Table 1.

Patient characteristics at the time of diagnosis of incident heart failure, by calendar-year of diagnosis.

Characteristics at HF diagnosis	2004–05	2006–2007	2008–09	2010–11	2012–13	P-trend
N	90617	77141	65055	60987	56026
Age in years (SD)	79.7 (7.6)	79.7 (7.6)	80.1 (7.7)	79.9 (8.0)	79.9 (8.1)	<.001
Men, %	42.0	42.3	42.4	43.5	44.2	<.001
Race						0.69
White, %	87.5	87.8	87.8	87.7	88.2
Black, %	8.4	8.0	7.7	7.8	7.4
Others, %	3.9	4.1	4.4	4.4	4.4
Missing/Unknown, %	0.2	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.2
Region*						<.001
Midwest, %	26.4	26.0	25.2	24.7	24.6
Northeast, %	19.7	20.3	20.2	20.0	20.1
South, %	38.8	38.6	39.3	39.7	39.4
West, %	14.1	14.6	14.9	15.2	15.5
Comorbid conditions
Any MI	24.8	23.8	23.3	24.0	26.1	<.001
Atrial fibrillation	14.3	11.2	9.2	7.9	7.3	<.001
Hypertension	70.3	70.0	67.8	66.7	65.9	<.001
Obesity	3.1	3.3	3.6	4.3	5.0	<.001
Peripheral Disease	22.8	23.6	24.6	26.2	26.4	<.001
Cerebrovascular Disease	33.3	34.5	34.6	34.6	34.5	<.001
Chronic Pulmonary Disease	46.8	46.1	45.2	46.6	47.4	0.06
Diabetes Mellitus without end-organ damage	39.7	41.0	41.2	41.8	42.2	<.001
Diabetes with end-organ damage	10.7	11.5	12.0	13.0	13.9	<.001
Moderate or Severe Renal Disease	18.9	25.5	28.3	33.2	37.0	<.001
Connective Tissue Disease	5.4	5.7	6.1	6.3	6.4	<.001
Leukemia/Metastatic Malignancy	5.3	5.2	5.0	5.0	5.4	0.82
Valvular Heart Disease	15.4	13.9	12.8	11.9	11.3	<.001
Charlson Comorbidity Score	4.3 (2.7)	4.4 (2.8)	4.5 (2.8)	4.7 (2.8)	4.8 (2.9)	<.001