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Improvements in prevention and cardiac care mean fewer heart attacks and fewer deaths
Canadian Institute for Health Information, 06/12/09

Data from the Canadian Institute for Health Information (CIHI) shows the rate of patients admitted to hospital for heart attack in Canada (outside Quebec) dropped 13% between 2003–2004 and 2007–2008, after population growth and aging were taken into account. Over the same time period, deaths in hospital within 30 days of admission for acute myocardial infarction (AMI), or heart attack, were down 11%, and unplanned readmissions to hospital after a heart attack declined by 31%.

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