Myocardial Infarction Registry Augsburg

Data Source:	Myocardial Infarction Registry Augsburg
Contact:
- Contact Person:	Mr. Timo Schmitz
- Department:	University Hospital Augsburg, Chair of Epidemiology, University Augsburg
- Telephone:	+49 821 400-4373
- Fax:	+49 821 400-2838
- E-Mail / Contact:	timo.schmitz@med.uni-augsburg.de Dorothea.Lukitsch@uk-augsburg.de
Data Owner:	University Hospital Augsburg, / Chair of Epidemiology, University of Augsburg
- Street:	Stenglinstraße 2
- Post Code/Town:	86156 Augsburg
- Telephone:	+49 821 400-4373
- Fax:	+49 821 400-2838
- E-Mail / Contact:	daniela.jarosch@med.uni-augsburg.de
- Internet:	http://www.uni-augsburg.de/de/fakultaet/med/profs/epidemiologie/herzinfarktregister-augsburg/
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:	University Hospital Augsburg as representative for the regional health institutions.
Data Collector:	Registry team at the University Hospital Augsburg Stenglinstraße 2 (Location: Neusässer Straße 47) 86156 Augsburg Phone: +49 821 400-4373 Fax: +49 821 400-2838 E-Mail: Dorothea.Lukitsch@uk-augsburg.de
Reporting Stations:	Patients interviewed and practitioners who last treated the patients as well as coroners (if applicable) - Myocardial Infarction Registry Augsburg (Chair of Epidemiology, University of Augsburg) - tables to the German Federal Statistical Office.
Object under Review:	Residents of the city of Augsburg and the adjoining rural districts (Augsburg and Aichach-Friedberg) from the age of 25 (until 2019: 25 to 84 year old residents).
Interviewees:	Hospital patients with clinically confirmed myocardial infarction, in case of death: last treating physicians and coroners.
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:	Studies and analyses on specific issues and publication in established scientific journals.
Completeness, Sample Proportion and Representativity:	Complete data collection in the region of Augsburg; annual degree of coverage 95% (approximately 5% of all events occur outside of the study region); roughly representative for Germany.
Conceivable Modifications:	No major modifications foreseen.
Comparable Data Sources:	At present none.
Remarks:	-
Last Update:	June 3, 2022

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