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Diseases » Heart failure » Hospitals

Hospital Statistics for Heart failure

Hospitalization and Heart failure

975,000 (NHLBI 1999).

Hospitals & Clinics: Heart failure

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Hospital statistics for Heart failure:

The following statistics related to hospitals and hospitalization and Heart failure:

205 per 100,000 rate for hospitalizations for heart failure in Canada 1995 Surveillance on-line, 1998 LCDC, Health Canada)
0.842% (107,471) of hospital consultant episodes were for heart failure in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
65% of hospital consultant episodes for heart failure required hospital admission in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
50% of hospital consultant episodes for heart failure were for men in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
50% of hospital consultant episodes for heart failure were for women in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
90% of hospital consultant episodes for heart failure required emergency hospital admission in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
14.8 days was the mean length of stay in hospitals for heart failure in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
9 days was the median length of stay in hospitals for heart failure in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
77 was the mean age of patients hospitalised for heart failure in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
7% of hospital consultant episodes for heart failure occurred in 15-59 year olds in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
66% of hospital consultant episodes for heart failure occurred in people over 75 in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
2% of hospital consultant episodes for heart failure were single day episodes in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
1.864% (977,395) of hospital bed days were for heart failure in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
Hospitalization statistics in Australia:
- hospitalisations for heart failure at public hospitals occurred in 15.4 people per 10,000 population in Australia 2001-02 (Australian Hospital Data, AIHW, Australia, 2001-02)
- 8.1 days was the mean length of stay in public hospitals for heart failure in Australia 2001-02 (Australian Hospital Data, AIHW, Australia, 2001-02)
Hospitalization statistics in Australia for public hospitals:
- 0.087% (18) of hospital episodes for heart failure in public hospitals occurred in males under 1 year old in Australia 2001-02 (Australian Hospital Data, AIHW, Australia, 2001-02)
- 0.04% (8) of hospital episodes for heart failure in public hospitals occurred in males aged 1 to 4 years in Australia 2001-02 (Australian Hospital Data, AIHW, Australia, 2001-02)
- 0.05% (11) of hospital episodes for heart failure in public hospitals occurred in males aged 5 to 14 years in Australia 2001-02 (Australian Hospital Data, AIHW, Australia, 2001-02)
- 0.13% (27) of hospital episodes for heart failure in public hospitals occurred in males aged 15 to 24 years in Australia 2001-02 (Australian Hospital Data, AIHW, Australia, 2001-02)
- 0.51% (105) of hospital episodes for heart failure in public hospitals occurred in males aged 25 to 34 years in Australia 2001-02 (Australian Hospital Data, AIHW, Australia, 2001-02)
- 1.34% (276) of hospital episodes for heart failure in public hospitals occurred in males aged 35 to 44 years in Australia 2001-02 (Australian Hospital Data, AIHW, Australia, 2001-02)
- 3.9% (803) of hospital episodes for heart failure in public hospitals occurred in males aged 45 to 54 years in Australia 2001-02 (Australian Hospital Data, AIHW, Australia, 2001-02)
- 10.2% (2,100) of hospital episodes for heart failure in public hospitals occurred in males aged 55 to 64 years in Australia 2001-02 (Australian Hospital Data, AIHW, Australia, 2001-02)
- 25.1% (5,175) of hospital episodes for heart failure in public hospitals occurred in males aged 65 to 74 years in Australia 2001-02 (Australian Hospital Data, AIHW, Australia, 2001-02)
- 39% (8,145) of hospital episodes for heart failure in public hospitals occurred in males aged 75 to 84 years in Australia 2001-02 (Australian Hospital Data, AIHW, Australia, 2001-02)
- 19.2% (3,963) of hospital episodes for heart failure in public hospitals occurred in males aged over 85 in Australia 2001-02 (Australian Hospital Data, AIHW, Australia, 2001-02)
Hospitalization statistics in Australia for public hospitals:
- 0.099% (21) of hospital episodes for heart failure in public hospitals occurred in females under 1 year old in Australia 2001-02 (Australian Hospital Data, AIHW, Australia, 2001-02)
- 0.061% (13) of hospital episodes for heart failure in public hospitals occurred in females aged 1 to 4 years in Australia 2001-02 (Australian Hospital Data, AIHW, Australia, 2001-02)
- 0.024% (5) of hospital episodes for heart failure in public hospitals occurred in females aged 5 to 14 years in Australia 2001-02 (Australian Hospital Data, AIHW, Australia, 2001-02)
- 0.14% (30) of hospital episodes for heart failure in public hospitals occurred in females aged 15 to 24 years in Australia 2001-02 (Australian Hospital Data, AIHW, Australia, 2001-02)
- 0.24% (52) of hospital episodes for heart failure in public hospitals occurred in females aged 25 to 34 years in Australia 2001-02 (Australian Hospital Data, AIHW, Australia, 2001-02)
- 0.7% (151) of hospital episodes for heart failure in public hospitals occurred in females aged 35 to 44 years in Australia 2001-02 (Australian Hospital Data, AIHW, Australia, 2001-02)
- 2.22% (472) of hospital episodes for heart failure in public hospitals occurred in females aged 45 to 54 years in Australia 2001-02 (Australian Hospital Data, AIHW, Australia, 2001-02)
- 5.45% (1,157) of hospital episodes for heart failure in public hospitals occurred in females aged 55 to 64 years in Australia 2001-02 (Australian Hospital Data, AIHW, Australia, 2001-02)
- 16.18% (3,437) of hospital episodes for heart failure in public hospitals occurred in females aged 65 to 74 years in Australia 2001-02 (Australian Hospital Data, AIHW, Australia, 2001-02)
- 39.42% (8,373) of hospital episodes for heart failure in public hospitals occurred in females aged 75 to 84 years in Australia 2001-02 (Australian Hospital Data, AIHW, Australia, 2001-02)
- 35.45% (7,531) of hospital episodes for heart failure in public hospitals occurred in females aged over 85 in Australia 2001-02 (Australian Hospital Data, AIHW, Australia, 2001-02)