Heart Disease

(Data are for the U.S.)

 

Morbidity

• Number of noninstitutionalized adults with diagnosed heart disease: 26.6 million
• Percent of noninstitutionalized adults with diagnosed heart disease: 12%

Source: Summary Health Statistics for U.S. Adults: National Health Interview Survey, 2008, 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 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 Health, United States, 2008, table 104
• Discharges in non-federal short stay hospitals by sex, age, and selected first-listed diagnoses Health, United States, 2008, table 103
• Search Tables for Heart Disease in Health Data Interactive