Table 2. Crude Preventable Hospitalization Rates for Hypertension Per 100,000 Population Among Women, by Age and Race, National Hospital Discharge Survey, United States, 1995–2010a .
| Age/Race | Period, Rate (95% Confidence Interval) | ||||
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| 1995–1997 | 1998–2000 | 2001–2003 | 2004–2006 | 2007–2010 | |
| 18–44 y | |||||
| White | 16.0 (11.5–20.5) | 17.3 (13.0–21.6) | 14.6 (10.1–19.2) | 17.2 (12.0–22.4) | 24.1 (13.6–34.5) |
| Black | 87.5 (60.3–114.7) | 111.3 (85.6–137.0) | 101.5 (78.5–124.5) | 104.4 (78.9–130.0) | 128.1 (90.6–165.6) |
| 45–64 y | |||||
| White | 107.3 (91.3–123.4) | 121.7 (100.6–142.9) | 127.2 (105.2–149.2) | 114.3 (96.9–131.7) | 99.3 (80.7–118.0) |
| Black | 494.2 (406.0–582.3) | 401.3 (314.7–487.8) | 486.6 (381.0–592.2) | 475.5 (385.5–565.6) | 553.0 (399.0–707.0) |
| ≥65 y | |||||
| Whiteb | 248.9 (211.9–286.0) | 266.6 (231.4–301.7) | 333.7 (275.9–391.5) | 311.3 (267.3–355.2) | 361.2 (277.5–444.9) |
| Black | 595.5 (421.3–769.7) | 897.7 (668.3–1127.1) | 798.3 (621.0–975.6) | 640.4 (507.1–773.7) | 779.6 (589.3–969.9) |
a
Difference between whites and blacks is significant (P < .05) for all categories and all periods. Calculated by using z test.
b
Increasing linear trend is significant (β = +26 per 100,000 population per period; P = .03).