15-28.
Reduce hip fractures among older adults.
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15-28. | |
Reduce hip fractures among older adults. |
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15-28a. Females aged 65 years and older. |
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National Data Source |
National Hospital Discharge Survey (NHDS), CDC, NCHS. |
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State Data Source |
State hospital discharge systems. |
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Healthy People 2000 Objective |
9.7 (Unintentional Injuries), age adjusted to 2000 standard population. |
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Measure |
Rate per 100,000 population (age adjusted—see Comments). |
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Baseline |
1,055.8 (1998). |
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Numerator |
Number of hospitalizations for hip fractures (principal diagnosis of ICD-9-CM code 820) among females aged 65 years and older. |
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Denominator |
Number of females aged 65 years and older. |
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Population Targeted |
U.S. civilian population. |
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Questions Used To Obtain the National Data |
From the 1998 National Hospital Discharge Survey: |
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Ø Final diagnoses (including E-code diagnoses): |
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Ø Principal: |
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Expected Periodicity |
Annual. |
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Comments |
Principal diagnosis is the diagnosis chiefly responsible for admission of the person to the hospital. |
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Data are age adjusted to the 2000 standard population. Age-adjusted rates are weighted sums of age-specific rates. For a discussion of age adjustment see Part A, section 5. |
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This objective differs from Healthy People 2000 objective 9.7, which measured hip fractures for the total population and did not have two separate measures for males and females. In addition, the data for this objective are age adjusted. |
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Description of the NHDS
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