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Volume
8: No. 4, July 2011
ORIGINAL RESEARCH
Clean Indoor Air Regulation and Incidence of Hospital Admissions for Acute Coronary Syndrome in Kanawha County, West Virginia
Year |
Men |
Women |
Total |
2000 |
1,044 |
625 |
818 |
2001 |
992 |
604 |
788 |
2002 |
940 |
614 |
770 |
2003 |
881 |
526 |
692 |
2004 |
842 |
480 |
652 |
2005 |
810 |
494 |
639 |
2006 |
767 |
475 |
612 |
2007 |
700 |
406 |
544 |
2008 |
664 |
382 |
514 |
Figure 1. Age-adjusted rates of hospital admissions for
ACS by sex, 2000-2008. Data was obtained from the 3 general hospitals serving
Kanawha County, West Virginia, and age-adjusted rates were calculated by using
2000 US Census data as a standard population.
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Year |
Nonsmoking Men |
Smoking Men |
Nonsmoking Women |
Smoking Women |
2000 |
1,082 |
942 |
724 |
359 |
2001 |
959 |
1,082 |
646 |
493 |
2002 |
879 |
1,096 |
658 |
506 |
2003 |
835 |
1,002 |
577 |
393 |
2004 |
771 |
1,038 |
507 |
406 |
2005 |
752 |
978 |
532 |
385 |
2006 |
687 |
1,006 |
479 |
464 |
2007 |
626 |
924 |
402 |
419 |
2008 |
570 |
954 |
365 |
437 |
Figure 2. Age-adjusted rates of hospital admissions for
ACS by sex and smoking status, 2000-2008. Data was obtained from the 3 general
hospitals serving Kanawha County, West Virginia, and age-adjusted rates were
calculated by using 2000 US Census data as a standard population.
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Year |
Men Without Diabetes |
Men With Diabetes |
Women Without Diabetes |
Women With Diabetes |
2000 |
827 |
2,871 |
448 |
2,112 |
2001 |
781 |
2,773 |
439 |
1,995 |
2002 |
742 |
2,612 |
424 |
2,222 |
2003 |
696 |
2,436 |
386 |
1,706 |
2004 |
636 |
2,580 |
326 |
1,780 |
2005 |
585 |
2,703 |
297 |
2,149 |
2006 |
5761 |
2,374 |
295 |
1,991 |
2007 |
496 |
2,418 |
258 |
1,652 |
2008 |
474 |
2,262 |
236 |
1,612 |
Figure 3. Age-adjusted rates of hospital admissions for
ACS by sex and diabetes status. Data were obtained from the 3 general hospitals
serving Kanawha County, West Virginia, and age-adjusted rates were calculated by
using 2000 US Census data as a standard population.
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