Heart Disease and Stroke Indicators - Albany County
Heart Disease and Stroke
Albany County
2007-2009
| Indicator | 3 Year Total |
County Rate |
NYS Rate | Sig.Dif. | NYS Rate exc NYC | Sig.Dif. | County Ranking Group |
HP2010 Goal |
HP2010 Goal Met? |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE | |||||||||
| Mortality rates per 100,000 (ICD-10 I00-I99) | |||||||||
| Crude | 2,861 | 319.9 | 296.2 | Yes | 306.6 | Yes | 3rd | N/A | N/A |
| Age-adjusted | 2,861 | 257.5 | 256.7 | No | 251.9 | No | 3rd | N/A | N/A |
| Premature death (ages 35-64) | 418 | 116.5 | 103.0 | Yes | 96.7 | Yes | 3rd | N/A | N/A |
| Pretransport mortality | 1,675 | 187.3 | 143.7 | Yes | 155.4 | Yes | 3rd | N/A | N/A |
| Hospitalization rates per 10,000 (ICD-9 390-459) | |||||||||
| Crude | 14,277 | 159.6 | 186.0 | Yes | 188.6 | Yes | 1st | N/A | N/A |
| Age-adjusted | 14,277 | 139.7 | 168.7 | Yes | 163.2 | Yes | 1st | N/A | N/A |
| DISEASE OF THE HEART | |||||||||
| Mortality rates per 100,000 (ICD-10 I00-I09, I11, I13, I20-I51) | |||||||||
| Crude | 2,342 | 261.9 | 247.6 | Yes | 248.1 | Yes | 3rd | N/A | N/A |
| Age-adjusted | 2,342 | 210.3 | 214.2 | No | 203.6 | No | 3rd | N/A | N/A |
| Premature death (ages 35-64) | 351 | 97.9 | 84.7 | Yes | 79.5 | Yes | 3rd | N/A | N/A |
| Pretransport mortality | 1,427 | 159.6 | 125.5 | Yes | 129.8 | Yes | 4th | N/A | N/A |
| Hospitalization rates per 10,000 (ICD-9 390-398, 402, 404-429) | |||||||||
| Crude | 9,165 | 102.5 | 128.4 | Yes | 132.2 | Yes | 1st | N/A | N/A |
| Age-adjusted | 9,165 | 89.3 | 116.3 | Yes | 114.1 | Yes | 1st | N/A | N/A |
| CORONARY HEART DISEASE | |||||||||
| Mortality rates per 100,000 (ICD-10 I11, I20-I25) | |||||||||
| Crude | 1,506 | 168.4 | 203.2 | Yes | 183.8 | Yes | 2nd | N/A | N/A |
| Age-adjusted | 1,506 | 136.1 | 175.8 | Yes | 150.8 | Yes | 2nd | 166.0 | Yes |
| Premature death (ages 35-64) | 250 | 69.7 | 70.4 | No | 61.2 | No | 3rd | N/A | N/A |
| Pretransport mortality | 972 | 108.7 | 105.5 | No | 99.2 | Yes | 3rd | N/A | N/A |
| Hospitalization rates per 10,000 (ICD-9 402, 410-414, 429) | |||||||||
| Crude | 2,983 | 33.4 | 54.8 | Yes | 54.8 | Yes | 1st | N/A | N/A |
| Age-adjusted | 2,983 | 29.3 | 49.5 | Yes | 47.3 | Yes | 1st | N/A | N/A |
| CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE | |||||||||
| Mortality rates per 100,000 (ICD-10 I50) | |||||||||
| Crude | 233 | 26.1 | 13.5 | Yes | 19.7 | Yes | 3rd | N/A | N/A |
| Age-adjusted | 233 | 19.8 | 11.4 | Yes | 15.7 | Yes | 4th | N/A | N/A |
| Premature death (ages 35-64) | 6 | 1.7* | 1.7 | No | 2.1 | No | 2nd | N/A | N/A |
| Pretransport mortality | 147 | 16.4 | 7.1 | Yes | 10.7 | Yes | 4th | N/A | N/A |
| Hospitalization rates per 10,000 (ICD-9 428) | |||||||||
| Crude | 2,469 | 27.6 | 33.2 | Yes | 32.9 | Yes | 1st | N/A | N/A |
| Age-adjusted | 2,469 | 23.3 | 29.7 | Yes | 27.9 | Yes | 1st | N/A | N/A |
| CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE (STROKE) | |||||||||
| Mortality rates per 100,000 (ICD-10 I60-I69) | |||||||||
| Crude | 353 | 39.5 | 30.1 | Yes | 38.7 | No | 2nd | N/A | N/A |
| Age-adjusted | 353 | 31.8 | 26.3 | Yes | 31.9 | No | 2nd | 48.0 | Yes |
| Premature death (ages 35-64) | 45 | 12.5 | 10.5 | No | 10.7 | No | 3rd | N/A | N/A |
| Pretransport mortality | 166 | 18.6 | 10.7 | Yes | 16.1 | No | 3rd | N/A | N/A |
| Hospitalization rates per 10,000 (ICD-9 430-438) | |||||||||
| Crude | 2,532 | 28.3 | 27.8 | No | 29.9 | Yes | 2nd | N/A | N/A |
| Age-adjusted | 2,532 | 24.9 | 25.2 | No | 25.8 | No | 3rd | N/A | N/A |
| HYPERTENSION Hospitalization Rate per 10,000 - Age 18+ | 387 | 5.4 | 7.7 | Yes | 5.0 | No | 3rd | N/A | N/A |
| Behavior/Risk Indicator (2008-09) | County Rate | CI # | NYS Rate | CI # | Upstate | CI # | |||
| % of adults with diagnosis of heart attack, stroke, or angina | 8.0 | ± 2.1 | 7.6 | ± 1.1 | 7.2 | ± 0.6 | 3rd | N/A | N/A |
| % of adults with cholesterol checked in the last 5 years | 81.5 | ± 5.2 | 77.3 | ± 2.6 | 79.3 | ± 1.3 | 1st | 80.0 | Yes |
| % of adults ever told they have high blood pressure | 30.9 | ± 4.5 | 25.7 | ± 1.9 | 27.1 | ± 1.1 | 4th | 16.0 | No |
s: Total suppressed for confidentiality
*: Fewer than 20 events in the numerator; therefore the rate is unstable
#: 95% confidence interval for BRFSS/Expanded BRFSS indicators


