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Hospital Discharge Rates for Heart Failure as First-Listed Diagnosis per 1,000 Diabetic Population, United States,
by Age, 1980–2003

Age-specific rates of hospital discharges with heart failure as the first-listed diagnosis per 1,000 diabetic population rose with age. For all age groups, rates increased during the 1980s and the mid-1990s. From 1998 through 2003, rates leveled off in the youngest age group (people aged 0-64 years) but declined in older age groups (people aged 65-74 years and people aged 75 years or older).

Graph showing Hospital Discharge Rates for Heart Failure as First-Listed Diagnosis per 1,000 Diabetic Population, United States, by Age, 1980–2003. Links for data figures, sources, methods and data limitations, and detailed tables follow this image.
 

  Age Group
Year 0-64 65-74 75+
1980 5.0 17.1 27.5
1981 5.4 20.2 36.6
1982 7.0 24.5 37.0
1983 8.1 20.0 47.0
1984 7.8 24.3 46.7
1985 9.3 24.4 42.3
1986 10.1 30.7 52.3
1987 10.8 28.8 64.3
1988 12.9 43.7 66.5
1989 12.5 32.7 69.7
1990 13.2 33.0 69.1
1991 12.3 38.2 70.7
1992 14.3 42.4 85.0
1993 18.6 43.8 76.8
1994 13.8 44.5 76.2
1995 14.1 43.7 71.0
1996 15.3 41.4 81.9
1997 11.9 37.8 68.7
1998 13.2 43.3 80.1
1999 13.4 39.3 73.1
2000 13.7 38.5 77.8
2001 12.5 34.3 70.3
2002 13.7 31.0 55.8
2003 14.4 31.5 64.1

 

Methods and Limitations

Detailed Data Table

Data Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), National Center for Health Statistics, Division of Health Care Statistics, data from the National Hospital Discharge Survey and Division of Health Interview Statistics, data from the National Health Interview Survey. U.S. Bureau of the Census, census of the population and population estimates and National Center for Health Statistics, CDC, bridged-race population estimates. Data computed by personnel in the Division of Diabetes Translation, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, CDC.

 

Page last modified: March 26, 2007
Page last reviewed: March 26, 2007