Table 3.

Trends of hospitalization for gastrointestinal bleeding in the United States in 1996 and 2006

	Total number of discharges per 100 000 persons (principal diagnosis)			Total number of discharges per 100 000 persons (all diagnosis)
	1998	2006	Percent changes (%)	1998	2006	Percent changes (%)
	189	182	-3.8	390	375	-3.7
By bleeding site
Upper	96	82	-14	170	146	-14
Lower	43	44	+2	75	82	+8
Unspecified	50	56	+11	156	158	+1
By age (yr)
< 20	7.4	7.5	+1.5	23	25	+8.6
20-29	25	23	-7	55	59	+6.1
30-44	65	59	-8.3	139	140	+0.6
45-64	187	181	-3.4	399	396	-0.9
65-84	859	806	-5.6	1731	1596	-7.8
> 85	2207	1871	-15.2	4257	4375	-18.4
By sex (%)
Female	259 808 (51)	276 663 (51)
Male	252 060 (49)	268 589 (49)