Table 1.

Demographic Characteristics of Medicare Patients Hospitalized in Northeast Ohio Between 1991 and 1997 with a Principal Discharge Diagnosis of Acute Myocardial Infarction (AMI), Congestive Heart Failure (CHF), Gastrointestinal Hemorrhage (GIH), Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD), Pneumonia (PNEU), and Stroke (STR)

	AMI	CHF	GIH	COPD	PNEU	STR
N	10,426	23,480	11,079	8,484	23,709	14,276
Mean age, y (SD)	76.8 (8.7)	77.9 (9.3)	77.3 (10.0)	74.1 (9.2)	77.4 (10.5)	77.5 (8.4)
Female, %	52.5	57.2	56.9	59.6	53.5	58.5
White, %	88.5	84.9	83.7	84.8	85.3	84.3