Basic Summary for Ischemic heart disease

Main name of condition: Ischemic heart disease
Other names or spellings: Ischaemic heart disease

What is Ischemic heart disease?
  Brief description of Ischemic heart disease: Heart disease from reduced blood flow to the heart
  Parent types of Ischemic heart disease: Heart conditions, Heart disease
  Organs Affected by Ischemic heart disease: heart

How many people get Ischemic heart disease?
Prevalance of Ischemic heart disease: 68 per 1000 (NHIS95)
Prevalance Rate of Ischemic heart disease: approx 1 in 14 or 6.80% or 18.5 million people in USA [about data]

How serious is Ischemic heart disease?
Deaths for Ischemic heart disease: 529,659 deaths reported in USA 1999 (NVSR Sep 2001)

What causes Ischemic heart disease?
Causes of Ischemic heart disease: see causes of Ischemic heart disease
Risk factors for Ischemic heart disease: see risk factors for Ischemic heart disease

Society issues for Ischemic heart disease
Hospitalization statistics for Ischemic heart disease: The following are statistics from various sources about hospitalizations and Ischemic heart disease:

555 per 100,000 rate for hospitalizations for Ischemic Heart Disease in Canada 1995 Surveillance on-line, 1998 LCDC, Health Canada)
3.21% (409,412) of hospital episodes were for ischaemic heart disease in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
75% of hospital consultations for ischaemic heart disease required hospital admission in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
64% of hospital episodes for ischaemic heart disease were for men in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
36% of hospital episodes for ischaemic heart disease were for women in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
59% of hospital admissions for ischaemic heart disease required emergency hospital admission in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
7.3 days was the mean length of stay in hospitals for ischaemic heart disease in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
5 days was the median length of stay in hospitals for ischaemic heart disease in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
67 was the mean age of patients hospitalised for ischaemic heart disease in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
27% of hospitalisations for ischaemic heart disease occurred in 15-59 year olds in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
31% of hospitalisations for ischaemic heart disease occurred in people over 75 in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
13% of hospitalisations for ischaemic heart disease were single day episodes in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
3.54% (1,854,687) of hospital bed days were for ischaemic heart disease in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
0.03% (3,728) of hospital consultant episodes were for other acute ischaemic heart disease in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
66% of hospital consultant episodes for other acute ischaemic heart disease required hospital admission in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
63% of hospital consultant episodes for other acute ischaemic heart disease were for men in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
37% of hospital consultant episodes for other acute ischaemic heart disease were for women in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
71% of hospital consultant episodes for other acute ischaemic heart disease required emergency hospital admission in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
7.8 days was the mean length of stay in hospitals for other acute ischaemic heart disease in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
5 days was the median length of stay in hospitals for other acute ischaemic heart disease in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
67 was the mean age of patients hospitalised for other acute ischaemic heart disease in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
26% of hospital consultant episodes for other acute ischaemic heart disease occurred in 15-59 year olds in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
37% of hospital consultant episodes for other acute ischaemic heart disease occurred in people over 75 in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
7% of hospital consultant episodes for other acute ischaemic heart disease were single day episodes in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
0.036% (18,917) of hospital bed days were for other acute ischaemic heart disease in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
1.07% (136,486) of hospital consultant episodes were for chronic ischaemic heart disease in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
87% of hospital consultant episodes for chronic ischaemic heart disease required hospital admission in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
73% of hospital consultant episodes for chronic ischaemic heart disease were for men in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
27% of hospital consultant episodes for chronic ischaemic heart disease were for women in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
12% of hospital consultant episodes for chronic ischaemic heart disease required emergency hospital admission in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
7.1 days was the mean length of stay in hospitals for chronic ischaemic heart disease in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
4 days was the median length of stay in hospitals for chronic ischaemic heart disease in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
