Heart Disease and Stroke Indicators - Suffolk County
Heart Disease and Stroke
Suffolk 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 | 12,530 | 276.2 | 296.2 | Yes | 306.6 | Yes | 2nd | N/A | N/A |
| Age-adjusted | 12,530 | 263.6 | 256.7 | Yes | 251.9 | Yes | 3rd | N/A | N/A |
| Premature death (ages 35-64) | 1,572 | 81.3 | 103.0 | Yes | 96.7 | Yes | 1st | N/A | N/A |
| Pretransport mortality | 5,893 | 129.9 | 143.7 | Yes | 155.4 | Yes | 1st | N/A | N/A |
| Hospitalization rates per 10,000 (ICD-9 390-459) | |||||||||
| Crude | 94,698 | 208.7 | 186.0 | Yes | 188.6 | Yes | 4th | N/A | N/A |
| Age-adjusted | 94,698 | 193.6 | 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 | 10,364 | 228.4 | 247.6 | Yes | 248.1 | Yes | 2nd | N/A | N/A |
| Age-adjusted | 10,364 | 218.0 | 214.2 | No | 203.6 | Yes | 3rd | N/A | N/A |
| Premature death (ages 35-64) | 1,286 | 66.5 | 84.7 | Yes | 79.5 | Yes | 1st | N/A | N/A |
| Pretransport mortality | 4,996 | 110.1 | 125.5 | Yes | 129.8 | Yes | 1st | N/A | N/A |
| Hospitalization rates per 10,000 (ICD-9 390-398, 402, 404-429) | |||||||||
| Crude | 68,074 | 150.1 | 128.4 | Yes | 132.2 | Yes | 4th | N/A | N/A |
| Age-adjusted | 68,074 | 138.7 | 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 | 7,844 | 172.9 | 203.2 | Yes | 183.8 | Yes | 2nd | N/A | N/A |
| Age-adjusted | 7,844 | 164.6 | 175.8 | Yes | 150.8 | Yes | 3rd | 166.0 | Yes |
| Premature death (ages 35-64) | 1,017 | 52.6 | 70.4 | Yes | 61.2 | Yes | 1st | N/A | N/A |
| Pretransport mortality | 3,941 | 86.9 | 105.5 | Yes | 99.2 | Yes | 2nd | N/A | N/A |
| Hospitalization rates per 10,000 (ICD-9 402, 410-414, 429) | |||||||||
| Crude | 30,676 | 67.6 | 54.8 | Yes | 54.8 | Yes | 4th | N/A | N/A |
| Age-adjusted | 30,676 | 61.0 | 49.5 | Yes | 47.3 | Yes | 4th | N/A | N/A |
| CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE | |||||||||
| Mortality rates per 100,000 (ICD-10 I50) | |||||||||
| Crude | 847 | 18.7 | 13.5 | Yes | 19.7 | No | 2nd | N/A | N/A |
| Age-adjusted | 847 | 18.0 | 11.4 | Yes | 15.7 | Yes | 3rd | N/A | N/A |
| Premature death (ages 35-64) | 43 | 2.2 | 1.7 | No | 2.1 | No | 3rd | N/A | N/A |
| Pretransport mortality | 424 | 9.3 | 7.1 | Yes | 10.7 | Yes | 2nd | N/A | N/A |
| Hospitalization rates per 10,000 (ICD-9 428) | |||||||||
| Crude | 14,945 | 32.9 | 33.2 | No | 32.9 | No | 3rd | N/A | N/A |
| Age-adjusted | 14,945 | 31.3 | 29.7 | Yes | 27.9 | Yes | 4th | N/A | N/A |
| CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE (STROKE) | |||||||||
| Mortality rates per 100,000 (ICD-10 I60-I69) | |||||||||
| Crude | 1,307 | 28.8 | 30.1 | No | 38.7 | Yes | 1st | N/A | N/A |
| Age-adjusted | 1,307 | 27.6 | 26.3 | No | 31.9 | Yes | 1st | 48.0 | Yes |
| Premature death (ages 35-64) | 164 | 8.5 | 10.5 | Yes | 10.7 | Yes | 2nd | N/A | N/A |
| Pretransport mortality | 471 | 10.4 | 10.7 | No | 16.1 | Yes | 1st | N/A | N/A |
| Hospitalization rates per 10,000 (ICD-9 430-438) | |||||||||
| Crude | 13,358 | 29.4 | 27.8 | Yes | 29.9 | No | 3rd | N/A | N/A |
| Age-adjusted | 13,358 | 27.5 | 25.2 | Yes | 25.8 | Yes | 3rd | N/A | N/A |
| HYPERTENSION Hospitalization Rate per 10,000 - Age 18+ | 2,449 | 7.1 | 7.7 | Yes | 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 | 7.4 | ± 2.0 | 7.6 | ± 1.1 | 7.2 | ± 0.6 | 2nd | N/A | N/A |
| % of adults with cholesterol checked in the last 5 years | 82.1 | ± 5.6 | 77.3 | ± 2.6 | 79.3 | ± 1.3 | 1st | 80.0 | Yes |
| % of adults ever told they have high blood pressure | 23.3 | ± 3.9 | 25.7 | ± 1.9 | 27.1 | ± 1.1 | 1st | 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


