Volume 15, Number 1—January 2009
Letter
Clostridium difficile–related Hospitalizations among US Adults, 2006
Marya D. Zilberberg
Table
Incidence of Clostridium difficile–related hospitalizations among US adults, 2000–2006, by age group and region*
| Hospitalization variable | Year |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | |
| All US adults per 10,000 population | |||||||
| 18–44 y | 1.31 | 1.33 | 1.66 | 1.71 | 1.96 | 2.26 | 2.39 |
| 45–64 y | 4.53 | 4.58 | 5.92 | 6.31 | 7.20 | 8.48 | 9.09 |
| 65–84 y | 22.41 | 23.94 | 31.61 | 33.74 | 39.06 | 46.57 | 48.96 |
| >85 y |
52.09 |
57.03 |
70.15 |
74.99 |
89.39 |
110.71 |
111.70 |
| Principal diagnosis CDAD as a proportion of total CDAD, % | |||||||
| 18–44 y | 26.3 | 26.8 | 26.9 | 26.1 | 28.1 | 29.1 | 30.7 |
| 45–64 y | 24.4 | 25.2 | 24.4 | 23.2 | 24.3 | 25.5 | 27.4 |
| 65–84 y | 22.8 | 23.7 | 23.3 | 22.8 | 23.8 | 24.9 | 27.8 |
| >85 y |
22.1 |
24.4 |
23.6 |
23.2 |
24.0 |
25.0 |
29.8 |
| By sex per 10,000 population | |||||||
| M | 4.10 | 6.30 | 5.71 | 6.03 | 7.03 | 8.59 | 9.00 |
| F |
5.72 |
6.83 |
7.71 |
8.32 |
9.71 |
11.72 |
12.29 |
| By sex per 1,000 hospitalizations | |||||||
| M | 3.83 | 5.81 | 5.24 | 5.54 | 6.43 | 7.79 | 8.13 |
| F |
3.81 |
4.51 |
5.04 |
5.45 |
6.36 |
7.66 |
8.02 |
| Regionally per 10,000 population | |||||||
| Northeast | 7.05 | 7.59 | 9.30 | 10.40 | 10.73 | 14.46 | 14.28 |
| Midwest | 5.70 | 5.32 | 7.96 | 8.51 | 9.86 | 11.32 | 12.27 |
| South | 4.05 | 4.98 | 6.26 | 6.49 | 8.19 | 9.50 | 9.64 |
| West |
3.72 |
3.52 |
4.10 |
4.39 |
5.39 |
6.73 |
7.32 |
| Regionally per 1,000 hospitalizations | |||||||
| Northeast | 5.15 | 5.52 | 6.74 | 7.47 | 7.64 | 10.17 | 10.00 |
| Midwest | 4.36 | 3.98 | 5.90 | 6.31 | 7.26 | 8.26 | 8.97 |
| South | 2.97 | 3.59 | 4.49 | 4.66 | 5.89 | 6.83 | 7.06 |
| West | 3.41 | 3.24 | 3.76 | 4.00 | 4.92 | 6.16 | 6.85 |
*CDAD, C. difficile–associated disease.
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