Heart Disease and Stroke Indicators - Westchester County
Heart Disease and Stroke
Westchester County
2004-2006
| Indicator | 3 Year Total |
County Rate |
NYS Rate | Sig.Dif. | NYS Rate exc NYC | Sig.Dif. | Ranking Quartile |
HP2010 Goal |
HP2010 Goal Met? |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE | |||||||||
| Mortality rates per 100,000 (ICD10 I00-I99) | |||||||||
| Crude | 8,810 | 312.1 | 320.8 | Yes | 328.1 | Yes | 2nd | N/A | N/A |
| Age-adjusted | 8,810 | 255.8 | 285.2 | Yes | 278.5 | Yes | 2nd | N/A | N/A |
| Premature death (ages 35-64) | 986 | 82.7 | 108.2 | Yes | 99.6 | Yes | 1st | N/A | N/A |
| Pretransport mortality | 4,248 | 150.5 | 144.4 | Yes | 154.8 | No | 2nd | N/A | N/A |
| Hospitalization rates per 10,000 (ICD9 390-459) | |||||||||
| Crude | 52,925 | 187.5 | 198.4 | Yes | 199.3 | Yes | 2nd | N/A | N/A |
| Age-adjusted | 52,925 | 164.3 | 184.2 | Yes | 176.8 | Yes | 2nd | N/A | N/A |
| DISEASE OF THE HEART | |||||||||
| Mortality rates per 100,000 (ICD10 I00-I09, I11, I13, I20-I51) | |||||||||
| Crude | 7,100 | 251.6 | 267.2 | Yes | 263.2 | Yes | 2nd | N/A | N/A |
| Age-adjusted | 7,100 | 206.0 | 237.3 | Yes | 223.3 | Yes | 2nd | N/A | N/A |
| Premature death (ages 35-64) | 772 | 64.8 | 89.0 | Yes | 81.7 | Yes | 1st | N/A | N/A |
| Pretransport mortality | 3,584 | 127.0 | 126.2 | No | 128.2 | No | 2nd | N/A | N/A |
| Hospitalization rates per 10,000 (ICD9 390-398, 402, 404-429) | |||||||||
| Crude | 37,082 | 131.4 | 139.8 | Yes | 142.5 | Yes | 2nd | N/A | N/A |
| Age-adjusted | 37,082 | 114.9 | 129.6 | Yes | 126.2 | Yes | 2nd | N/A | N/A |
| CORONARY HEART DISEASE | |||||||||
| Mortality rates per 100,000 (ICD10 I11, I20-I25) | |||||||||
| Crude | 5,585 | 197.9 | 223.3 | Yes | 202.5 | No | 3rd | N/A | N/A |
| Age-adjusted | 5,585 | 161.8 | 198.3 | Yes | 171.7 | Yes | 2nd | 166 | Yes |
| Premature death (ages 35-64) | 554 | 46.5 | 73.9 | Yes | 63.0 | Yes | 1st | N/A | N/A |
| Pretransport mortality | 2,936 | 104.0 | 108.5 | Yes | 102.0 | No | 3rd | N/A | N/A |
| Hospitalization rates per 10,000 (ICD9 402, 410-414, 429) | |||||||||
| Crude | 17,810 | 63.1 | 65.8 | Yes | 66.5 | Yes | 2nd | N/A | N/A |
| Age-adjusted | 17,810 | 55.5 | 61.2 | Yes | 59.1 | Yes | 2nd | N/A | N/A |
| CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE | |||||||||
| Mortality rates per 100,000 (ICD10 I50) | |||||||||
| Crude | 505 | 17.9 | 14.6 | Yes | 19.8 | Yes | 2nd | N/A | N/A |
| Age-adjusted | 505 | 14.2 | 12.7 | Yes | 16.5 | Yes | 2nd | N/A | N/A |
| Premature death (ages 35-64) | 18 | 1.5* | 1.8 | No | 2.1 | No | 2nd | N/A | N/A |
| Pretransport mortality | 247 | 8.8 | 6.5 | Yes | 9.5 | No | 2nd | N/A | N/A |
| Hospitalization rates per 10,000 (ICD9 428) | |||||||||
| Crude | 8,979 | 31.8 | 35.4 | Yes | 34.3 | Yes | 2nd | N/A | N/A |
| Age-adjusted | 8,979 | 27.2 | 32.4 | Yes | 29.9 | Yes | 2nd | N/A | N/A |
| CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE (STROKE) | |||||||||
| Mortality rates per 100,000 (ICD10 I60-I69) | |||||||||
| Crude | 1,113 | 39.4 | 34.2 | Yes | 43.6 | Yes | 2nd | N/A | N/A |
| Age-adjusted | 1,113 | 32.3 | 30.5 | No | 37.0 | Yes | 1st | 48 | Yes |
| Premature death (ages 35-64) | 134 | 11.2 | 11.4 | No | 11.4 | No | 2nd | N/A | N/A |
| Pretransport mortality | 391 | 13.9 | 11.1 | Yes | 17.0 | Yes | 2nd | N/A | N/A |
| Hospitalization rates per 10,000 (ICD9 430-438) | |||||||||
| Crude | 8,303 | 29.4 | 28.9 | No | 30.4 | Yes | 3rd | N/A | N/A |
| Age-adjusted | 8,303 | 25.5 | 26.7 | Yes | 26.8 | Yes | 2nd | N/A | N/A |
| Behavior/Risk Indicator (2003) | County Rate | CI # | NYS Rate | CI # | Upstate | CI # | |||
| % of adults with diagnosis of heart attack, stroke, or angina | 7.1 | ± 2.3 | 6.9 | ± 0.5 | 7.6 | ± 0.5 | 2nd | N/A | N/A |
| % of adults with cholesterol checked in the last 5 years | 78.7 | ± 4.4 | 76.5 | ± 1.5 | N/A | N/A | 4th | 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


