Survival
This page has not changed since its previous publication in February 2011.
Heart failure, acute myocardial infarction (AMI) and unstable angina are presented in the tables below. Information on survival following emergency admission for heart failure, AMI and unstable angina is derived from hospital discharge data linked to the General Register Office for Scotland mortality database.
Key Points (from February 2011 release):
- 30 day survival for patients admitted as emergencies with AMI has improved over the period 2000/01 - 2009/10 from 83.1% to 89.0% (see Table S1). For those aged 75 and over the figures were 68.6% in 2000/01 rising to 78.7% in 2009/10.
- 30 day survival for patients admitted as emergencies with heart failure has improved over the period 2000/01 - 2009/10, from 82.4% to 85.5% (see Table S3).
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Table S1 Survival after first emergency admission for AMI, unstable angina; numbers of patients treated and % surviving, 2001 - 2010 |
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Table S3 Survival after first emergency admission for heart failure; numbers of patients treated and % surviving, 2001 - 2010 |
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