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Table 1 Descriptive overview of CAD patients at study entry and death, 2005–2015

From: Stents versus bypass surgery: 3-year mortality risk of patients with coronary interventions aged 50+ in Germany

 

Persons at CAD diagnosis

Deaths 2005–2015

n

%

n

%

Sex

 Males

19,760

50.13

6149

47.39

 Females

19,658

49.87

6825

52.61

Age at CAD diagnosis/coronary intervention

 50–54

501

1.27

63

0.49

 55–59

2366

6.00

277

2.14

 60–64

4144

10.51

556

4.29

 65–69

6051

15.35

1175

9.06

 70–74

8175

20.74

2032

15.66

 75–79

7664

19.44

2693

20.76

 80–84

5969

15.14

2951

22.75

 85+ 

4548

11.54

3227

24.87

Acute coronary syndrome

 No

28,389

72.02

8366

64.48

 Yes

11,029

27.98

4608

35.52

Congestive heart failure

 No

21,240

53.88

2359

18.18

 Yes

18,178

46.12

10,615

81.82

Cardiogenic shock

 No

38,541

97.78

11,515

88.75

 Yes

877

2.22

1459

11.25

Arrhythmia

 No

18,775

47.63

3183

25.53

 Yes

20,643

52.37

9791

75.47

Multivessel coronary artery disease

 No

28,106

71.30

8593

66.23

 Yes

11,312

28.70

4381

33.77

Comorbidities

 0–1

3283

8.33

500

3.85

 2–6

30,076

76.30

9927

76.51

 7–12

6059

15.37

2547

19.63

External injuries

 No

30,610

77.65

9343

72.01

 Yes

8808

22.35

3631

27.99

Years since intervention

 First year

6880

28.70

518

3.99

 Second year

354

2.73

  Third year/no intervention

32,538

71.30

12,102

93.28

Total

39,418

100%

12,974

100%