Acute care — Acute myocardial infarction 30 day mortality (during same hospital admission, unlinked data) by country
Acute Care (AC) is a subgroup of indicators within the HCQO database and provides data on the quality of hospital-based care for acute conditions. The database includes indicators on 30-day mortality following acute myocardial infarction, haemorrhagic and ischaemic stroke and hip surgery initiation within 2 days....
What the numbers show
Acute care — Acute myocardial infarction 30 day mortality (during same hospital admission, unlinked data) is currently reported for 37 countries. The highest value is 22 Per 100 admissions in Mexico; the lowest is 0.1 Per 100 admissions in Costa Rica.
The median across all reporting countries is 5.5 Per 100 admissions, and the mean is 5.82 Per 100 admissions.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 220.
Over the past decade 3 countries rose and 32 fell. The largest increase was in Poland (up 47.7%), and the largest decrease in Japan (down 57.9%).
Acute care — Acute myocardial infarction 30 day mortality: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mexico | 22 Per 100 admissions | 2023 | down 18.5% | falling |
| 1 | Latvia | 12.1 Per 100 admissions | 2023 | down 13.6% | flat |
| 2 | Singapore | 8.3 Per 100 admissions | 2023 | down 17.0% | falling |
| 2 | Lithuania | 8.3 Per 100 admissions | 2024 | down 11.7% | falling |
| 3 | Estonia | 8.1 Per 100 admissions | 2023 | down 12.9% | falling |
| 3 | Germany | 7.8 Per 100 admissions | 2023 | down 4.9% | falling |
| 4 | Chile | 7.7 Per 100 admissions | 2021 | down 30.6% | falling |
| 4 | Poland | 6.5 Per 100 admissions | 2023 | up 47.7% | falling |
| 5 | Finland | 6.6 Per 100 admissions | 2023 | down 29.8% | falling |
| 5 | Belgium | 6.6 Per 100 admissions | 2023 | down 12.0% | falling |
| 5 | Türkiye | 5.7 Per 100 admissions | 2024 | up 35.7% | rising |
| 6 | Slovenia | 4.9 Per 100 admissions | 2023 | down 12.5% | falling |
| 7 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 6.2 Per 100 admissions | 2023 | down 16.2% | falling |
| 7 | Netherlands | 2.7 Per 100 admissions | 2023 | down 38.6% | volatile |
| 8 | Spain | 6 Per 100 admissions | 2023 | down 21.1% | falling |
| 8 | Hungary | 6 Per 100 admissions | 2023 | down 20.0% | falling |
| 10 | Portugal | 5.9 Per 100 admissions | 2024 | down 32.2% | falling |
| 11 | Switzerland | 5.8 Per 100 admissions | 2023 | down 26.6% | falling |
| 12 | Malta | 5.7 Per 100 admissions | 2022 | down 21.9% | flat |
| 13 | Austria | 5.5 Per 100 admissions | 2023 | down 24.7% | falling |
| 13 | Luxembourg | 5.5 Per 100 admissions | 2023 | up 14.6% | falling |
| 15 | France | 5.3 Per 100 admissions | 2015 | down 30.3% | falling |
| 16 | United States of America | 5.2 Per 100 admissions | 2022 | unchanged | falling |
| 17 | Colombia | 5.1 Per 100 admissions | 2017 | down 1.9% | falling |
| 18 | Ireland | 5 Per 100 admissions | 2023 | down 12.3% | falling |
| 19 | Czechia | 4.9 Per 100 admissions | 2023 | down 22.2% | falling |
| 20 | Italy | 4.6 Per 100 admissions | 2023 | down 13.2% | falling |
| 21 | Japan | 4.5 Per 100 admissions | 2023 | down 57.9% | falling |
| 22 | Canada | 4.3 Per 100 admissions | 2023 | down 33.8% | falling |
| 23 | New Zealand | 4.2 Per 100 admissions | 2022 | down 32.3% | falling |
| 24 | Israel | 4.1 Per 100 admissions | 2023 | down 33.9% | falling |
| 24 | Denmark | 4.1 Per 100 admissions | 2023 | down 30.5% | falling |
| 26 | Sweden | 3.2 Per 100 admissions | 2023 | down 23.8% | falling |
| 27 | Australia | 3.1 Per 100 admissions | 2023 | down 22.5% | falling |
| 28 | Norway | 2.4 Per 100 admissions | 2023 | down 35.1% | volatile |
| 29 | Iceland | 1.2 Per 100 admissions | 2024 | down 14.3% | volatile |
| 30 | Costa Rica | 0.1 Per 100 admissions | 2015 | — | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- Korea 8.1 Per 100 admissions
- Slovak Republic 4.9 Per 100 admissions
About this data
Acute Care (AC) is a subgroup of indicators within the HCQO database and provides data on the quality of hospital-based care for acute conditions. The database includes indicators on 30-day mortality following acute myocardial infarction, haemorrhagic and ischaemic stroke and hip surgery initiation within 2 days. Mortality rates following hospital admission for these conditions capture the quality of pre-hospital factors including timely access and coordinated emergency care as well as the quality of in-hospital care including timely treatment and access to specialised facilities. Acute care indicators are age- and sex-standardised. For further information, please consult: The HCQO Definitions document provides indicator definitions and calculation methodologies of HCQO indicators Sources and Methods surveys on Acute Care (AC) and Hospital Data</+G3+G4