TABLE A3.
Frequency Rates of Hospitalized Illness4 and of Hospital Patient Days, Classified by Diagnosis according to Age, in 1,581,577 White Persons2 in Thirty-One Cities of 100,000 Population and over Canvassed in the National Health Survey, 1935–1936
| Hospital Cases per 1,000 Persons | Hospital Days per 1,000 Persons | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Diagnosis3 | All Ages | Under 15 Years | 15–24 | 25–64 | 65 and Over | All Ages | Under 15 Years | 15–24 | 25–64 | 65 and Over |
| All Causes | 49.3 | 41.6 | 51.9 | 51.4 | 52.2 | 1,260.7 | 739.6 | 1,109.9 | 1,472.0 | 1,930.0 |
| Communicable Diseases | 1.8 | 4.7 | 1.3 | .71 | .56 | 46.0 | 125.8 | 30.7 | 18.4 | 18.2 |
| Tonsillitis | 5.5 | 15.4 | 4.3 | 2.1 | .25 | 13.3 | 33.0 | 10.3 | 6.7 | 1.4 |
| Pneumonia, All Forms | 1.5 | 2.7 | .72 | 1.1 | 2.3 | 30.1 | 55.8 | 14.8 | 22.9 | 38.1 |
| Other Diseases of the Respiratory System | 1.5 | 1.2 | 1.7 | 1.5 | 1.7 | 29.3 | 24.1 | 23.9 | 33.0 | 33.1 |
| Appendicitis | 4.5 | 3.4 | 8.9 | 3.8 | .64 | 61.9 | 45.6 | 113.6 | 57.0 | 13.9 |
| Other Diseases of the Digestive System | 2.5 | .74 | 1.0 | 3.6 | 4.1 | 58.2 | 14.6 | 21.2 | 85.1 | 104.4 |
| The Puerperal State: Live Births | 9.7 | .013 | 18.6 | 12.1 | – | 104.4 | .12 | 195.7 | 131.4 | – |
| Other Puerperal Conditions and Female Genital Diseases | 2.1 | .037 | 1.9 | 3.3 | .49 | 31.4 | .65 | 23.8 | 50.1 | 7.8 |
| Cancer | .64 | .013 | .025 | .85 | 3.2 | 23.8 | .65 | 1.4 | 31.1 | 122.0 |
| Rheumatism | .70 | .32 | .36 | .90 | 1.5 | 29.7 | 17.0 | 14.0 | 37.1 | 62.5 |
| Degenerative Diseases | 3.6 | 1.5 | 1.2 | 4.0 | 15.6 | 110.5 | 45.0 | 32.7 | 122.8 | 513.9 |
| Tuberculosis, All Forms | .80 | .36 | 1.1 | .95 | .36 | 139.4 | 63.0 | 209.9 | 161.2 | 32.0 |
| Nervous and Mental Disease | 1.8 | .99 | 1.4 | 2.2 | 2.0 | 280.3 | 78.0 | 205.5 | 392.9 | 303.4 |
| Orthopedic Impairments | .74 | .66 | .65 | .70 | 1.7 | 61.6 | 51.8 | 57.6 | 55.1 | 177.5 |
| Accidents | 5.6 | 4.2 | 5.2 | 5.9 | 9.3 | 104.9 | 61.9 | 80.1 | 116.3 | 256.0 |
| All Other Causes | 6.4 | 5.4 | 3.5 | 7.6 | 8.6 | 136.1 | 122.5 | 74.7 | 151.0 | 245.8 |
See footnotes following Table A5.