Healthy People 2010, measure 12-6 (modified age group).
1.50a Hospitalizations for congestive heart failure per 1,000 population, United States, 2002.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Health Statistics, National Hospital Discharge Survey (NHDS).
U.S. civilian population.
Number of discharges with a principal diagnosis of congestive heart failure (ICD-9-CM code 428.0).
1.50b Admissions for congestive heart failure (excluding patients with cardiac procedures, obstetric and neonatal conditions, and transfers from other institutions) per 100,000 population, age 18 years and older, by State, 2001 and 2002.
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Center for Delivery, Organization, and Markets, Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project (HCUP), Nationwide Inpatient Sample and State Inpatient Databases.
U.S. population age 18 and over.
Number of hospital discharges with a principal diagnosis of congestive heart failure, excluding patients with cardiac procedures, obstetric and neonatal conditions, and transfers from other institutions.
The rate in the national table is age-adjusted. Race classification changed in 2000. Data for 2000 and later years may not be comparable to data from previous years.
Rates in the State table are adjusted by age and gender, using the total U.S. population for 2000 as the standard population. Although not all States participate in the HCUP database, the Nationwide Inpatient Sample is weighted to give national estimates using weights based on all U.S. community, non-rehabilitation hospitals in the American Hospital Association Annual Survey of Hospitals. The State table with its comparative national estimate was created using version 2.1, revision 3, of the AHRQ PQI software. This measure is referred to as indicator 8 in the AHRQ PQI software documentation. More information about the AHRQ Quality Indicators is available at http://www.qualityindicators.ahrq.gov.