Table 2.

Heart failure hospitalization rate per 100,000

Description	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	relative change	p-for-trend
										(2001–2009)
Overall	633	594	586	593	584	556	521	469	463	−26.9%	<0.001
Age Categories
18 to <45	44	45	45	48	48	49	47	41	38	−12.8%	0.570
45 to <55	247	254	245	259	248	257	241	207	207	−16.2%	0.036
55 to <65	704	653	649	640	593	563	526	462	447	−36.5%	<0.001
65 to <75	1709	1608	1552	1541	1487	1372	1266	1089	1070	−37.4%	<0.001
>=75	4272	3894	3827	3868	3861	3624	3373	3102	3064	−28.3%	<0.001
Gender
Male	588	558	557	575	580	557	523	474	469	−20.2%	0.003
Female	676	627	613	611	588	556	520	464	457	−32.3%	<0.001
Census Region
New England	521	567	528	721	660	664	672	492	490	−5.9%	0.551
Mid Atlantic	526	530	583	700	716	757	663	452	518	−1.5%	0.804
South Atlantic	723	728	724	698	670	623	594	567	563	−22.1%	<0.001
West South Central	861	597	537	517	491	465	497	482	450	−47.8%	<0.001
East South Central	891	901	1024	939	942	884	606	640	578	−35.1%	<0.001
West North Central	810	738	730	695	660	695	589	581	555	−31.5%	<0.001
East North Central	687	569	577	597	619	472	499	424	424	−38.2%	<0.001
Mountain	277	329	284	308	263	249	253	289	226	−18.3%	0.011
Pacific	395	427	385	359	374	353	342	330	322	−18.5%	0.003