Heart Disease and Stroke Indicators - Queens County
Heart Disease and Stroke
Queens County
2007-2009
| Indicator | 3 Year Total |
County Rate |
NYS Rate | Sig.Dif. | NYC Rate | Sig.Dif. | County Ranking Group |
HP2010 Goal |
HP2010 Goal Met? |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE | |||||||||
| Mortality rates per 100,000 (ICD-10 I00-I99) | |||||||||
| Crude | 20,470 | 297.6 | 296.2 | No | 282.3 | Yes | 2nd | N/A | N/A |
| Age-adjusted | 20,470 | 255.9 | 256.7 | No | 264.1 | Yes | 3rd | N/A | N/A |
| Premature death (ages 35-64) | 2,802 | 96.4 | 103.0 | Yes | 111.6 | Yes | 2nd | N/A | N/A |
| Pretransport mortality | 8,805 | 128.0 | 143.7 | Yes | 128.1 | No | 1st | N/A | N/A |
| Hospitalization rates per 10,000 (ICD-9 390-459) | |||||||||
| Crude | 118,911 | 172.9 | 186.0 | Yes | 182.4 | Yes | 2nd | N/A | N/A |
| Age-adjusted | 118,911 | 156.9 | 168.7 | Yes | 176.7 | Yes | 2nd | N/A | N/A |
| DISEASE OF THE HEART | |||||||||
| Mortality rates per 100,000 (ICD-10 I00-I09, I11, I13, I20-I51) | |||||||||
| Crude | 18,109 | 263.2 | 247.6 | Yes | 246.9 | Yes | 3rd | N/A | N/A |
| Age-adjusted | 18,109 | 225.7 | 214.2 | Yes | 230.5 | Yes | 3rd | N/A | N/A |
| Premature death (ages 35-64) | 2,329 | 80.2 | 84.7 | Yes | 91.7 | Yes | 2nd | N/A | N/A |
| Pretransport mortality | 8,269 | 120.2 | 125.5 | Yes | 119.9 | No | 2nd | N/A | N/A |
| Hospitalization rates per 10,000 (ICD-9 390-398, 402, 404-429) | |||||||||
| Crude | 82,465 | 119.9 | 128.4 | Yes | 123.5 | Yes | 2nd | N/A | N/A |
| Age-adjusted | 82,465 | 108.6 | 116.3 | Yes | 119.5 | Yes | 2nd | N/A | N/A |
| CORONARY HEART DISEASE | |||||||||
| Mortality rates per 100,000 (ICD-10 I11, I20-I25) | |||||||||
| Crude | 16,845 | 244.9 | 203.2 | Yes | 229.0 | Yes | 4th | N/A | N/A |
| Age-adjusted | 16,845 | 209.8 | 175.8 | Yes | 213.8 | No | 4th | 166.0 | No |
| Premature death (ages 35-64) | 2,127 | 73.2 | 70.4 | No | 82.8 | Yes | 3rd | N/A | N/A |
| Pretransport mortality | 7,860 | 114.3 | 105.5 | Yes | 114.0 | No | 3rd | N/A | N/A |
| Hospitalization rates per 10,000 (ICD-9 402, 410-414, 429) | |||||||||
| Crude | 38,834 | 56.5 | 54.8 | Yes | 54.7 | Yes | 3rd | N/A | N/A |
| Age-adjusted | 38,834 | 51.1 | 49.5 | Yes | 52.9 | Yes | 3rd | N/A | N/A |
| CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE | |||||||||
| Mortality rates per 100,000 (ICD-10 I50) | |||||||||
| Crude | 354 | 5.1 | 13.5 | Yes | 5.3 | No | 1st | N/A | N/A |
| Age-adjusted | 354 | 4.3 | 11.4 | Yes | 4.8 | No | 1st | N/A | N/A |
| Premature death (ages 35-64) | 15 | 0.5* | 1.7 | Yes | 1.1 | Yes | 1st | N/A | N/A |
| Pretransport mortality | 147 | 2.1 | 7.1 | Yes | 2.4 | No | 1st | N/A | N/A |
| Hospitalization rates per 10,000 (ICD-9 428) | |||||||||
| Crude | 19,430 | 28.2 | 33.2 | Yes | 33.5 | Yes | 1st | N/A | N/A |
| Age-adjusted | 19,430 | 25.3 | 29.7 | Yes | 32.3 | Yes | 2nd | N/A | N/A |
| CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE (STROKE) | |||||||||
| Mortality rates per 100,000 (ICD-10 I60-I69) | |||||||||
| Crude | 1,305 | 19.0 | 30.1 | Yes | 18.6 | No | 1st | N/A | N/A |
| Age-adjusted | 1,305 | 16.8 | 26.3 | Yes | 17.7 | No | 1st | 48.0 | Yes |
| Premature death (ages 35-64) | 242 | 8.3 | 10.5 | Yes | 10.1 | Yes | 2nd | N/A | N/A |
| Pretransport mortality | 242 | 3.5 | 10.7 | Yes | 3.4 | No | 1st | N/A | N/A |
| Hospitalization rates per 10,000 (ICD-9 430-438) | |||||||||
| Crude | 16,977 | 24.7 | 27.8 | Yes | 25.0 | No | 1st | N/A | N/A |
| Age-adjusted | 16,977 | 22.4 | 25.2 | Yes | 24.2 | Yes | 1st | N/A | N/A |
| HYPERTENSION Hospitalization Rate per 10,000 - Age 18+ | 4,934 | 9.1 | 7.7 | Yes | 11.2 | Yes | 4th | N/A | N/A |
| Behavior/Risk Indicator (2008-09) | County Rate | CI # | NYS Rate | CI # | NYC | CI # | |||
| % of adults with diagnosis of heart attack, stroke, or angina | N/A | N/A | 7.6 | ± 1.1 | 8.1 | ± 2.6 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| % of adults with cholesterol checked in the last 5 years | N/A | N/A | 77.3 | ± 2.6 | 74.6 | ± 5.8 | N/A | 80.0 | N/A |
| % of adults ever told they have high blood pressure** | 29.7 | ± 2.5 | 25.7 | ± 1.9 | 28.8 | ± 1.2 | 3rd | 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
**: NYC county rates in the Behavior/Risk section are from the 2008 Community Health Survery conducted by the NYCDOHMH


