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Table 1 Number and percent of index admissions by gender, age group, marital status, diagnosis and ARIA and SEIFA indices

From: The health services burden of heart failure: an analysis using linked population health data-sets

 

2002 – 03*

2002 – 03*

2003-04

2004-05

2005-06

2005-06

2006-07

 

N = 5854

 

N = 5935

N = 5606

N = 5813

N = 5953

 

n

%

n

%

n

%

n

%

n

%

Sex

Male

2899

50

2924

49

2804

50

2983

51

2994

50

Female

2955

50

3011

51

2802

50

2830

49

2959

50

Age Group

45-49

68

1.2

61

1.0

54

1.0

88

1.5

81

1.4

50-54

114

1.9

136

2.3

105

1.9

127

2.2

122

2.0

55-59

206

3.5

201

3.4

191

3.4

199

3.4

212

3.6

60-64

302

5.2

349

5.9

302

5.4

317

5.5

324

5.4

65-69

472

8.1

463

7.8

478

8.5

423

7.3

408

6.9

70-74

800

14

760

13

683

12

643

11

662

11

75-79

1085

19

1082

18

1019

18

1054

18

1000

17

80-84

1256

21

1205

20

1209

22

1205

21

1316

22

85+

1551

26

1678

28

1565

28

1757

30

1828

31

Marital Status

Married (including defacto)

2686

46

2755

46

2705

48

2764

48

2797

47

Never married, widowed, divorced, separated

2951

50

2932

49

2692

48

2872

49

3017

51

Unknown

214

3.7

241

4.1

180

3.2

176

3.0

138

2.3

Diagnosis

Hypertensive heart disease (I11, I13)

106

1.8

84

1.4

86

1.5

84

1.4

83

1.4

Congestive heart failure (I50.0)

3918

67

4018

68

3848

69

4151

71

4365

73

Left ventricular failure (I50.1)

1614

28

1633

27

1496

27

1389

24

1283

22

Heart failure, unspecified (I50.9)

216

3.7

200

3.4

176

3.1

189

3.3

222

3.7

ARIA

Highly Accessible

4264

75

4393

76

4164

76

4315

76

4394

76

Accessible

1159

20

1131

20

1022

19

1081

19

1099

19

Moderately Accessible

206

3.6

194

3.4

217

4.0

186

3.3

178

3.1

Remote / Very Remote

72

1.3

65

1.1

52

1.0

72

1.3

76

1.3

SEIFA

Most Disadvantaged (1)

784

14

771

13

666

12

759

13

713

12

2

985

17

1005

17

942

17

965

17

1042

18

3

1308

22

1356

23

1292

23

1326

23

1313

22

4

1220

21

1243

21

1242

22

1264

22

1299

22

Most Advantaged (5)

1526

26

1528

26

1438

26

1452

25

1514

26

  1. * Financial Year (1 July – 30 June).
  2. † N = number of persons with index admissions.
  3. ‡ Data not available for all cohort members.