Annual trends in incidence, mean age of incident cases, and hospital mortality for any heart failure diagnosis (including all secondary codes)
| Year | Number | Rate (95% CI) | Length of admission (days, median (interquartile range)) | Median age (years (male/female)) | Hospital deaths* | Median age (hospital deaths) (years) | Heart failure in first diagnostic position |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rate is age and sex directly standardised rate per 10 000 resident population >40 years of age. | |||||||
| *Deaths during first heart failure admission. | |||||||
| CI, confidence interval. | |||||||
| 1993/4 | 1100 | 29.2 (27.5 to 31.0) | 9 (5–15) | 78 (74/80) | 248 (24.8%) | 80 | 443 (37%) |
| 1994/5 | 1157 | 30.5 (28.7 to 32.3) | 9 (5–16) | 77 (74/79) | 214 (20.3%) | 79 | 433 (34%) |
| 1995/6 | 1361 | 35.3 (33.4 to 37.2) | 8 (5–14) | 78 (75/80) | 281 (20.6%) | 81 | 465 (34%) |
| 1996/7 | 1381 | 35.3 (33.4 to 37.1) | 8 (5–15) | 78 (75/80) | 271 (19.6%) | 81 | 442 (32%) |
| 1997/8 | 1636 | 41.3 (39.3 to 43.3) | 9 (5–15) | 77 (76/81) | 302 (18.5%) | 81 | 609 (37%) |
| 1998/9 | 1957 | 49.0 (46.8 to 51.1) | 8 (5–16) | 78 (76/80) | 409 (20.9%) | 80 | 675 (34%) |
| 1999/0 | 1912 | 47.3 (45.2 to 49.4) | 8 (5–16) | 78 (76/80) | 376 (19.7%) | 81 | 718 (38%) |
| 2000/1 | 1920 | 46.8 (44.7 to 48.9) | 9 (4–16) | 79 ( 77/80) | 393 (20.5) | 82 | 702 (37%) |