from this pathology, in both sexes. Moreover the difference between North and Centre-South, which was apparent in the 1908s, has become smaller especially as regards men.

 

The graphs (men, women) and tables (men, women) below illustrate the trend of the mortality rate due to acute myocardial infarction from 1980 to 2002 in the various geographical areas of the country: North-East (Trentino Alto Adige, Friuli Venezia Giulia, Veneto, Emilia Romagna), North-West (Valle d'Aosta, Piemonte, Liguria, Lombardia), Centre (Toscana, Umbria, Marche, Lazio), South and Islands (Abruzzo, Molise, Campania, Puglia, Basilicata, Calabria, Sicilia, Sardegna). Mortality rates for persons aged 35-74 years were calculated and standardized using the direct method and the standard European population to allow for a comparison between the different geographical areas and genders. The original data come from the database on mortality in Italy of the Statistical Department of the Istituto Superiore di Sanità. In the graphs, mortality rates are presented using a scale from 0 to 200 per 100,000 for men and a scale from 0 to 50 per 100,000 for women.

 

 

Men

 

Mortality per 100,000 due to acute myocardial infarction (code ICD-9 410) by geographical area, men aged 35-74 (data standardized using the European population)

 

 

	North-East	North-West	Centre	South and Islands	Italy
1980	176.43	185.99	150.56	151.91	166.01
1981	176.20	183.09	146.59	147.43	162.91
1982	168.01	173.45	139.19	143.51	155.79
1983	169.32	173.69	143.08	144.50	157.23
1984	156.24	162.76	131.78	139.05	147.48
1985	150.19	157.77	130.39	140.06	144.88
1986	147.76	146.64	125.56	132.22	137.88
1987	136.39	140.04	120.25	128.59	131.56
1988	130.26	130.95	114.40	121.89	124.37
1989	123.14	122.71	108.52	117.28	118.10
1990	116.30	116.89	98.29	109.92	110.64
1991	109.19	110.92	100.25	111.68	108.59
1992	108.19	105.35	95.15	100.56	102.27
1993	104.02	102.48	93.20	100.32	100.18
1994	96.57	93.54	86.91	96.88	93.78
1995	87.90	90.91	83.83	89.75	88.47
1996	83.66	86.88	77.35	83.67	83.19
1997	82.19	80.62	77.23	82.33	80.75
1998	82.01	80.18	78.02	86.28	82.08
1999	76.80	71.38	69.66	78.64	74.41
2000	68.47	66.90	64.16	71.90	68.26
2001	63.22	61.93	61.07	69.46	64.46
2002	62.68	61.38	63.26	69.43	64.60

 

 

Women

 

Mortality per 100,000 due to acute myocardial infarction (code ICD-9 410) by geographical area, women aged 35-74 (data standardized using the European population)

 

 

	North-East	North-West	Centre	South and Islands	Italy
1980	45.16	47.05	37.62	43.04	43.57
1981	42.29	45.60	37.60	42.81	42.47
1982	42.76	43.61	33.22	40.53	40.42
1983	41.31	43.56	34.58	41.11	40.56
1984	38.26	41.82	35.04	38.66	38.77
1985	39.76	39.80	31.12	39.95	38.07
1986	35.66	38.08	31.73	40.25	36.99
1987	36.57	36.32	31.29	36.86	35.54
1988	34.21	36.75	32.65	35.54	35.03
1989	33.74	33.86	31.22	34.17	33.41
1990	28.59	32.91	27.34	33.78	31.17
1991	28.13	28.82	26.99	32.54	29.47
1992	26.51	26.98	24.18	30.16	27.32
1993	27.38	27.89	23.17	29.41	27.31
1994	25.47	26.58	24.13	27.49	26.14
1995	24.27	25.47	21.80	26.32	24.74
1996	20.84	21.68	21.02	25.31	22.54
1997	20.11	21.82	20.54	22.90	21.57
1998	20.72	21.05	20.00	24.17	21.77
1999	19.00	18.26	18.92	22.07	19.76
2000	16.76	17.46	17.12	21.96	18.72
2001	16.16	17.00	16.54	20.96	18.03
2002	15.45	16.28	15.18	20.69	17.33