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Table 2 Australian adult population (aged ≥ 45 years) and estimated incident and prevalent cases of heart failure with reduced ejection fraction (HFrEF) and all hospital activity associated with a primary or secondary composite diagnosis of heart failure

From: Current and projected burden of heart failure in the Australian adult population: a substantive but still ill-defined major health issue

Age (years)

Population

Incident casesa

Prevalent cases

Hospital admissionsb (primary/secondary)

LOSg (days)

Men

 45–54

1,513,403

454 (0.3)c

77,171 (5.1 %)e

18,732 (123.8)g

114,298

 55–64

1,283,890

2,831 (2.2)d

94,992 (7.4 %)e

15,747 (122.7)g

95,191

 65–74

879,090

7,085 (8.1)d

56,376 (6.4 %)f

16,802 (191.1)g

113,030

 75+

606,842

16,498 (27.2)d

86,488 (14.3 %)f

21,363 (352.0)g

168,600

 Total

4,283,225

26,867 (6.3)

315,027 (7.4 %)

72,644 (169.6)

491,119

Women

 45–54

1,543,002

154 (0.1)c

15,428 (1.0 %)e

18,680 (121.1)g

113,985

 55–64

1,306,222

2,876 (2.2)d

28,734 (2.2 %)e

15,655 (119.8)g

94,687

 65–74

899,957

7,281 (8.1)d

28,760 (3.2 %)f

14,783 (164.3)g

99,466

 75+

832,122

24,268 (29.2)d

88,433 (10.6 %)f

25,576 (307.4)g

206,856

 Total

4,581,303

34,580 (7.5)

161,355 (3.5 %)

74,703 (163.1)

514,994

  1. LOS length of stay
  2. aCases per 1,000 person-year in the parentheses; badmissions rate per 10,000 person-year in the parentheses; primary or secondary composite diagnosis of heart failure
  3. Key statistics used for estimation cCowie et al., dBleumink et al., eSenni et al., fAbhayaratna et al., gTeng et al.