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Heart Failure-Related Hospitalization in the U.S., 1979 to 2004

Jing Fang, MD^_*,_*, George A. Mensah, MD, Janet B. Croft, PhD and Nora L. Keenan, PhD^_*

^_* Division for Heart Disease and Stroke Prevention, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia
Office of the Director, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia
Division of Adult and Community Health, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia.

View larger version (15K): [in this window] [in a new window] [Download PPT slide]   Figure 1 Age-Adjusted Hospitalization Rates for Heart Failure. National Hospital Discharge Survey, 1979–2004 Trends of age-adjusted heart failure hospitalization rate (per 100,000) from 1979 to 2004 among patients with heart failure as the first-listed or additional (2nd to 7th) diagnosis for men and women.