Volume 10 — July 25, 2013
CME ACTIVITY
Preventable Hospitalizations and Emergency Department Visits for Angina, United States, 1995–2010
| Year | Visits Per 100,00 Population | |
|---|---|---|
| Hospital | Emergency Department Visits | |
| 1995–1998 | 89.1 | 291.6 |
| 1999–2002 | 50.69 | 257.8 |
| 2003–2006 | 31.03 | 171.1 |
| 2007–2010 | 15.76 | 158.6 |
Figure. Rates of age- and sex-standardized preventable
hospitalization and emergency department visits for angina in the United
States across 4 time periods. Sources: National Hospital Discharge Survey,
1995–2010 (9) and National Hospital Ambulatory Medical Care Survey,
1995–2009 (10). Data for emergency department visits in the last study time
period (2007–2010) are for 2007 through 2009 only.
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