Table 4_3_4-1

2008 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports

The National Healthcare Quality Report (NHQR) is a comprehensive national overview of quality of health care in the United States. It is organized around four dimensions of quality of care: effectiveness, patient safety, timeliness, and patient centeredness.

Table 4_3_4.1
Hospitalizations for congestive heart failure per 100,000 population, United States, 2006
Population group		Rate^a	SE
Total		327.5	12.0
Age, not age adjusted	0–44	25.6	2.9
	45–64	303.4	18.6
	65–74	1048.4	69.3
	75–84	2214.0	136.1
	85 and over	4538.9	369.5
Race	AI/AN only	*	*
	Asian only	*	*
	NHOPI only	*	*
	Black only	525.0	29.9
	White only	239.1	13.6
Gender	Male	359.3	15.9
Gender	Female	298.3	13.9

^a Estimates are age adjusted to the 2000 standard population using five age groups: 0–17, 18–44, 45–64, 65–74, and 75 and over, except where indicated.

* - Data do not meet the criteria for statistical reliability, data quality, or confidentiality.

Key: AI/AN: American Indian or Alaska Native; NHOPI: Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander; SE: standard error.

Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Health Statistics, National Hospital Discharge Survey.

Current as of September 2009

Internet Citation: Table 4_3_4-1: 2008 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports. September 2009. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. http://www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/nhqrdr/nhqrdr08/4_heartdiseases/T4_3_4-1.html