Hospitalizations for Congestive Heart Failure as First-Listed Diagnosis in Adults with Diabetes, United States

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Sex Age-adjusted Rate
(per 1,000)
Overall 13.4
Males 14.3
Females 12.3
Sex Age Group
(in years)
Congestive Heart Failure as First-Listed Diagnosis Estimated Events
Attributable to DiabetesReports the estimated number of hospitalizations that are attributed to diabetes, which can be interpreted as the number of hospitalizations that would be reduced if diabetes were eliminated. The number is rounded to the nearest 10.
Total Events Crude Rate
(per 1,000)
95% Confidence Interval
Lower Limit Upper Limit
Overall 18-44 22,407 5.7 5.3 6.0 13,212
45-64 183,850 14.8 14.3 15.2 100,274
65-74 176,631 23.3 22.4 24.2 94,367
75+ 260,961 47.6 45.3 49.9 90,440
Total 647,062 22.0 21.5 22.5 300,144
Males 18-44 12,674 6.4 5.9 6.9 6,496
45-64 107,271 16.5 15.8 17.1 53,485
65-74 95,689 24.6 23.4 25.8 47,883
75+ 123,926 46.9 44.0 49.7 40,978
Total 340,185 22.6 22.0 23.3 149,878
Females 18-44 9,607 4.9 4.4 5.3 6,713
45-64 76,404 12.9 12.3 13.5 46,775
65-74 80,972 21.9 20.8 23.1 46,483
75+ 137,074 48.2 44.8 51.6 49,461
Total 306,674 21.3 20.6 21.9 150,254

Data Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project, State Inpatient Databases.

Note: Although the national estimates are reported at the annual level, the years of data vary across states (2019-2021).

Race-Ethnicity Congestive Heart Failure as First-Listed Diagnosis
Total Events Crude Rate
(per 1,000)
95% Confidence Interval
Lower Limit Upper Limit
Non-Hispanic White 307,858 17.79 17.47 18.11
Non-Hispanic Black 119,957 32.17 31.01 33.41
Hispanic 45,201 14.63 13.90 15.44
Non-Hispanic Other Races 25,687 14.54 13.70 15.49

The non-Hispanic Other Races group includes races other than White and Black and people of more than one race.

Data Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project, State Inpatient Databases.

Data from Alabama, California, Connecticut, Idaho, Louisiana, New Hampshire, and Ohio are not included in the national estimates because State Inpatient Databases for these states were not available.

Note: Although the national estimates are reported at the annual level, the years of data vary across states (2019-2021).

Rural and Urban Areas Congestive Heart Failure as First-Listed Diagnosis
Total Events Crude Rate
(per 1,000)
95% Confidence Interval
Lower Limit Upper Limit
Rural 40,003 17.79 17.13 18.49
Urban 467,791 19.73 19.41 20.06

Data Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project, State Inpatient Databases.

Data from Alabama, California, Connecticut, Idaho, Louisiana, New Hampshire, and Ohio are not included in the national estimates because State Inpatient Databases for these states were not available.

Note: Although the national estimates are reported at the annual level, the years of data vary across states (2019-2021).

Counties were categorized as rural or urban following the 2013 National Center for Health Statistics Urban-Rural Classification Scheme. Urban counties include large central metropolitan, large fringe metropolitan, medium metropolitan, small metropolitan, and micropolitan counties. Rural counties include noncore counties (i.e., nonmetropolitan counties that do not qualify as micropolitan).

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