Table 4. Most Common Reasons for Hospitalization by Age Group
Years
Top 10 diagnoses1 <1 1-17 18-44 45-64 65-79 80+
by age group
Number of discharges (in thousands)
Infants born in the hospital 3,844
Acute bronchitis 110
Other perinatal conditions 57
Hemolytic jaundice and 34
perinatal jaundice
Other viral infections 29
Prematurity (short gestation) 23
and low birthweight
Urinary tract infection 21 127
Other upper respiratory 20 42
infections
Fluid and electrolyte disorders 24 65 135
Pneumonia 57 138 133 203 374 353
Appendicitis 67
Epilepsy 47
Intestinal infection 38
Noninfectious gastroenteritis 38
Asthma 161 112
Depression (affective disorder) 57 307
Intervertebral disc disorders 38 190
and other back problems
Schizophrenia and related 171
disorders
Substance-related mental 147
disorders
Alcohol-related mental disorders 142
Benign neoplasm of the uterus 130
Gall bladder (bilary tract) 146 136
disease
Nonspecific chest pain 111 246
Degenerative joint disease of 194
spine (spondylosis)
Diabetes mellitus with 133
complications
Chronic obstructive lung disease 151 269
(emphysema or chronic bronchitis)
Complication of device, implant 145 182
or graft
Hardening of the arteries of the 535 636 189
heart (coronary atherosclerosis)
Heart attack (acute myocardial 247 300 156
infarction)
Congestive heart failure 180 426 374
Osteoarthritis 250
Rehabilitation care 183
Stroke (acute cerebrovascular 269 214
disease)
Irregular heartbeat (cardiac 258 152
dysrhythmia)
Hip fracture 205
Blood infection (septicemia) 136
1Excludes pregnancy-related conditions.
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