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Table 3 Age-specific and age-standardised rates of index admission by gender and financial year

From: The health services burden of heart failure: an analysis using linked population health data-sets

 

Rate of admission (per 100000 persons aged ≥45 years)

     

5 Year Age group

Gender

2002 – 03*

2003 – 04

2004 – 05

2005 – 06

2006 – 07

45-49

Male

19.4

16.2

14.7

27.8

20.9

n = 352

Female

9.9

9.7

7.9

8.6

12.1

50-54

Male

33.8

37.0

30.8

40.6

39.1

n = 604

Female

19.1

25.9

17.4

17.2

15.5

55-59

Male

70.8

65.4

64.5

63.1

67.2

n = 1009

Female

38.2

37.3

30.7

33.8

34.6

60-64

Male

132.8

155.7

131.5

137.3

130.8

n = 1594

Female

75.8

79.3

64.5

60.6

61.9

65-69

Male

236.0

226.2

237.9

211.5

190.1

n = 2244

Female

152.1

147.5

139.9

116.1

119.0

70-74

Male

413.8

432.9

391.6

357.5

345.8

n = 3548

Female

311.9

271.6

249.7

247.1

266.8

75-79

Male

691.5

678.1

620.0

686.9

652.6

n = 5240

Female

493.7

486.3

466.2

442.4

420.4

80-84

Male

1165.3

1092.9

1026.5

1058.1

1133.1

n = 6191

Female

886.5

799.5

792.6

729.2

774.5

85+

Male

1950.3

1864.6

1781.1

1871.3

1784.9

n = 8379

Female

1430.5

1602.6

1393.9

1493.9

1496.0

Age Standardised

Male

256.7

252.6

236.1

244.1

237.7

  

(247.4, 266.1)

(243.4, 261.7)

(227.4, 244.8)

(235.4, 252.8)

(229.2, 246.2)

Rate

Female

235.3

236.8

215.7

213.2

217.1

(95% CI)

 

(226.8, 243.8)

(228.3, 245.2)

(207.8, 223.7)

(205.4, 221.1)

(209.3, 224.9)

  1. * Financial Year (1 July – 30 June).