AHRQ Stats

Individuals age 50 and older with heart disease were more than twice as likely as those without to have either a hospital stay or an emergency room visit in 2010, and they had average annual health expenditures that were a little more than double the average for individuals without a diagnosis of heart disease. (Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Medical Expenditure Panel Survey Statistical Brief #408, Heart Disease among Near Elderly Americans: Estimates for the U.S. Civilian Noninstitutionalized Population, 2010, and Statistical Brief #409, Heart Disease among Elderly Americans: Estimates for the U.S. Civilian Noninstitutionalized Population, 2010.)