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Table 17. Top 10 Conditions with the Highest Number of In-Hospital Deaths by Age Group
| Top 10 Conditions with the Highest Number of In-Hospital Deaths by Age Group |
Number of Deaths for this Condition by Age Group |
| |
< 1 Year |
1-17 Years |
18-44 Years |
45-64 Years |
65-84 Years |
85+ Years |
| Total Number of Discharges |
4,751,226 |
1,710,673 |
10,122,694 |
8,022,877 |
10,489,917 |
2,702,131 |
| Premature birth and low birthweight |
12,977* |
|
|
|
|
|
| Other conditions occurring around the time of birth |
929 |
|
|
|
|
|
| Cardiac and circulatory birth defects |
868 |
|
|
|
|
|
| Infant respiratory distress syndrome |
319 |
|
|
|
|
|
| Other birth defects |
267 |
|
|
|
|
|
| Adult respiratory failure or arrest |
185 |
309 |
1,987 |
9,117 |
26,802 |
8,992 |
| Septicemia (blood infection) |
140 |
263 |
2,441 |
10,418 |
31,074 |
17,103 |
| Other injuries |
121 |
271 |
|
|
|
|
| Intrauterine hypoxia and birth asphyxia (lack of oxygen to baby in uterus or during birth) |
113 |
|
|
|
|
|
| Cardiac arrest and ventricular fibrillation (uncoordinated contraction of heart) |
|
150 |
|
|
|
|
| Pneumonia |
|
345 |
2,014 |
8,507 |
36,280 |
23,654 |
| Brain injury |
|
1,151 |
4,369 |
|
|
|
| AIDS/HIV infection |
|
|
3,693 |
|
|
|
| Complication of medical device, implant or graft |
|
208 |
|
|
|
|
| Crushing injury or internal injury |
|
197 |
1,811 |
|
|
|
| Leukemia (cancer of blood) |
|
193 |
|
|
|
|
| Brain cancer and other nervous system cancer |
|
147 |
|
|
|
|
| Acute cerebrovascular disease (stroke) |
|
|
2,650 |
11,163 |
31,173 |
14,926 |
| Metastasis (spread of cancer or secondary cancer) |
|
|
2,410 |
10,264 |
14,163 |
|
| Alcohol-related liver disease |
|
|
1,427 |
4,131 |
|
|
| Congestive heart failure |
|
|
|
4,686 |
25,309 |
15,695 |
| Cancer of bronchial tubes and lung |
|
|
|
6,860 |
13,305 |
|
| Other liver disease |
|
|
1,133 |
4,264 |
|
|
| Heart attack (acute myocardial infarction) |
|
|
|
8,360 |
33,621 |
17,122 |
| Aspiration pneumonitis (aspiration of stomach contents into lung) |
|
|
|
|
16,703 |
|
| Fluid and electrolyte disorders (primarily dehydration and fluid overload) |
|
|
|
|
8,706 |
5,588 |
| Hip fracture |
|
|
|
|
|
5,009 |
| Gastrointestinal bleeding |
|
|
|
|
|
4,367 |
| Intestinal obstruction without hernia |
|
|
|
|
|
3,329 |
* Includes 11,634 cases with principal diagnosis of newborn infant and secondary diagnosis of premature birth and low birthweight.
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