MORBIDITY DUE TO THE ACUTE MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION IN THE FARMERS' POPULATION OF NIŠ MUNICIPALITY

Tn the period from 1974 to 1994 the overall number of patients-farmerssuffering from the acute myocardial infarction (AIM) who were treated in thehospital was 163, meaning 8 per year. The average annual general rate of incidencewas 20,22 of the sick per 100,000 people older than 30 years of age. The general rateof incidence among men was 23,8 of the sick, while among women it was 16,3 of thesick per 100,000 people of the same sex. Unlike the urban population of Niš, the AIMof 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 than39 suffering from the ATM. The difference among the sexes was caused by the onepertaining 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 was1,6:1 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 isthe same. The average age of the farmers was considerably higher than the averageage of the urban population of Niš (p< 0,001)