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Table 1.40a: National Treatment of AMI
| Mean and median time to thrombolysis, United States, 1999-2000a,b |
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| Population group |
Mean |
Standard error |
Median |
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| Total |
62.2 |
3.9 |
43.0 |
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| Gender |
| Male |
55.9 |
3.2 |
41.0 |
| Female |
71.5 |
8.4 |
46.5 |
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| Race |
| White |
60.8 |
4.2 |
42.0 |
| African Americanc |
66.5 |
12.2 |
66.0 |
| Other |
76.8 |
12.3 |
52.0 |
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| Age |
| < 65 |
53.3 |
6.3 |
38.0 |
| 65-74 |
60.0 |
5.7 |
42.0 |
| 75-84 |
68.4 |
6.6 |
46.0 |
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a Population is Medicare patients only.
b Time in minutes from arrival to initiation of a thrombolytic agent in patients with ST segment elevation or left bundle branch block (LBBB) on the electrocardiogram (ECG) performed closest to hospital arrival time.
c Denominator N is less than 30.
Source: Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, Medicare Quality Improvement Organization Program.
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