Table 3 Age-standardised hospital admission rates for congenital heart disease per 100 000 population by age and sex, 1995/1996 to 2003/2004

Year	1995/1996	1996/1997	1997/1998	1998/1999	1999/2000	2000/2001	2001/2002	2002/2003	2003/2004	% change 1995/1996 to 2003/2004
Men and boys
<1	843.2	808.0	799.8	806.3	821.9	832.9	845.1	871.0	884.9	4.9
1–4	90.3	90.4	98.7	88.8	88.5	85.4	97.9	98.6	105.9	17.2
5–14	29.6	26.4	29.9	27.3	26.4	27.0	29.8	32.0	33.8	14.2
15–24	14.4	14.8	16.0	17.9	17.0	16.6	16.7	17.6	19.5	36.0
25–44	9.5	10.3	9.7	11.1	11.0	10.7	10.7	11.7	12.4	30.1
45–64	7.9	8.6	9.4	9.5	8.4	8.6	9.1	9.9	11.9	50.8
65+	5.5	6.1	4.8	5.7	6.2	5.4	6.4	6.6	6.4	16.4
all ages	30.7	30.2	31.1	31.0	30.7	30.6	32.3	33.7	35.5	15.9
95% CI	29.9 to 31.4	29.4 to 30.9	30.4 to 31.9	30.3 to 31.8	30.0 to 31.5	29.9 to 31.4	31.5 to 33.0	32.8 to 34.5	34.7 to 36.4
Women and girls
<1	707.0	684.7	699.3	670.7	723.6	682.5	728.0	751.7	698.0	–1.3
1–4	88.7	91.1	98.6	85.3	92.4	81.2	87.8	93.8	99.1	11.7
5–14	27.2	24.7	26.2	27.2	27.0	25.6	26.1	32.6	35.2	29.5
15–24	13.5	14.3	14.5	15.0	15.5	13.7	15.4	16.9	18.2	35.1
25–44	10.3	10.9	12.4	11.6	11.5	10.9	11.2	12.4	14.5	40.5
45–64	8.2	8.5	9.1	9.8	9.5	10.9	10.2	11.3	12.0	47.4
65+	5.0	5.0	4.3	5.6	5.2	6.3	6.9	7.2	7.2	42.8
all ages	28.2	28.0	29.4	28.4	29.6	28.0	29.5	32.1	32.8	16.6
95% CI	27.4 to 28.9	27.3 to 28.7	28.7 to 30.2	27.7 to 29.1	28.8 to 30.4	27.2 to 28.7	28.8 to 30.3	31.3 to 32.9	32.0 to 33.6