MONICA/KORA-Myocardial Infarction Registry Augsburg

Data Source:	MONICA/KORA-Myocardial Infarction Registry Augsburg
Contact:
- Contact Person:	Prof. Dr. med. Christa Meisinger
- Department:	Helmholtz Zentrum München, Independent Research Group Clinical Epidemiology
- Telephone:	+49 (0) 8 21 / 4 00 - 43 73
- Fax:	+49 (0) 8 21 / 4 00 - 28 38
- E-Mail / Contact:	kora-register@helmholtz-muenchen.de
Data Owner:	Helmholtz Zentrum München / Independent Research Group Clinical Epidemiology [Helmholtz Zentrum München]
- Street:	Ingolstädter Landstraße 1
- Post Code/Town:	85764 Oberschleißheim-Neuherberg
- Telephone:	+49 (0) 89 / 31 87 - 26 54
- Fax:	-
- E-Mail / Contact:	trentinaglia@helmholtz-muenchen.de
- Internet:	http://www.helmholtz-muenchen.de/herzschlag-info/
Purpose of Data Collection:	Health monitoring system on morbidity and mortality per 100,000 inhabitants, 28-days-lethality (in % of all cases) as well as disease features of the cases with acute myocardial infarction, including the pre-hospital death cases, by age and sex.
Legal Base:	Co-operation contract between the Helmholtz Zentrum München and the University Hospital Augsburg as representative for the regional health institutions.
Data Collector:	KORA registry team at the University Hospital Augsburg Stenglinstraße 2 (Location: Neusässer Straße 47) 86156 Augsburg Phone: +49 (0) 8 21 / 4 00 - 43 73 Fax: +49 (0) 8 21 / 4 00 - 28 38 E-Mail: kora-register@helmholtz-muenchen.de
Reporting Stations:	Patients interviewed and practitioners conducting the treatment in the end as well as coroners if necessary - Helmholtz Zentrum München (data centre) - tables to the Federal Statistical Office.
Object under Review:	25 to 84 years old (untill 2008: 25 to 74 years old) inhabitants of the city of Augsburg and of the adjoining rural districts, i.e. the counties of Augsburg and Aichach-Friedberg.
Interviewees:	Hospital patients with clinically confirmed myocardial infarction, practitioners conducting the treatment in the end and coroners (to deceased persons).
Collection:
- Instruments:	Direct interview/evaluation of medical files/questionnaire.
- Periodicity:	Continuously.
- First:	In 1985 to participate in the WHO MONICA (monitoring of trends and determinants in cardiovascular disease) project.
- Last:	Not applicable.
Processing:
- Periodicity:	Continuously.
Publication:
- Regular:	Annual update for completed registry data by sex and age groups.
- Irregular:	In the form of thematic articles in scientific periodicals (link to the publication list of the Helmholtz Zentrum München - Institute of Epidemiology and Independent Research Group Clinical Epidemiology (starting 2019) https://www.helmholtz-muenchen.de/kepi/publikationen/index.html).
Completeness, Sample Proportion and Representativity:	Total data collection in the region of Augsburg; annual degree of coverage 95% (approximately 5% of the occurrences happen outside the study region); roughly representative for Germany.
Conceivable Modifications:	In case of a given financing extension on all age groups; prospective follow-up-collection (survival status and, if necessary, causes of death, re-infarction events).
Comparable Data Sources:	At present none.
Remarks:	-
Last Update:	March 30, 2020

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