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Hospital admissions for congestive heart failure per 100,000 population.
Measure Source
Healthy People 2010, measure 12-6.
Table
44 Hospitalizations for congestive heart failure per 1,000 population, United States, 2002, by
Data Source
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Health Statistics, National Hospital Discharge Survey (NHDS).
Denominator
U.S. civilian population.
Numerator
Number of discharges with a principal diagnosis of congestive heart failure (ICD-9-CM code 428.0).
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