Table 3.
All patients with heart failure | Period | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
2000–2003 | 2004–2007 | 2008–2011 | 2012–2015 | ||
n = 18,167 | n = 3100 | n = 4244 | n = 4905 | n = 8197 | |
Sex, n (%) | |||||
Male | 10,636 (59) | 1772 (57) | 2466 (58) | 2929 (60) | 4945 (60) |
Female | 7531 (41) | 1328 (43) | 1778 (42) | 1976 (40) | 3252 (40) |
Age category, n (%) | |||||
≤ 45 years | 702 (4) [67% male] |
108 (3) [67% male] |
173 (4) [70% male] |
156 (3) [68% male] |
301 (4) [64% male] |
46–54 years | 1294 (7) [74% male] |
167 (5) [72% male] |
287 (7) [76% male] |
317 (6) [73% male] |
589 (7) [75% male] |
55–64 years | 2766 (15) [73% male] |
474 (15) [73% male] |
571 (13) [77% male] |
637 (13) [74% male] |
1268 (15) [70% male] |
65–74 years | 5169 (28) [67% male] |
956 (31) [65% male] |
1262 (30) [67% male] |
1311 (27) [68% male] |
2062 (25) [68% male] |
> 74 years | 9163 (50) [51% male] |
1431 (46) [46% male] |
2004 (47) [47% male] |
2540 (52) [52% male] |
4052 (50) [54% male] |
Data are count (percent). Inpatients with heart failure subdivided by sex and age categories. Some patients were admitted more than once; on average, one patient contributed 1.8 patient cases