Table 14. Top 10 Principal Diagnoses for the Uninsured

Top 10 Principal Diagnoses for the Uninsured Number of Discharges
(in thousands)
All Hospital Stays for this Condition that Are Uninsured
(percent)
All Discharges for the Uninsured 1,815 4.8
1. Newborn infant 208 5.0
2. Chest pain 65 7.3
3. Affective or mood disorders (depression and bipolar disorder) 52 7.9
4. Alcohol abuse disorders 46 20.1
5. Pneumonia 43 3.4
6. Skin and subcutaneous tissue infections 42 9.7
7. Hardening of the heart arteries and other heart disease 41 3.1
8. Diabetes mellitus with complications 38 8.2
9. Heart attack (acute myocardial infarction) 32 4.2
10. Appendicitis 32 11.3

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