TABLE. Hospitalizations for Crohn’s disease, by selected characteristics — National Inpatient Sample, United States, 2003 and 2013.
| Characteristic | 2003 |
2013 |
Relative change (%)§ | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No.* | Hospitalization rate (95% CI)† | No.* | Hospitalization rate (95% CI)† | ||
|
First-listed diagnosis
| |||||
|
Total
| |||||
| Unadjusted |
52,855 |
18.2 (16.4–20.0) |
60,255 |
19.1 (18.3–19.8) |
+4.6 |
| Age-adjusted |
18.2 (16.8–19.5) |
19.1 (18.5–19.7) |
+5.2 |
||
|
Age group (yrs)
| |||||
| <18 |
3,384 |
4.6 (3.4–5.8) |
4,410 |
6.0 (5.0–7.0) |
+29.4 |
| 18–44 |
29,666 |
26.4 (23.4–29.4) |
33,149 |
28.9 (27.5–30.2) |
+9.4 |
| 45–64 |
13,938 |
20.2 (18.2–22.3) |
15,745 |
19.0 (18.0–19.9) |
−6.4 |
| 65–84 |
5,333 |
17.0 (15.3–18.7) |
6,370 |
16.5 (15.5–17.5) |
−3.0 |
| ≥85 |
533 |
11.9 (9.3–14.6) |
580 |
9.6 (7.8–11.4) |
−19.6 |
|
Sex
| |||||
| Male |
21,931 |
15.4 (14.1–16.6) |
27,330 |
17.6 (16.9–18.3) |
+14.5¶ |
| Female |
30,751 |
20.7 (19.2–22.2) |
32,920 |
20.5 (19.7–21.3) |
−1.0 |
|
Any-listed diagnosis
| |||||
|
Total
| |||||
| Unadjusted |
120,209 |
44.5 (41.1–47.9) |
196,480 |
62.1 (60.1–64.2) |
+39.5¶ |
| Age-adjusted |
44.2 (41.9–46.5) |
59.7 (58.3–61.1) |
+35.1¶ |
||
|
Age group (yrs)
| |||||
| <18 |
5,005 |
6.8 (5.2–8.5) |
7,115 |
9.7 (8.2–11.2) |
+41.2¶ |
| 18–44 |
56,303 |
50.1 (45.3–54.9) |
77,220 |
67.3 (64.4–70.2) |
+34.2¶ |
| 45–64 |
41,144 |
59.8 (55.3–64.2) |
63,175 |
76.0 (73.2–78.8) |
+27.0¶ |
| 65–84 |
23,666 |
75.4 (69.8–81.0) |
42,495 |
109.9 (105.9–113.9) |
+45.8¶ |
| ≥85 |
3,090 |
69.2 (60.9–77.5) |
6,475 |
107.2 (100.1–114.3) |
+54.9¶ |
|
Sex
| |||||
| Male |
51,454 |
36.8 (34.7–38.9) |
82,035 |
51.7 (50.3–53.1) |
+40.5¶ |
| Female | 77,514 | 51.2 (48.5–53.9) | 114,425 | 67.4 (65.7–69.1) | +31.6¶ |
Abbreviation: CI = confidence interval.
* Estimated number of hospitalizations.
† Hospitalization rate (per 100,000 U.S. population) and 95% CI. Age-adjusted to the 2000 projected U.S. population, except for age groups.
§ Change in 2013 relative to 2003.
¶ Statistically significant difference (p<0.05) in rates from 2003 to 2013 using the Z-statistic.