Emerging Infectious Disease ISSN: 1080-6059

Trends in Hospitalizations for Peptic Ulcer Disease, United States, 1998–2005¹

Lydia B. Feinstein², Robert C. Holman, Krista L. Yorita Christensen, Claudia A. Steiner, and David L. Swerdlow

Author affiliations: Author affiliations: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA (L.B. Feinstein, R.C. Holman, K.L. Yorita Christensen, D.L. Swerdlow); Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, Maryland, USA (C.A. Steiner)

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Age-adjusted hospitalization rates for first-listed discharge diagnoses of peptic ulcer disease (diagnosis codes 531–534 from the International Classification of Diseases, 9th Revision, Clinical Modification), United States, 1998–2005. A) Overall age-adjusted hospitalization rate. B) Age-adjusted hospitalization rate by gender. C) Age-adjusted hospitalization rate by race/ethnicity. D) Age-adjusted hospitalization rate by region. Source: Nationwide Inpatient Sample (21). Race/ethnicity informati

Figure 1. Age-adjusted hospitalization rates for first-listed discharge diagnoses of peptic ulcer disease (diagnosis codes 531–534 from the International Classification of Diseases, 9th Revision, Clinical Modification), United States, 1998–2005. A) Overall age-adjusted hospitalization rate. B) Age-adjusted hospitalization rate by gender. C) Age-adjusted hospitalization rate by race/ethnicity. D) Age-adjusted hospitalization rate by region. Source: Nationwide Inpatient Sample (21). Race/ethnicity information was missing for 26.0% of hospitalizations.

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¹Presented in part at the Annual Interscience Conference on Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy and Infectious Diseases Society of America; 2008 Oct 28; Washington, DC (abstract number L-4129).

²Current affiliation: University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA.

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