Heart Disease and Stroke Indicators - Niagara County
Heart Disease and Stroke
Niagara 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 | 2,771 | 430.7 | 296.2 | Yes | 306.6 | Yes | 4th | N/A | N/A |
| Age-adjusted | 2,771 | 321.8 | 256.7 | Yes | 251.9 | Yes | 4th | N/A | N/A |
| Premature death (ages 35-64) | 401 | 152.7 | 103.0 | Yes | 96.7 | Yes | 4th | N/A | N/A |
| Pretransport mortality | 1,484 | 230.7 | 143.7 | Yes | 155.4 | Yes | 4th | N/A | N/A |
| Hospitalization rates per 10,000 (ICD-9 390-459) | |||||||||
| Crude | 16,988 | 264.0 | 186.0 | Yes | 188.6 | Yes | 4th | N/A | N/A |
| Age-adjusted | 16,988 | 213.8 | 168.7 | Yes | 163.2 | Yes | 4th | N/A | N/A |
| DISEASE OF THE HEART | |||||||||
| Mortality rates per 100,000 (ICD-10 I00-I09, I11, I13, I20-I51) | |||||||||
| Crude | 2,298 | 357.2 | 247.6 | Yes | 248.1 | Yes | 4th | N/A | N/A |
| Age-adjusted | 2,298 | 266.7 | 214.2 | Yes | 203.6 | Yes | 4th | N/A | N/A |
| Premature death (ages 35-64) | 344 | 131.0 | 84.7 | Yes | 79.5 | Yes | 4th | N/A | N/A |
| Pretransport mortality | 1,263 | 196.3 | 125.5 | Yes | 129.8 | Yes | 4th | N/A | N/A |
| Hospitalization rates per 10,000 (ICD-9 390-398, 402, 404-429) | |||||||||
| Crude | 12,234 | 190.1 | 128.4 | Yes | 132.2 | Yes | 4th | N/A | N/A |
| Age-adjusted | 12,234 | 153.9 | 116.3 | Yes | 114.1 | Yes | 4th | N/A | N/A |
| CORONARY HEART DISEASE | |||||||||
| Mortality rates per 100,000 (ICD-10 I11, I20-I25) | |||||||||
| Crude | 1,793 | 278.7 | 203.2 | Yes | 183.8 | Yes | 4th | N/A | N/A |
| Age-adjusted | 1,793 | 208.0 | 175.8 | Yes | 150.8 | Yes | 4th | 166.0 | No |
| Premature death (ages 35-64) | 276 | 105.1 | 70.4 | Yes | 61.2 | Yes | 4th | N/A | N/A |
| Pretransport mortality | 1,027 | 159.6 | 105.5 | Yes | 99.2 | Yes | 4th | N/A | N/A |
| Hospitalization rates per 10,000 (ICD-9 402, 410-414, 429) | |||||||||
| Crude | 5,878 | 91.4 | 54.8 | Yes | 54.8 | Yes | 4th | N/A | N/A |
| Age-adjusted | 5,878 | 74.8 | 49.5 | Yes | 47.3 | Yes | 4th | N/A | N/A |
| CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE | |||||||||
| Mortality rates per 100,000 (ICD-10 I50) | |||||||||
| Crude | 172 | 26.7 | 13.5 | Yes | 19.7 | Yes | 4th | N/A | N/A |
| Age-adjusted | 172 | 18.9 | 11.4 | Yes | 15.7 | No | 4th | N/A | N/A |
| Premature death (ages 35-64) | 8 | 3.0* | 1.7 | No | 2.1 | No | 3rd | N/A | N/A |
| Pretransport mortality | 90 | 14.0 | 7.1 | Yes | 10.7 | Yes | 3rd | N/A | N/A |
| Hospitalization rates per 10,000 (ICD-9 428) | |||||||||
| Crude | 2,974 | 46.2 | 33.2 | Yes | 32.9 | Yes | 4th | N/A | N/A |
| Age-adjusted | 2,974 | 35.9 | 29.7 | Yes | 27.9 | Yes | 4th | N/A | N/A |
| CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE (STROKE) | |||||||||
| Mortality rates per 100,000 (ICD-10 I60-I69) | |||||||||
| Crude | 331 | 51.4 | 30.1 | Yes | 38.7 | Yes | 4th | N/A | N/A |
| Age-adjusted | 331 | 38.2 | 26.3 | Yes | 31.9 | Yes | 4th | 48.0 | Yes |
| Premature death (ages 35-64) | 37 | 14.1 | 10.5 | No | 10.7 | No | 4th | N/A | N/A |
| Pretransport mortality | 156 | 24.2 | 10.7 | Yes | 16.1 | Yes | 4th | N/A | N/A |
| Hospitalization rates per 10,000 (ICD-9 430-438) | |||||||||
| Crude | 2,565 | 39.9 | 27.8 | Yes | 29.9 | Yes | 4th | N/A | N/A |
| Age-adjusted | 2,565 | 31.8 | 25.2 | Yes | 25.8 | Yes | 4th | N/A | N/A |
| HYPERTENSION Hospitalization Rate per 10,000 - Age 18+ | 362 | 7.2 | 7.7 | No | 5.0 | Yes | 4th | 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 | 10.7 | ± 3.0 | 7.6 | ± 1.1 | 7.2 | ± 0.6 | 4th | N/A | N/A |
| % of adults with cholesterol checked in the last 5 years | 79.7 | ± 5.8 | 77.3 | ± 2.6 | 79.3 | ± 1.3 | 1st | 80.0 | No |
| % of adults ever told they have high blood pressure | 31.3 | ± 4.8 | 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


