Heart Disease and Stroke Indicators - Bronx County
Heart Disease and Stroke
Bronx County
2004-2006
| Indicator | 3 Year Total |
County Rate |
NYS Rate | Sig.Dif. | NYC Rate | Sig.Dif. | Ranking Quartile |
HP2010 Goal |
HP2010 Goal Met? |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE | |||||||||
| Mortality rates per 100,000 (ICD10 I00-I99) | |||||||||
| Crude | 12,514 | 307.3 | 320.8 | Yes | 310.8 | No | 2nd | N/A | N/A |
| Age-adjusted | 12,514 | 350.4 | 285.2 | Yes | 296.2 | Yes | 4th | N/A | N/A |
| Premature death (ages 35-64) | 1,814 | 125.2 | 108.2 | Yes | 120.4 | No | 4th | N/A | N/A |
| Pretransport mortality | 6,301 | 154.7 | 144.4 | Yes | 130.2 | Yes | 3rd | N/A | N/A |
| Hospitalization rates per 10,000 (ICD9 390-459) | |||||||||
| Crude | 85,934 | 211.0 | 198.4 | Yes | 197.1 | Yes | 3rd | N/A | N/A |
| Age-adjusted | 85,934 | 241.3 | 184.2 | Yes | 195.2 | Yes | 4th | N/A | N/A |
| DISEASE OF THE HEART | |||||||||
| Mortality rates per 100,000 (ICD10 I00-I09, I11, I13, I20-I51) | |||||||||
| Crude | 10,395 | 255.2 | 267.2 | Yes | 272.7 | Yes | 3rd | N/A | N/A |
| Age-adjusted | 10,395 | 290.6 | 237.3 | Yes | 259.4 | Yes | 4th | N/A | N/A |
| Premature death (ages 35-64) | 1,460 | 100.8 | 89.0 | Yes | 99.3 | No | 3rd | N/A | N/A |
| Pretransport mortality | 5,803 | 142.5 | 126.2 | Yes | 123.4 | Yes | 3rd | N/A | N/A |
| Hospitalization rates per 10,000 (ICD9 390-398, 402, 404-429) | |||||||||
| Crude | 57,016 | 140.0 | 139.8 | No | 136.1 | Yes | 2nd | N/A | N/A |
| Age-adjusted | 57,016 | 160.5 | 129.6 | Yes | 134.8 | Yes | 4th | N/A | N/A |
| CORONARY HEART DISEASE | |||||||||
| Mortality rates per 100,000 (ICD10 I11, I20-I25) | |||||||||
| Crude | 9,196 | 225.8 | 223.3 | No | 251.7 | Yes | 3rd | N/A | N/A |
| Age-adjusted | 9,196 | 257.3 | 198.3 | Yes | 239.4 | Yes | 4th | 166 | No |
| Premature death (ages 35-64) | 1,282 | 88.5 | 73.9 | Yes | 89.4 | No | 4th | N/A | N/A |
| Pretransport mortality | 5,385 | 132.2 | 108.5 | Yes | 117.3 | Yes | 4th | N/A | N/A |
| Hospitalization rates per 10,000 (ICD9 402, 410-414, 429) | |||||||||
| Crude | 24,434 | 60.0 | 65.8 | Yes | 64.8 | Yes | 2nd | N/A | N/A |
| Age-adjusted | 24,434 | 68.8 | 61.2 | Yes | 64.4 | Yes | 3rd | N/A | N/A |
| CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE | |||||||||
| Mortality rates per 100,000 (ICD10 I50) | |||||||||
| Crude | 402 | 9.9 | 14.6 | Yes | 7.5 | Yes | 1st | N/A | N/A |
| Age-adjusted | 402 | 11.1 | 12.7 | Yes | 7.0 | Yes | 1st | N/A | N/A |
| Premature death (ages 35-64) | 21 | 1.4 | 1.8 | No | 1.4 | No | 2nd | N/A | N/A |
| Pretransport mortality | 168 | 4.1 | 6.5 | Yes | 2.4 | Yes | 1st | N/A | N/A |
| Hospitalization rates per 10,000 (ICD9 428) | |||||||||
| Crude | 18,536 | 45.5 | 35.4 | Yes | 36.9 | Yes | 4th | N/A | N/A |
| Age-adjusted | 18,536 | 52.5 | 32.4 | Yes | 36.3 | Yes | 4th | N/A | N/A |
| CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE (STROKE) | |||||||||
| Mortality rates per 100,000 (ICD10 I60-I69) | |||||||||
| Crude | 1,208 | 29.7 | 34.2 | Yes | 21.3 | Yes | 1st | N/A | N/A |
| Age-adjusted | 1,208 | 34.2 | 30.5 | Yes | 20.6 | Yes | 2nd | 48 | Yes |
| Premature death (ages 35-64) | 191 | 13.2 | 11.4 | No | 11.4 | No | 3rd | N/A | N/A |
| Pretransport mortality | 243 | 6.0 | 11.1 | Yes | 3.0 | Yes | 1st | N/A | N/A |
| Hospitalization rates per 10,000 (ICD9 430-438) | |||||||||
| Crude | 11,323 | 27.8 | 28.9 | Yes | 26.9 | Yes | 2nd | N/A | N/A |
| Age-adjusted | 11,323 | 32.0 | 26.7 | Yes | 26.6 | Yes | 4th | N/A | N/A |
| Behavior/Risk Indicator (2003) | County Rate | CI # | NYS Rate | CI # | NYC | CI # | |||
| % of adults with diagnosis of heart attack, stroke, or angina | 5.5 | ± 1.9 | 6.9 | ± 0.5 | 6.0 | ± 1.0 | 1st | N/A | N/A |
| % of adults with cholesterol checked in the last 5 years | . | 76.5 | ± 1.5 | N/A | N/A | N/A | 80 | No | |
| % of adults ever told they have high blood pressure | . | 25.3 | ± 1.3 | N/A | N/A | 4 | 16 | Yes |
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


