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Hospital Statistics for Heart disease

Hospitalization and Heart disease

4.4 million in the USA 2002 (National Hospital Discharge Survey, 2002).

Hospitals & Clinics: Heart disease

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Hospital statistics for Heart disease:

The following statistics related to hospitals and hospitalization and Heart disease:

• 1,075,000 visits were made to hospital outpatient department for heart disease in the US 2002 (National Ambulatory Medical Care Survey: 2001 Summary, NCHS, CDC)
• 4.4 million hospital discharges were from heart disease in the US 2002 (2002 National Hospital Discharge Survey, NCHS, CDC)
• the average length of stay for hospitalisation for heart disease was 4.6 days in the US 2002 (2002 National Hospital Discharge Survey, NCHS, CDC)
• 4,465,000 hospitalisations in USA 1999 (NHLBI 1999)
• 4.05 million hospitalizations per year in the USA 1995 (US Government Statistics)
• 5.5 days was the average length of hospital stay in the USA 1995 (US Government Statistics)

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