Chronic Disease Profile for St Louis County Residents

		Data Years	Number of Events	Age-Adjusted Rate	Significantly Different	Ranking Quintile	Age-Adjusted State Rate	Trend Lines	Advanced Graphics
Heart Disease
	Deaths	1996-2006	33,780	265.4	L	4	271.9
	Hospitalizations	2002-2006	91,853	160.3	L	4	174.0
	Emergency Room Visits	2002-2006	49,978	9.6	L	4	12.5
	Ischemic Heart Disease
	Deaths	1996-2006	26,500	207.7	H	2	192.6
	Hospitalizations	2002-2006	33,757	58.4	L	5	68.9
	Emergency Room Visits	2002-2006	1,422	0.2	L	5	1.0
Stroke/Other Cerebrovascular Disease
	Deaths	1996-2006	7,197	56.3	L	4	60.0
	Hospitalizations	2002-2006	18,071	31.2	L	4	33.4
	Emergency Room Visits	2002-2006	2,687	0.5	L	5	0.8
All Cancers (Malignant Neoplasms)
	Deaths	1996-2006	24,239	195.1	L	4	204.4
	Hospitalizations	2002-2006	25,801	45.4	H	2	42.7
	Colorectal Cancer
	Deaths	1996-2006	2,571	20.5	N/S	3	20.7
	Hospitalizations	2002-2006	3,124	5.4	N/S	3	5.4
	Colon and Rectum Cancer (SEER)
	Deaths	1996-2006	2,567	20.5	N/S	3	20.7
	Lung Cancer (SEER)
	Deaths	1996-2006	6,936	56.0	L	4	63.4
	Hospitalizations	2002-2006	3,026	5.3	L	3	5.6
	Breast Cancer
	Deaths	1996-2006	2,057	16.6	H	2	15.2
	Hospitalizations	2002-2006	1,332	2.4	L	4	2.7
	Cervical Cancer
	Deaths	1996-2006	191	1.6	N/S		1.5
	Hospitalizations	2002-2006	349	0.7	L		0.9
	Prostate Cancer
	Deaths	1996-2006	1,112	8.8	L	4	9.9
	Hospitalizations	2002-2006	2,152	3.7	H	1	2.8
Diabetes Mellitus
	Deaths	1996-2006	2,783	22.2	L	3	24.6
	Hospitalizations	2002-2006	9,129	17.1	N/S	2	17.4
	Emergency Room Visits	2002-2006	6,187	1.2	L	4	1.5
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Excluding Asthma
	Deaths	1996-2006	4,299	34.1	L	5	45.4
	Hospitalizations	2002-2006	7,205	12.6	L	5	22.9
	Emergency Room Visits	2002-2006	15,212	3.0	L	5	5.1
Asthma
	Deaths	1996-2006	143	1.2	N/S		1.4
	Hospitalizations	2002-2006	7,244	14.6	H		13.5
	Emergency Room Visits	2002-2006	29,096	6.2	H	1	5.3
Smoking-Attributable (Estimated)
	Deaths	1996-2006	17,232	137.4	L	5	157.6
Arthritis/Lupus
	Deaths	1996-2006	401	3.3	N/S		3.6
	Hospitalizations	2002-2006	22,120	39.1	H	3	38.1
	Emergency Room Visits	2002-2006	28,938	5.6	L	5	8.3

Death rates are per year per 100,000 population and are age-adjusted to the U.S. 2000 standard population.
Hospitalization rates are per year per 10,000 population and are age-adjusted to the U.S. 2000 standard population.
Emergency Room rates are per year per 1,000 population and are age-adjusted to the U.S. 2000 standard population.

* Fewer than 20 events in numerator; rate is unstable.

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