Heart Disease
(Data are for the U.S.)
Morbidity
- Number of noninstitutionalized adults with diagnosed heart disease: 25.1 million
- Percent of noninstitutionalized adults with diagnosed heart disease: 11%
Source: Summary Health Statistics for U.S. Adults: National Health Interview Survey, 2007, Tables 1, 2
Health care use
Ambulatory care
- Number of visits with heart disease as primary diagnosis: 16 million
Source: Ambulatory Medical Care Utilization Estimates for 2006, Table 4
Hospital inpatient care
- Number of discharges with heart disease as first-listed diagnosis: 4.2 million
- Average length of stay: 4.4 days
Source: 2006 National Hospital Discharge Survey, Tables 2, 4
Home health care
- Number of current patients with heart disease as primary diagnosis: 147,600
- Percent of current patients with heart disease as primary diagnosis: 11%
Source: 2000 National Home and Hospice Care Survey, Current Home Health Care Patients, Table 12
Hospice care
- Number of current patients with heart disease as primary diagnosis: 13,500
- Percent of current patients with heart disease as primary diagnosis: 13%
Source: 2000 National Home and Hospice Care Survey, Current Hospice Patients, Table 12
Nursing home care
- Number of residents with heart disease: 635,000
- Percent of residents with heart disease: 43%
Source: 2004 National Nursing Home Survey, Residents, Table 33B
Mortality
- Number of deaths: 631,636
- Deaths per 100,000 population: 211.0
- Cause of death rank: 1
Source: Deaths: Final Data for 2006, Tables B, 10, 11
More data
- Ambulatory Medical Care Utilization Estimates for 2006
- Death rates for heart disease by sex, race, Hispanic origin, and age, 1950-2005 Health, United States, 2008, Table 35
- Discharges and average length of stay in non-federal short stay hospitals by sex, age, and selected first-listed diagnoses: 1990-2006 Health, United States, 2008, Table 104
- Discharges in non-federal short stay hospitals by sex, age, and selected first-listed diagnoses: 1990-2006 Health, United States, 2008, Table 103
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