Objective We observed the level of education of elderly patients with acute myocardial infarction (ami) influenced the level of awareness in the disease.Methods we used the questionnaire designed by ourselves to investigate the cognitive level of 80 cases with acute myocardial infarction.According to the education level of the patients,we divided them into different groups,including junior high group,secondary technical group,junior college group,and compared the different awareness levels of the three groups of patients with each other.Results The rate that the junior college group patients with AMI did not understand the risk factors were:diet70%,body weight 50%,smoking 70%,exercise40%,lipids 50%,blood pressure80%,blood sugar 50%,significantly lower than that of the secondary technical group of 38%,33%,47%,38%,42%,71%,42% and of the junior high school group,of 22%,18%,48%,16%,14%,45%,18% ( all P ＜ 0.05 ),The awareness of the disease in the junior college group of AMI was significantly higher than the secondary technical group and the junior high school group( all P ＜ 0.05 ).Conclusion The level of education and awareness of the disease in elderly patients with AMI was significantly related.