Hospital Discharges and Days of Care statistics

[30,722 represents 30,722,000. 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. NORTHEAST: Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania. MIDWEST: Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Iowa, Missouri, North Dakota, South Dakota, Nebraska, and Kansas. SOUTH: Delaware, Maryland, District of Columbia, Virginia, West Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Kentucky, Tennessee, Alabama, Mississippi, Arkansas, Louisiana, Oklahoma, and Texas. WEST: Montana, Idaho, Wyoming, Colorado, New Mexico, Arizona, Utah, Nevada, Washington, Oregon, California, Alaska, and Hawaii]


	Discharges				Discharges				Days
									of care				Average
Selected characteristic	Number				Per 1,000				per 1,000				stay
	(1,000)				persons ¹				persons ¹				(days)

	1995	1996	1997	1998	1995	1996	1997	1998	1995	1996	1997	1998	1995	1996	1997	1998

Total	30,722	30,545	30,914	31,827	116	114	114	117	620	596	582	589	5.4	5.2	5.1	5.1
Age:
Under 1 year old	790	736	775	762	198	188	197	194	1,083	1,111	996	1,068	5.5	5.9	5.1	5.5
1 to 4 years old	744	649	688	638	46	40	43	41	153	135	136	133	3.3	3.3	3.1	3.3
5 to 14 years old	872	822	848	899	22	21	21	22	99	90	94	109	4.5	4.3	4.4	4.9
15 to 24 years old	2,943	2,849	2,762	2,919	80	77	74	77	271	250	242	255	3.4	3.2	3.3	3.3
25 to 34 years old	4,201	4,077	3,923	4,004	102	100	98	102	354	351	328	348	3.5	3.5	3.4	3.4
35 to 44 years old	3,449	3,399	3,345	3,454	81	78	76	77	381	368	339	340	4.7	4.7	4.5	4.4
45 to 64 years old	6,168	6,294	6,377	6,696	119	118	115	117	657	626	602	604	5.5	5.3	5.2	5.1
65 to 74 years old	4,832	4,804	4,872	4,876	260	260	266	268	1,685	1,619	1,599	1,596	6.5	6.2	6.0	6.0
75 years old and over	6,724	6,914	7,324	7,580	459	459	474	477	3,248	3,100	3,100	3,031	7.1	6.8	6.5	6.3

Race:
White	19,951	19,738	19,971	20,620	91	89	90	92	491	473	463	468	5.4	5.3	5.2	5.1
Black	3,887	3,779	3,689	3,750	113	109	105	105	658	605	580	571	5.8	5.6	5.5	5.4
Asian/Pacific Islander	486	489	388	506	51	49	38	48	278	267	179	281	5.4	5.4	4.7	5.9
American Indian/Eskimo/Aleut	107	124	121	253	46	52	50	103	240	310	270	563	5.2	5.9	5.4	5.5

Region:
Northeast	7,051	6,665	6,679	6,818	136	128	129	131	858	796	762	757	6.3	6.2	5.9	5.8
Midwest	6,994	7,107	7,234	7,366	113	114	115	117	586	570	554	553	5.2	5.0	4.8	4.7
South	11,373	11,085	11,445	12,022	122	118	120	124	643	609	613	631	5.3	5.2	5.1	5.1
West	5,303	5,688	5,556	5,621	91	96	92	92	410	430	409	418	4.5	4.5	4.4	4.6

Primary source of payment:
Private insurance	10,359	10,721	10,834	(NA)	39	40	40	(NA)	158	160	159	(NA)	4.0	4.0	4.0	(NA)
Medicare	11,607	11,647	12,254	(NA)	44	43	45	(NA)	303	291	291	(NA)	6.9	6.7	6.4	(NA)
Medicaid	4,515	4,410	4,380	(NA)	17	16	16	(NA)	83	81	77	(NA)	4.9	4.9	4.7	(NA)
Other government payment	535	460	368	(NA)	2	2	1	(NA)	10	8	7	(NA)	4.9	4.9	5.4	(NA)
Worker's compensation	234	224	230	(NA)	1	1	1	(NA)	4	3	4	(NA)	4.3	4.1	4.2	(NA)
Self pay	1,560	1,422	1,487	(NA)	6	5	5	(NA)	28	23	23	(NA)	4.7	4.4	4.2	(NA)
No charge	108	94	98	(NA)	0.4	0.4	0.4	(NA)	2	2	2	(NA)	5.1	5.3	4.6	(NA)
Other	1,106	1,022	958	(NA)	4	4	4	(NA)	20	17	15	(NA)	4.7	4.3	4.2	(NA)
Unknown	699	545	305	(NA)	3	2	1	(NA)	13	10	5	(NA)	4.9	4.9	4.6	(NA)

NA Not available.
1 Based on Census Bureau estimated civilian population that has been adjusted for the net underenumeration in the 1990 Census of Population.

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

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

* Terms relating to hospitalization Discharge rate--The ratio of the number of hospital discharges during a year to the number of persons in the civilian population on July 1 of that year.

Days of care--The number of patient days accumulated at the time of discharge by a patient. A stay of less than 1 day (patient admission and discharge on the same day) is counted as 1 day in the summation of total days of care. For patients admitted and discharged on different days, the number of days of care is computed by counting all days from (and including) the date of admission to (but not including) the date of discharge.

Rate of days of care--The ratio of the number of days of care accumulated during a year to the number of persons in the civilian population on July 1 of that year.

Average length of stay--The number of days of care accumulated by patients discharged during the year divided by the number of these discharges.

http://www.allcountries.org/uscensus/199_hospital_discharges_and_days_of_care.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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