Heart Disease

(Data are for the U.S.)

 

Morbidity

• Number of noninstitutionalized adults with diagnosed heart disease: 27.1 million
• Percent of noninstitutionalized adults with diagnosed heart disease: 11.8%

Source: Summary Health Statistics for U.S. Adults: National Health Interview Survey, 2010, tables 1, 2 [PDF - 1.3 MB]

 

Health care use

Ambulatory care

• Number of visits (to physician offices, hospital outpatient and emergency departments) with heart disease, excluding ischemic, as primary diagnosis: 16.7 million
• Number of visits (to physician offices, hospital outpatient and emergency departments) with ischemic heart disease as primary diagnosis: 13.9 million

Source: Ambulatory Medical Care Utilization Estimates for 2007: table 6 [PDF - 797 KB]

Hospital inpatient care

• Number of discharges with heart disease as first-listed diagnosis: 4.0 million
• Average length of stay: 4.6 days

Source: National Hospital Discharge Survey: 2009 table, Average length of stay and days of care – Number and rate of discharges by first-listed diagnostic categories [PDF - 58 KB]

Home health care

• Number of current patients with heart disease as primary diagnosis: 135,700 (2007)
• Percent of current patients with heart disease as primary diagnosis: 9.3% (2007)

Source:  Home Health Care and Discharged Hospice Care Patients: United States, 2000 and 2007, table 3 [PDF - 430 KB]

Hospice care

• Number of hospice care discharges with heart disease as primary diagnosis: 117,400 (2007)
• Percent of hospice care discharges with heart disease as primary diagnosis: 11% (2007)

Source: Home Health Care and Discharged Hospice Care Patients: United States, 2000 and 2007, table 7 [PDF - 430 KB]

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 [PDF - 719 KB]

 

Mortality

• Number of deaths:  599,413
• Deaths per 100,000 population: 195.2
• Cause of death rank: 1

Source:  Deaths: Final Data for 2009, tables 9, 10, 11[PDF - 2.1 MB]

 

More data

• Average length of stay in nonfederal short-stay hospitals by sex, age, and selected first-listed diagnoses Health, United States, 2011, table 106 [PDF - 9.8 MB]
• Death rates for heart disease by sex, race, Hispanic origin, and age Health, United States, 2011, table 30 [PDF - 9.8 MB]
• Discharges in nonfederal short-stay hospitals by sex, age, and selected first-listed diagnosis Health, United States, 2011, table 104 [PDF - 9.8 MB]
• Discharge rate in nonfederal short-stay hospitals, by sex, age, and selected first-listed diagnosis Health, United States, 2011, table 105 [PDF - 9.8 MB]
• Search Tables for Heart Disease in Health Data Interactive
• Years of potential life lost before age 75 for selected causes of death, by sex, race, and Hispanic origin Health, United States, 2011, table 25 [PDF - 9.8 MB]