Table 3. Hospitalization Rate Estimates after Heart Failure Diagnosis by Year Category Among Patients Aged 76 Years^a.

	Rate (95% confidence interval) per person-year
	Overall	2000-2003	2004-2007	2008-2010	P _trend
Total hospitalization
Altogether	1.34 (1.25-1.44)	1.29 (1.14-1.46)	1.38 (1.23-1.55)	1.40 (1.24-1.58)	0.27
Men	1.47 (1.31-1.65)	1.40 (1.15-1.70)	1.47 (1.23-1.76)	1.67 (1.38-2.02)	0.34
Women	1.26 (1.15-1.39)	1.21 (1.03-1.42)	1.34 (1.15-1.57)	1.22 (1.05-1.42)	0.62
HFrEF	1.38 (1.22-1.56)	1.42 (1.16-1.73)	1.27 (1.05-1.53)	1.47 (1.19-1.82)	0.91
HFpEF	1.39 (1.25-1.54)	1.19 (0.99-1.42)	1.57 (1.34-1.83)	1.44 (1.22-1.70)	0.08
Cardiovascular hospitalization
Altogether	0.47 (0.42-0.52)	0.49 (0.41-0.58)	0.47 (0.40-0.55)	0.42 (0.36-0.49)	0.28
Men	0.49 (0.43-0.57)	0.53 (0.41-0.68)	0.49 (0.39-0.61)	0.44 (0.35-0.54)	0.44
Women	0.44 (0.38 (0.51)	0.46 (0.37-0.58)	0.44 (0.35-0.55)	0.40 (0.33-0.50)	0.40
HFrEF	0.57 (0.48-0.67)	0.65 (0.51-0.83)	0.51 (0.40-0.65)	0.46 (0.38-0.57)	0.04
HFpEF	0.46 (0.40-0.53)	0.41 (0.32-0.51)	0.51 (0.40-0.64)	0.46 (0.37-0.56)	0.45
Non-cardiovascular hospitalization
Altogether	0.82 (0.75-0.89)	0.75 (0.65-0.86)	0.86 (0.75-0.98)	0.90 (0.78-1.04)	0.04
Men	0.90 (0.79-1.03)	0.81 (0.65-1.01)	0.89 (0.72-1.10)	1.17 (0.93-1.48)	0.12
Women	0.78 (0.70-0.87)	0.71 (0.60-0.86)	0.86 (0.73-1.03)	0.75 (0.63-0.89)	0.24
HFrEF	0.79 (0.69-0.91)	0.77 (0.62-0.95)	0.75 (0.58-0.97)	0.94 (0.74-1.19)	0.13
HFpEF	0.88 (0.78-1.00)	0.75 (0.61-0.92)	1.01 (0.84-1.20)	0.91 (0.75-1.10)	0.15

The mean age of this cohort.

HFrEF, heart failure with reduced ejection fraction; HFpEF, heart failure with preserved ejection fraction.

Table 3. Hospitalization Rate Estimates after Heart Failure Diagnosis by Year Category Among Patients Aged 76 Yearsa.