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

Table 7 Hospital bed-days occupied during study period (2002–2007)

		Number of hospital bed-days	Number of hospital bed-days
Age group	Gender	Number of subjects* N = 29161	Index admissions + readmissions any cause	Index admissions + readmissions for heart failure
45-49	Male	236	7 799	2 121
Female		116	3 803	1 117
50-54	Male	396	9 484	3 739
Female		208	5 587	2 133
55-59	Male	664	24 613	7 489
Female		345	12 247	3 852
60-64	Male	1 068	36 294	12 262
Female		526	17 004	5 737
65-69	Male	1 374	48 279	17 634
Female		870	30 220	10 182
70-74	Male	2 015	65 630	24 480
Female		1 533	55 206	19 534
75-79	Male	2 830	96 495	36 486
Female		2 410	84 129	31 738
80-84	Male	2 971	98 375	39 050
Female		3 220	108 054	44 089
85+	Male	3 050	95 002	46 032
Female		5 329	156 667	75 971
Total	Male	14 604	481 971	189 293
Female		14 557	472 917	194 353

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