64 was the mean age of patients hospitalised for chronic ischaemic heart disease in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
31% of hospital consultant episodes for chronic ischaemic heart disease occurred in 15-59 year olds in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
18% of hospital consultant episodes for chronic ischaemic heart disease occurred in people over 75 in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
33% of hospital consultant episodes for chronic ischaemic heart disease were single day episodes in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
0.98 % (516,176) of hospital bed days were for chronic ischaemic heart disease in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
Hospitalization statistics in Australia:
- 2.75% (108,996) of hospital episodes were for ischaemic heart disease in public hospitals in Australia 2001-02 (Australian Hospital Data, AIHW, Australia, 2001-02)
- 18% of hospitalisations for ischaemic heart disease were single day episodes in public hospitals in Australia 2001-02 (Australian Hospital Data, AIHW, Australia, 2001-02)
- 83% of hospitalisations in public hospitals for ischaemic heart disease were by public patients in Australia 2001-02 (Australian Hospital Data, AIHW, Australia, 2001-02)
- 17% of hospitalisations in public hospitals for ischaemic heart disease were by private patients in Australia 2001-02 (Australian Hospital Data, AIHW, Australia, 2001-02)
- Hospitalisations for ischaemic heart disease at public hospitals occurred in 155.8 people per 10,000 population in Australia 2001-02 (Australian Hospital Data, AIHW, Australia, 2001-02)
- 4.3 days was the mean length of stay in hospitals for ischaemic heart disease in public hospitals in Australia 2001-02 (Australian Hospital Data, AIHW, Australia, 2001-02)
- Excluding same day episodes, 5 days was the mean length of stay in public hospitals for ischaemic heart disease in Australia 2001-02 (Australian Hospital Data, AIHW, Australia, 2001-02)
- 2.08% (50,576) of private hospital episodes were for ischaemic heart disease in Australia 2001-02 (Australian Hospital Data, AIHW, Australia, 2001-02)
- 23.5% of hospitalisations in private hospitals for ischaemic heart disease were single day episodes in Australia 2001-02 (Australian Hospital Data, AIHW, Australia, 2001-02)
- 3.4% of hospitalisations in private hospitals for ischaemic heart disease were by public patients in Australia 2001-02 (Australian Hospital Data, AIHW, Australia, 2001-02)
- 97% of hospitalisations in private hospitals for ischaemic heart disease were by private patients in Australia 2001-02 (Australian Hospital Data, AIHW, Australia, 2001-02)
- Hospitalisations in private hospitals for ischaemic heart disease occurred in 25.9 people per 10,000 population in Australia 2001-02 (Australian Hospital Data, AIHW, Australia, 2001-02)
- 4.1 days was the mean length of stay in private hospitals for ischaemic heart disease in Australia 2001-02 (Australian Hospital Data, AIHW, Australia, 2001-02)
- Excluding same day episodes, 5 days was the mean length of stay in private hospitals for ischaemic heart disease in Australia 2001-02 (Australian Hospital Data, AIHW, Australia, 2001-02)
Hospitalization statistics in Australia for public hospitals:
- 0.009% (2) of hospital episodes for chronic ischaemic heart disease in public hospitals occurred in males aged 1 to 4 years in Australia 2001-02 (Australian Hospital Data, AIHW, Australia, 2001-02)
- 0.027% (6) of hospital episodes for chronic ischaemic heart disease in public hospitals occurred in males aged 5 to 14 years in Australia 2001-02 (Australian Hospital Data, AIHW, Australia, 2001-02)
- 0.04% (9) of hospital episodes for chronic ischaemic heart disease in public hospitals occurred in males aged 15 to 24 years in Australia 2001-02 (Australian Hospital Data, AIHW, Australia, 2001-02)
- 0.32% (71) of hospital episodes for chronic ischaemic heart disease in public hospitals occurred in males aged 25 to 34 years in Australia 2001-02 (Australian Hospital Data, AIHW, Australia, 2001-02)
- 3.5% (787) of hospital episodes for chronic ischaemic heart disease in public hospitals occurred in males aged 35 to 44 years in Australia 2001-02 (Australian Hospital Data, AIHW, Australia, 2001-02)
- 15.8% (3,559) of hospital episodes for chronic ischaemic heart disease in public hospitals occurred in males aged 45 to 54 years in Australia 2001-02 (Australian Hospital Data, AIHW, Australia, 2001-02)
- 29.23% (6,586) of hospital episodes for chronic ischaemic heart disease in public hospitals occurred in males aged 55 to 64 years in Australia 2001-02 (Australian Hospital Data, AIHW, Australia, 2001-02)
- 30.96% (6,975) of hospital episodes for chronic ischaemic heart disease in public hospitals occurred in males aged 65 to 74 years in Australia 2001-02 (Australian Hospital Data, AIHW, Australia, 2001-02)
- 18% (4,163) of hospital episodes for chronic ischaemic heart disease in public hospitals occurred in males aged 75 to 84 years in Australia 2001-02 (Australian Hospital Data, AIHW, Australia, 2001-02)
- 1.65% (371) of hospital episodes for chronic ischaemic heart disease in public hospitals occurred in males aged over 85 in Australia 2001-02 (Australian Hospital Data, AIHW, Australia, 2001-02)

Physician office visits for Ischemic heart disease: 11,883,000 people visited a physician’s office for ischemic heart disease in the US 2001 (National Hospital Ambulatory Medical Care Survey: 2001)

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