Number of emergency admissions for heart failure per 1,000 inhabitants, 75 years and older
Nationally, the number of emergency admissions for heart failure among the elderly increased from nearly 5,800 in 2015 to approximately 8,000 in 2024, an increase of 38 %. The number of emergency admissions for heart failure per 1,000 elderly also increased slightly during the period, from 14.7 in 2015 to 16.5 in 2024.
In several catchment areas, there has been significant year-to-year variation during the period from 2015 to 2024. The geographical variation has remained unchanged and relatively moderate throughout the period. In 2024, residents in the Østfold catchment area had the highest number of emergency admissions for heart failure per 1,000 elderly. The rate in the Østfold catchment area in 2024 was nearly twice as high as in the Stavanger catchment area.
The gender distribution has changed between 2015 and 2024. In 2015, 52 % of emergency admissions for heart failure among the elderly were women, while in 2024, 47 % of emergency admissions for heart failure among the elderly were women.
The analysis is based on activity data from the Norwegian Patient Register (NPR) for somatic specialist health services. The data includes activity in public hospitals and private hospitals that provide publicly funded services.
The sample consists of emergency inpatient contacts for patients aged 75 years or older, with a primary diagnosis (ICD-10) I11.0, I13.0, I13.2, I50.0, I50.1 og I50.9. To avoid systematic bias resulting from routine transfers between hospitals, transfers have been taken into account. If the admission for one hospital stay occurs less than eight hours after the discharge from a previoys stay, the two hospital stays have been combined and counted as one.
The place of treatment is divided into three categories:
In order to compare the catchment areas and between years, the rates have been adjusted for gender and age. The adjustment was done using the direct method with the countrys population in 2023 as the reference population.
SKDE is solely responsible for the interpretation and presentation of the data provided by NPR. FHI/NPR is not responsible for analyses or interpretations based on the data.
All of the data used in the charts for this analysis can be downloaded as a CSV file.
