[Registration of myocardial infarction in the Augustów region from January 1, 1983 to December 31, 1984].

The purpose of report was in presentation of data on the myocardial infarction occurrence in the Augustów region. The analysis involved the confirmed cases of myocardial infarctions and the sudden death that is the probable myocardial infarctions. The analysis included the site of habitation (city, country), age, sex, the time of the disease, the diurnal occurrence of the disease, day of a given week of month. The risk factors such as arterial hypertension, smoking and diabetes mellitus have also been analysed. It has been stated that the morbidity index for myocardial infarction in the Augustów region was significantly lower than that in the highly industrialised regions or great urban agglomeration regions. The morbidity ratio men:women was 3.1:1. The most frequent myocardial infarct incidence was during the hours. Among country people the myocardial infarction cases occurred more frequently during first days of the week whereas urban population was characterized by more frequent disease occurrence during last days of the week. Arterial hypertension and smoking occurred more frequently in the city inhabitant than in patients living in the country.