Hospital Utilization Rates, by Sex statistics

[29,127 represents 29,127,000. Represents estimates of inpatients discharged from noninstitutional short-stay hospitals, exclusive of federal hospitals. Excludes newborn infants. Based on sample data collected from the National Hospital Discharge Survey, a sample survey of hospital records of patients discharged in year shown; subject to sampling variability. Comparisons beginning 1990 with data for earlier years should be made with caution as estimates of change may reflect improvements in the design rather than true changes in hospital use]


Sex	1970	1980	1985	1986	1987	1988	1989	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998

Patients discharged (1,000)	29,127	37,832	35,056	34,256	33,387	31,146	30,947	30,788	31,098	30,951	30,825	30,843	30,722	30,545	30,914	31,827

Patients discharged per 1,000 persons, total ¹	144	168	148	143	138	128	126	122	122	120	118	117	116	114	114	117
Male	118	139	124	121	116	107	105	100	101	99	97	96	94	92	93	93
Female	169	194	171	164	159	147	145	143	143	140	139	138	136	135	135	139

Days of care per 1,000 persons, total ¹	1,122	1,217	954	913	889	834	815	784	782	739	709	674	620	597	582	589
Male	982	1,068	849	817	806	757	741	694	701	667	631	599	551	533	508	517
Female	1,251	1,356	1,053	1,003	968	907	884	869	858	808	782	745	686	657	653	658

Average stay (days)	8.0	7.3	6.5	6.4	6.4	6.5	6.5	6.4	6.4	6.2	6.0	5.7	5.4	5.2	5.1	5.1
Male	8.7	7.7	6.9	6.8	6.9	7.1	7.0	6.9	7.0	6.7	6.5	6.2	5.8	5.8	5.5	5.5
Female	7.6	7.0	6.2	6.1	6.1	6.2	6.1	6.1	6.0	5.8	5.6	5.4	5.0	4.9	4.8	4.7

1 Based on Census Bureau estimated civilian population as of July 1. Estimates for 1980-89 do not reflect revisions based on the 1990 Census of Population. Beginning with 1990 data, rates are based on the U.S. Census Bureau estimates of the civilian population that have been adjusted for net underenumeration in the 1990 Census.

Source: U.S. National Center for Health Statistics, Vital and Health Statistics, series 13; and unpublished data.

http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/

http://www.allcountries.org/uscensus/198_hospital_utilization_rates_by_sex.html

These tables are based on figures supplied by the United States Census Bureau, U.S. Department of Commerce and are subject to revision by the Census Bureau.

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