Heart Attack Indicator:
Hospitalizations
Measure
: Age-specific heart attack hospitalization rates
Data used in the calculation of these measures were collected by the Oregon Association of Hospitals and Health Systems for the Hospital Discharge Index (HDI). The HDI provides a central database of all Oregon hospital discharges for public health surveillance and hospital policy analysis. Information on emergency room visits, urgent care, outpatient surgery and clinic visits is not included in this database.
Before EPHT,
there was no single heart attack surveillance system in place in the US. Mortality was currently the sole descriptor for national data for heart attacks. Estimates of incidence and prevalence of heart attacks and coronary heart disease were largely based on survey
samples or large cohort studies.
Tracking heart attack hospitalizations will provide more information than death certificates or surveys, and will help with examination of time and geographic trends in heart attack hospitalizations, and evaluation of differences by age, gender and race/ethnicity.
The tables and graph below show age-specific heart attack hospitalization rates for Oregon, by county and year.
The information below shows that the frequency of heart attacks increases dramatically with age. From 2000 to 2006, there was a decrease in heart attack hospitalization rates for people ages 35-74. For those under 35 or over 74, there was no change in rates between 2000 and 2006.
Table 1:
Age-specific annual heart attack hospitalization rates for Oregon, averaged from 2000 to 2006, by age group
Table 2:
Age-specific annual heart attack hospitalization rates, averaged from 2000 to 2006, by age group and county
Graph 1:
Age-specific annual heart attack hospitalization rates for Oregon, averaged from 2000 to 2006, by age group
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Table 1:
Age-specific annual heart attack hospitalization rates for Oregon, averaged from 2000 to 2006, by age group
|
|
<35
|
35-44
|
45-54
|
55-64
|
65-74
|
75-84
|
85+
|
|
2000
|
0
|
5
|
17
|
40
|
68
|
108
|
145
|
|
2001
|
0
|
5
|
16
|
37
|
67
|
106
|
159
|
|
2002
|
0
|
4
|
16
|
39
|
70
|
111
|
160
|
|
2003
|
0
|
5
|
16
|
37
|
62
|
108
|
174
|
|
2004
|
0
|
4
|
15
|
32
|
58
|
101
|
152
|
|
2005
|
0
|
4
|
15
|
29
|
58
|
90
|
156
|
|
2006
|
0
|
4
|
14
|
31
|
56
|
90
|
140
|
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Table 2:
Age-specific annual heart attack hospitalization rates, averaged from 2000 to 2006, by age group and county
Rates based on less than 10 events are unreliable and marked with an asterisk (*).
