Morbidity compression in myocardial infarction 2006 to 2015 in terms of changing rates and age at occurrence: A longitudinal study using claims data from Germany.

Taken together, morbidity compression has occurred in terms of decreasing MI-rates as well as in terms of increased onset age in men. It can be concluded that both processes have led to an improvement of healthy lifetime. Decreasing morbidity rates in women are also pointing towards morbidity compression, a finding that is not complemented by changes of onset age. Our data are demonstrating that morbidity rates and age at onset may vary independently. From this perspective morbidity compression is a multi-faceted phenomenon.