Table 1.
Number and percent of index admissions by gender, age group, marital status, diagnosis and ARIA and SEIFA indices
| |
2002 – 03* |
2002 – 03* |
2003-04 |
2004-05 |
2005-06 |
2005-06 |
2006-07 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| |
N† = 5854 |
|
N = 5935 |
N = 5606 |
N = 5813 |
N = 5953 |
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| n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | |
|
Sex | ||||||||||
| Male |
2899 |
50 |
2924 |
49 |
2804 |
50 |
2983 |
51 |
2994 |
50 |
| Female |
2955 |
50 |
3011 |
51 |
2802 |
50 |
2830 |
49 |
2959 |
50 |
|
Age Group | ||||||||||
| 45-49 |
68 |
1.2 |
61 |
1.0 |
54 |
1.0 |
88 |
1.5 |
81 |
1.4 |
| 50-54 |
114 |
1.9 |
136 |
2.3 |
105 |
1.9 |
127 |
2.2 |
122 |
2.0 |
| 55-59 |
206 |
3.5 |
201 |
3.4 |
191 |
3.4 |
199 |
3.4 |
212 |
3.6 |
| 60-64 |
302 |
5.2 |
349 |
5.9 |
302 |
5.4 |
317 |
5.5 |
324 |
5.4 |
| 65-69 |
472 |
8.1 |
463 |
7.8 |
478 |
8.5 |
423 |
7.3 |
408 |
6.9 |
| 70-74 |
800 |
14 |
760 |
13 |
683 |
12 |
643 |
11 |
662 |
11 |
| 75-79 |
1085 |
19 |
1082 |
18 |
1019 |
18 |
1054 |
18 |
1000 |
17 |
| 80-84 |
1256 |
21 |
1205 |
20 |
1209 |
22 |
1205 |
21 |
1316 |
22 |
| 85+ |
1551 |
26 |
1678 |
28 |
1565 |
28 |
1757 |
30 |
1828 |
31 |
|
Marital Status | ||||||||||
| Married (including defacto) |
2686 |
46 |
2755 |
46 |
2705 |
48 |
2764 |
48 |
2797 |
47 |
| Never married, widowed, divorced, separated |
2951 |
50 |
2932 |
49 |
2692 |
48 |
2872 |
49 |
3017 |
51 |
| Unknown |
214 |
3.7 |
241 |
4.1 |
180 |
3.2 |
176 |
3.0 |
138 |
2.3 |
|
Diagnosis | ||||||||||
| Hypertensive heart disease (I11, I13) |
106 |
1.8 |
84 |
1.4 |
86 |
1.5 |
84 |
1.4 |
83 |
1.4 |
| Congestive heart failure (I50.0) |
3918 |
67 |
4018 |
68 |
3848 |
69 |
4151 |
71 |
4365 |
73 |
| Left ventricular failure (I50.1) |
1614 |
28 |
1633 |
27 |
1496 |
27 |
1389 |
24 |
1283 |
22 |
| Heart failure, unspecified (I50.9) |
216 |
3.7 |
200 |
3.4 |
176 |
3.1 |
189 |
3.3 |
222 |
3.7 |
|
ARIA‡ | ||||||||||
| Highly Accessible |
4264 |
75 |
4393 |
76 |
4164 |
76 |
4315 |
76 |
4394 |
76 |
| Accessible |
1159 |
20 |
1131 |
20 |
1022 |
19 |
1081 |
19 |
1099 |
19 |
| Moderately Accessible |
206 |
3.6 |
194 |
3.4 |
217 |
4.0 |
186 |
3.3 |
178 |
3.1 |
| Remote / Very Remote |
72 |
1.3 |
65 |
1.1 |
52 |
1.0 |
72 |
1.3 |
76 |
1.3 |
|
SEIFA‡ | ||||||||||
| Most Disadvantaged (1) |
784 |
14 |
771 |
13 |
666 |
12 |
759 |
13 |
713 |
12 |
| 2 |
985 |
17 |
1005 |
17 |
942 |
17 |
965 |
17 |
1042 |
18 |
| 3 |
1308 |
22 |
1356 |
23 |
1292 |
23 |
1326 |
23 |
1313 |
22 |
| 4 |
1220 |
21 |
1243 |
21 |
1242 |
22 |
1264 |
22 |
1299 |
22 |
| Most Advantaged (5) | 1526 | 26 | 1528 | 26 | 1438 | 26 | 1452 | 25 | 1514 | 26 |
* Financial Year (1 July – 30 June).
† N = number of persons with index admissions.
‡ Data not available for all cohort members.