Hospitalizations for Myocardial Infarction as First-Listed Diagnosis in Adults with Diabetes, United States

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Sex Age-adjusted Rate
(per 1,000)
Overall 5.9
Males 7.1
Females 4.7
Sex Age Group
(in years)
Myocardial Infarction 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 3,963,471 2.6 2.5 2.8 4,409
45-64 12,438,666 8.0 7.7 8.2 22,252
65-74 7,581,779 10.7 10.3 11.1 19,795
75+ 5,486,751 14.9 14.2 15.6 18,289
Total 29,470,668 9.3 9.1 9.5 65,129
Males 18-44 1,995,317 3.0 2.8 3.3 1,712
45-64 6,509,066 10.0 9.6 10.4 8,875
65-74 3,891,467 12.9 12.2 13.5 8,620
75+ 2,644,344 16.7 15.7 17.8 8,172
Total 15,040,194 11.0 10.7 11.3 27,572
Females 18-44 1,968,155 2.2 2.0 2.4 2,695
45-64 5,929,600 5.7 5.5 6.0 13,366
65-74 3,690,312 8.4 8.0 8.8 11,174
75+ 2,842,407 13.1 12.2 14.0 10,121
Total 14,430,474 7.4 7.2 7.7 37,535

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 Myocardial Infarction as First-Listed Diagnosis
Total Events Crude Rate
(per 1,000)
95% Confidence Interval
Lower Limit Upper Limit
Non-Hispanic White 145,314 8.39 8.25 8.55
Non-Hispanic Black 30,963 8.30 8.00 8.62
Hispanic 23,062 7.46 7.09 7.88
Non-Hispanic Other Races 15,470 8.76 8.25 9.33

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 Myocardial Infarction as First-Listed Diagnosis
Total Events Crude Rate
(per 1,000)
95% Confidence Interval
Lower Limit Upper Limit
Rural 20,522 9.12 8.79 9.49
Urban 193,932 8.18 8.05 8.32

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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