|
|
<35
|
35-44
|
45-54
|
55-64
|
65-74
|
75-84
|
85+
|
|
Oregon
|
0
|
|
4
|
|
16
|
|
35
|
|
63
|
|
102
|
|
155
|
|
|
Baker
|
0
|
*
|
1
|
*
|
13
|
|
14
|
|
54
|
|
89
|
|
137
|
|
|
Benton
|
0
|
*
|
4
|
|
10
|
|
18
|
|
42
|
|
76
|
|
116
|
|
|
Clackamas
|
0
|
|
4
|
|
14
|
|
34
|
|
58
|
|
104
|
|
169
|
|
|
Clatsop
|
0
|
*
|
8
|
|
21
|
|
50
|
|
93
|
|
133
|
|
174
|
|
|
Columbia
|
0
|
*
|
6
|
|
19
|
|
45
|
|
83
|
|
125
|
|
191
|
|
|
Coos
|
0
|
*
|
10
|
|
23
|
|
55
|
|
84
|
|
145
|
|
230
|
|
|
Crook
|
1
|
*
|
5
|
|
17
|
|
50
|
|
85
|
|
114
|
|
123
|
|
|
Curry
|
0
|
*
|
10
|
|
24
|
|
43
|
|
60
|
|
67
|
|
70
|
|
|
Deschutes
|
0
|
|
5
|
|
17
|
|
39
|
|
65
|
|
112
|
|
193
|
|
|
Douglas
|
0
|
|
6
|
|
22
|
|
40
|
|
67
|
|
97
|
|
137
|
|
|
Gilliam
|
0
|
*
|
0
|
*
|
21
|
*
|
31
|
*
|
101
|
|
144
|
|
155
|
*
|
|
Grant
|
1
|
*
|
5
|
*
|
14
|
|
28
|
|
68
|
|
61
|
|
134
|
|
|
Harney
|
0
|
*
|
10
|
*
|
19
|
|
42
|
|
90
|
|
121
|
|
94
|
*
|
|
Hood River
|
0
|
*
|
6
|
|
15
|
|
54
|
|
87
|
|
140
|
|
110
|
|
|
Jackson
|
0
|
*
|
4
|
|
15
|
|
32
|
|
58
|
|
84
|
|
151
|
|
|
Jefferson
|
0
|
*
|
6
|
|
28
|
|
53
|
|
86
|
|
155
|
|
253
|
|
|
Josephine
|
0
|
*
|
7
|
|
20
|
|
45
|
|
81
|
|
139
|
|
193
|
|
|
Klamath
|
0
|
*
|
5
|
|
17
|
|
42
|
|
70
|
|
115
|
|
171
|
|
|
Lake
|
0
|
*
|
3
|
*
|
17
|
|
39
|
|
71
|
|
143
|
|
122
|
|
|
Lane
|
0
|
|
4
|
|
14
|
|
31
|
|
55
|
|
87
|
|
141
|
|
|
Lincoln
|
0
|
*
|
8
|
|
23
|
|
45
|
|
73
|
|
110
|
|
156
|
|
|
Linn
|
0
|
*
|
7
|
|
19
|
|
44
|
|
77
|
|
122
|
|
183
|
|
|
Malheur
|
0
|
*
|
1
|
*
|
6
|
|
25
|
|
42
|
|
59
|
|
133
|
|
|
Marion
|
0
|
|
4
|
|
17
|
|
36
|
|
62
|
|
99
|
|
148
|
|
|
Morrow
|
0
|
*
|
2
|
*
|
8
|
*
|
30
|
|
59
|
|
81
|
|
125
|
|
|
Multnomah
|
0
|
|
4
|
|
15
|
|
35
|
|
60
|
|
101
|
|
150
|
|
|
Polk
|
0
|
*
|
3
|
|
13
|
|
30
|
|
52
|
|
67
|
|
91
|
|
|
Sherman
|
0
|
*
|
11
|
*
|
14
|
*
|
55
|
*
|
102
|
|
150
|
|
116
|
*
|
|
Tillamook
|
1
|
*
|
7
|
|
22
|
|
34
|
|
75
|
|
100
|
|
135
|
|
|
Umatilla
|
0
|
*
|
2
|
|
9
|
|
20
|
|
48
|
|
63
|
|
86
|
|
|
Union
|
0
|
*
|
5
|
|
13
|
|
25
|
|
48
|
|
94
|
|
138
|
|
|
Wallowa
|
1
|
*
|
2
|
*
|
9
|
*
|
23
|
|
67
|
|
99
|
|
131
|
|
|
Wasco
|
0
|
*
|
5
|
|
20
|
|
42
|
|
83
|
|
125
|
|
169
|
|
|
Washington
|
0
|
|
3
|
|
13
|
|
29
|
|
51
|
|
109
|
|
178
|
|
|
Wheeler
|
0
|
*
|
7
|
*
|
14
|
*
|
18
|
*
|
94
|
|
82
|
*
|
115
|
*
|
|
Yamhill
|
0
|
*
|
5
|
|
19
|
|
41
|
|
77
|
|
116
|
|
159
|
|
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Graph 1:
Age-specific annual heart attack hospitalization rates for Oregon, averaged from 2000 to 2006, by age group
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