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. 2011 Aug 15;8(5):A102.

Table 2.

Age-Adjusted and Age- and Prevalence-Adjusted Hospitalization Rates for Hypertension, California Adults 18 Years or Oldera , b

County Cluster/County/Subcounty Hypertension

Age-Adjusted Rate Age- and PrevalenceAdjusted Rate

Rate (95% CI) Group Rate (95% CI) Group
California 25.1 (24.4-25.8) NA 81.5 (78.6-84.3) NA
Alameda 21.2 (18.3-24.2) 4 73.2 (59.2-87.2) 4
Butte 25.0 (17.6-32.5) 4 76.0 (45.5-106.6) 4
Contra Costa 15.3 (12.3-18.2) 2 45.1 (34.2-56.1) 2
Del Norte, Siskiyou, Lassen, Trinity, Modoc, Plumas, Sierra 10.0 (4.9-15.2) 1 34.5c (12.3-56.7) 1
El Dorado 19.9 (12.1-27.6) 3 82.6c (34.4-130.8) 4
Fresno 17.9 (14.1-21.7) 3 58.0 (43.1-72.8) 3
Humboldt 8.6c (2.7-14.5) 1 39.3c (3.7-74.9) 1
Imperial 28.1 (17.6-38.6) 4 86.0 (46.4-125.7) 4
Kern 25.0 (20.1-30.0) 4 70.8 (53.7-87.9) 4
Kings 33.0 (19.0-47.0) 5 90.8 (47.0-134.6) 4
Lake 10.7 (3.4-18.0) 1 35.0c (4.2-65.8) 1
Los Angeles SPA 1 – Antelope Valley 43.0 (33.1-52.9) 5 139.8 (100.3-179.3) 5
Los Angeles SPA 2 – San Fernando 32.4 (29.1-35.7) 5 100.6 (87.1-114.1) 5
Los Angeles SPA 3 – San Gabriel Valley 29.9 (26.6-33.2) 4 94.3 (79.5-109.0) 5
Los Angeles SPA 4 – Metro 71.8 (64.1-79.4) 5 219.9 (189.3-250.4) 5
Los Angeles SPA 5 – West Area 13.5 (10.4-16.7) 2 45.7 (30.5-60.9) 2
Los Angeles SPA 6 – South 75.8 (66.0-85.6) 5 201.6 (169.0-234.1) 5
Los Angeles SPA 7 – East Area 35.3 (30.7-39.9) 5 111.9c (93.1-130.7) 5
Los Angeles SPA 8 – South Bay 30.9 (27.3-34.5) 5 98.5c (83.5-113.5) 5
Madera 15.3 (7.4-23.2) 2 42.3c (15.1-69.6) 1
Marin 11.1 (6.5-15.7) 1 48.5 (13.6-83.4) 2
Mendocino 6.4c (0.5-12.4) 1 18.7 (0.0-42.4) 1
Merced 18.5 (11.2-25.8) 3 58.0c (29.6-86.3) 3
Monterey 20.5 (15.1-26.0) 4 77.6c (48.2-107.0) 4
Napa 13.1c (6.1-20.2) 2 43.5 (10.2-76.8) 2
Nevada 17.4c (9.1-25.7) 3 78.2c (7.0-149.4) 4
Orange 25.2 (22.7-27.7) 4 85.6 (73.3-97.8) 4
Placer 10.9 (6.7-15.1) 1 37.8 (17.6-58.1) 1
Riverside 27.3 (24.3-30.3) 4 88.2c (75.0-101.4) 4
Sacramento 16.7 (14.0-19.4) 3 62.7 (47.1-78.3) 3
San Benito 35.4c (14.4-56.3) 5 95.4 (27.4-163.4) 5
San Bernardino 40.1 (35.8-44.3) 5 117.4 (102.3-132.5) 5
San Diego Region 1--North Coastal 13.4 (9.5-17.3) 2 40.2 (25.7-54.7) 1
San Diego Region 2--North Central 14.7 (10.9-18.6) 2 49.2 (32.8-65.6) 2
San Diego Region 3--Central 34.0 (26.1-41.9) 5 98.2 (70.2-126.3) 5
San Diego Region 4--South 20.0 (14.2-25.7) 4 65.0 (41.0-89.1) 3
San Diego Region 5--East 14.8 (10.6-19.0) 2 50.5c (31.1-69.9) 2
San Diego Region 6--North Inland 8.3 (5.2-11.4) 1 28.4 (15.5-41.3) 1
San Francisco 16.9 (13.6-20.2) 3 63.8 (46.6-81.0) 3
San Joaquin 34.7 (28.5-41.0) 5 93.4 (73.9-112.9) 5
San Luis Obispo 5.7 (2.5-8.9) 1 28.2 (3.0-53.3) 1
San Mateo 15.5 (11.9-19.1) 2 43.2 (29.9-56.5) 2
Santa Barbara 11.7 (7.8-15.7) 1 43.3 (23.2-63.5) 2
Santa Clara 14.2 (12.0-16.5) 2 49.9 (39.5-60.2) 2
Santa Cruz 16.0 (9.8-22.2) 2 56.5 (27.5-85.5) 3
Shasta 17.6 (10.8-24.3) 3 56.6 (28.5-84.7) 3
Solano 17.3 (12.2-22.3) 3 51.5c (33.2-69.8) 2
Sonoma 7.8 (4.9-10.7) 1 30.1 (13.6-46.6) 1
Stanislaus 19.6 (14.5-24.7) 3 56.4c (39.8-73.1) 3
Sutter, Yuba 24.4 (14.9-33.9) 4 68.9 (36.4-101.5) 4
Tehama, Glenn, Colusa 17.1 (8.2-26.0) 3 57.9c (20.2-95.6) 3
Tulare 17.5 (12.1-22.9) 3 51.5 (33.1-70.0) 2
Tuolumne, Calaveras, Amador, Inyo, Mariposa, Mono, Alpine 14.3 (8.3-20.3) 2 55.7 (20.8-90.7) 3
Ventura 20.4 (16.4-24.4) 4 65.9 (49.0-82.8) 3
Yolo 9.5 (3.9-15.1) 1 38.5 (12.9-64.2) 1

Abbreviations: CHIS, California Health Interview Survey; OSHPD, Office of Statewide Health Planning and Development; CI, confidence interval; NA, not applicable.

a

Rates are per 100,000 people; Group 1 = lowest rate, Group 5 = highest rate.

b

Data were pooled from the California Health Interview Survey for 2003, 2005, and 2007 and averaged from OSHPD discharge files for 2004, 2005, and 2006.

c

Rates are unstable estimates with a coefficient of variance of more than 30%.