Table 28a: Race - Hospital admissions for congestive heart failure per 1,000 population, by race, United States, 2000^a

	Total		AI/AN		Asian		NHOPI		Black or African American		White
Population group	Rateb	SE	Rateb	SE	Rateb	SE	Rateb	SE	Rateb	SE	Rateb	SE
Total	3.7	0.1	*	*	*	*	*	*	5.5	0.4	2.5	0.1
Age (not age adjusted)
45-64	3.2	0.2	*	*	*	*	*	*	8.2	1.2	1.9	0.2
65-74	13.3	0.9	*	*	*	*	*	*	20.0	2.7	9.3	1.0
75-84	26.4	1.5	*	*	*	*	*	*	31.3	4.7	19.1	1.4
85 and over	47.9	3.1	*	*	*	*	*	*	40.7	8.7	35.5	3.4
Gender
Female	3.7	0.1	*	*	*	*	*	*	5.9	0.5	2.5	0.1
Male	3.6	0.2	*	*	*	*	*	*	5.0	0.6	2.5	0.2

^aMeasure is age adjusted.

^bRates are calculated using U.S. Census Bureau monthly postcensal estimates of the civilian noninstitutional population as of July 1, 2000, and are available at the Census Bureau Internet site: http://www.census.gov/main/www/cen2000.html. Figures have been adjusted for net underenumeration using the1990 National Population Adjustment Matrix.

*Data do not meet the criteria for statistical reliability, data quality, or confidentiality.

Key: AI/AN: American Indian or Alaska Native; NHOPI: Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander; SE: Standard error

Note: The population categories used in this table are as reported from the source of the data (see below).

Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Health Statistics, National Hospital Discharge Survey.

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