Table 2.

Hospitalization Rates for Aortic Valve Surgery, 1999–2011

	1999	2001	2003	2005	2007	2009	2011
Person-years	26 479 079	27 553 904	28 821 487	29 157 293	27 899 732	27 343 436	27 958 093
No. of patients
Overall	24 568	26 598	28 186	28 687	28 039	30 418	31 380
AVR
Without CABG	10 589	11 778	12 735	13 140	13 635	15 994	17 901
With CABG	13 979	14 820	15 451	15 547	14 404	14 424	13 479
Rates per 100 000 person-years
Overall	93	97	98	98	100	111	112
Age, y
65–74	82	81	82	81	79	86	86
75–84	125	134	136	138	147	167	168
≥85	48	53	56	58	64	79	91
Sex
Men	131	136	136	137	138	153	154
Women	67	69	71	70	73	80	80
Race
White	100	104	106	107	109	122	123
Black	42	40	41	41	42	45	45
Other racea	48	48	48	51	49	51	51
AVR
Without CABG	40	43	44	45	49	58	64
With CABG	53	54	54	53	52	53	48

Abbreviations: AVR, aortic valve replacement; CABG, coronary artery bypass graft.

^aOther race includes Asian, Hispanic, North American Native, or other not specified.