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Errata: Vol. 57, Nos. 51 & 52

In the report, "Reduced Hospitalizations for Acute Myocardial Infarction After Implementation of a Smoke-Free Ordinance --- City of Pueblo, Colorado, 2002--2006," on page 1376, in the table, sex-specific rates were calculated using a denominator of total person-years for both sexes combined. The corrected table calculating sex-specific rates using a sex-specific denominator follows.

Table

TABLE. Number and rate* of hospitalizations for acute myocardial infarction (AMI) before and after smoking ordinance, by sex and area — city of Pueblo, Pueblo County outside city of Pueblo limits, and El Paso County, Pueblo Heart Study, January 2002–June 2006†
Area
Pre-implementation period§
Phase I post-implementation
period¶
Phase II post-implementation
period**
Relative rate (RR) for AMI (Phase I vs.
pre-implementation)
Relative rate for AMI (Phase II vs. Phase I)
Relative rate for AMI (Phase II vs.
pre-implementation)
No.
Rate
No.
Rate
No.
Rate
RR (95% CI††)
RR (95% CI)
RR (95% CI)
City of Pueblo (intervention area)
Male
233
310
175
233
157
209
0.75 (0.61–0.90)
0.90 (0.69–1.10)
0.67 (0.52–0.82)
Female
166
207
116
145
80
100
0.70 (0.53–0.87)
0.69 (0.51–0.87)
0.48 (0.36–0.60)
Total
399
257
291
187
237
152
0.73 (0.64–0.82)
0.81 (0.67–0.96)
0.59 (0.49–0.70)
Pueblo County outside city of Pueblo limits (comparison area)
Male
55
147
55
147
63
169
1.00 (0.58–1.42)
1.15 (0.64–1.65)
1.15 (0.59–1.70)
Female
34
93
21
57
29
79
0.62 (0.28–0.95)
1.38 (0.70–2.06)
0.85 (0.38–1.32)
Total
89
135
76
115
92
139
0.85 (0.56–1.14)
1.21 (0.80–1.62)
1.03 (0.68–1.39)
El Paso County (comparison area)
Male
872
201
849
196
815
188
0.97 (0.87–1.08)
0.96 (0.84–1.08)
0.93 (0.84–1.03)
Female
427
99
392
91
415
96
0.92 (0.78–1.05)
1.06 (0.90–1.21)
0.97 (0.84–1.10)
Total
1,299
157
1,241
150
1,230
149
0.96 (0.87–1.04)
0.99 (0.91–1.08)
0.95 (0.87–1.03)
* Per 100,000 sex-specific or total person-years. Based on U.S. Census Bureau population data for 2006.
† Because of receipt of routinely amended coding data from the Colorado Hospital Association, certain data points for the pre-implementation and Phase I post-implementation periods differ from those published previously (Bartecchi C, Alsever RN, Nevin-Woods C, et al. Reduction in the incidence of acute myocardial infarction associated with a citywide smoking ordinance. Circulation 2006;114:1490–6).
§ January 2002–June 2003.
¶ July 2003–December 2004.
** January 2005–June 2006.
†† Confidence interval.

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