Table 2. Percentage of Death Certificates Reporting Heart Disease as Cause of Death at Intervention and Nonintervention Hospitals, New York City, 2009–2011.
| Variable | Jan–Jun 2009, % | Jan–Jun 2010, % | Percentage Point Change 2009–2010 | P Valuea | Jan-Jun 2011, % | Percentage Point Change 2009–2011 | P Valuea |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Intervention hospitals | 68.8 | 32.4 | −36.4 | <.001 | 33.7 | −35.1 | <.001 |
| Hospital 1 | 79.5 | 27.0 | −52.4 | <.001 | 23.5 | −55.9 | <.001 |
| Hospital 2 | 70.5 | 34.1 | −36.4 | <.001 | 35.9 | −34.6 | <.001 |
| Hospital 3 | 72.6 | 42.5 | −30.1 | <.001 | 44.3 | −28.3 | <.001 |
| Hospital 4 | 72.8 | 45.0 | −27.8 | <.001 | 50.0 | −22.8 | <.001 |
| Hospital 5 | 58.6 | 26.2 | −32.4 | <.001 | 26.1 | −32.5 | <.001 |
| Hospital 6 | 68.2 | 36.9 | −31.2 | <.001 | 39.1 | −29.1 | <.001 |
| Hospital 7 | 74.9 | 35.2 | −39.8 | <.001 | 33.8 | −41.2 | <.001 |
| Hospital 8 | 58.9 | 25.9 | −32.9 | <.001 | 39.5 | −19.4 | .001 |
| Nonintervention hospitals | 26.6 | 24.4 | −2.2 | <.001 | 22.1 | −4.5 | <.001 |
| Citywide | 39.1 | 34.3 | −4.8 | <.001 | 32.5 | −6.6 | <.001 |
a P values calculated by using a 2-tailed test. All tests of difference use a standard normal approximation of the sampling distribution of the estimates with their associated z scores to test the null hypothesis of equal proportions with common variance estimated by pooled proportion.