Table 2.

Age-specific and age-adjusted rates of incident hospitalized ADHF by gender and race: 2005–2009 Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities Heart Failure Community Surveillance

Characteristics		Rate per 1,000 Persons (95% CI)
		Age Group (yrs)
		55–64	65–74	75+	All*
All		4.3 (3.8–4.7)	9.6 (8.7–10.4)	25.1 (23.7–26.5)	11.6 (11.11–12.11)
Race	Black	8.6 (7.5–9.6)†	13.4 (11.5–15.2)†	23.6 (20.7–26.6)	14.3 (13.19–15.39)†
	White	3.1 (2.6–3.5)	8.7 (7.8–9.7)	25.3 (23.8–26.9)	10.9 (10.35–11.45)
Women	Black	7.2 (5.7–8.6)†	13.0 (10.4–15.5)†	23.2 (19.5–26.9)	13.3 (11.92–14.72)†
	White	2.6 (2.0–3.2)	7.7 (6.4–8.9)	24.0 (22.0–25.9)	9.9 (9.17–10.54)
	All	3.7 (3.1–4.2)	8.7 (7.6–9.8)	23.8 (22.1–25.6)	10.6 (9.97–11.22)
Men	Black	10.4 (8.8–12.0)†	14.0 (11.3–16.6)†	24.5 (19.6–29.4)	15.7 (13.90–17.47)†
	White	3.6 (2.9–4.3)	10.0 (8.6–11.5)	27.7 (25.0–30.3)	12.3 (11.42–13.25)
	All	5.0 (4.3–5.6)‡	10.7 (9.4–12.0)‡	27.3 (24.9–29.6)‡	13.0 (12.21–13.87)‡

^*Adjusted for age by the direct standardization method, according to the distribution of the US population in 2000.

^†p Value <0.05 for the gender-specific comparison between black and white groups.

^‡p Value <0.05 for the age groupespecific comparison between all men and all women.