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Age-Adjusted Hospital Discharge Rates for Congestive Heart Disease as First-Listed Diagnosis per 10,000 Population, United States, 1988–2006

The age-adjusted hospital discharge rates for congestive heart disease as first-listed diagnosis per 10,000 population increased from 1988 to 2000, and then leveled off through 2006. The age-adjusted rate was 7.9 per 10,000 population in 1988 and 11.4 in 2006.

Graph showing Age-Adjusted Hospital Discharge Rates for Heart Failure as First-Listed Diagnosis per 10,000 Population, United States, 1988–2006 . Links for data figures, sources, methods and data limitations, and detailed tables follow this image.

Year Age-Adjusted Rate
1988 7.9
1989 7.0
1990 7.4
1991 8.1
1992 9.9
1993 10.4
1994 10.0
1995 9.5
1996 10.3
1997 10.4
1998 12.0
1999 11.8
2000 12.8
2001 12.3
2002 11.7
2003 13.3
2004 12.3
2005 11.6
2006 11.4

 

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; U.S. Census Bureau, 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: February 3, 2011
Page last reviewed: February 3, 2011