Exhibit 2.5 Circulatory Conditions Discharges per 100,000 Population for Principal Diagnoses of Circulatory Conditions by Gender,* Ordered by the Prevalence of Male Discharges per 100,000 Population, 2005
Principal Diagnosis CCS Condition Category and Name Male Female
Discharges in Thousands Standard Errors in Thousands Discharges per 100,000 Population Discharges in Thousands Standard Errors in Thousands Discharges per 100,000 Population
All circulatory disease discharges 3,386.10 100.798 2,319.20 3,235.00 84.997 2,150.80
101 Coronary atherosclerosis (coronary artery disease) 691 33.193 473.3 418.4 16.94 278.1
108 Congestive heart failure, nonhypertensive 524.4 12.908 359.2 565.6 13.092 376.1
100 Acute myocardial infarction (heart attack) 392.4 15.148 268.8 269.8 8.891 179.3
102 Non-specific chest pain 364.6 14.078 249.8 458.6 18.327 304.9
106 Cardiac dysrhythmias (irregular heart beat) 340.7 10.416 233.4 354.9 9.345 235.9
109 Acute cerebrovascular disease (stroke) 243.2 6.369 166.6 282.6 7.176 187.9
99 Hypertension with complications and secondary hypertension (high blood pressure with complications) 99.5 3.403 68.1 115.4 3.828 76.7
114 Peripheral and visceral atherosclerosis (hardening of arteries outside heart) 83.4 3.464 57.1 99.1 3.444 65.9
110 Occlusion or stenosis of precerebral arteries (blockage of arteries before brain) 79.9 3.491 54.7 61.1 2.685 40.6
112 Transient cerebral ischemia (mini-stroke) 73.7 2.361 50.4 108.8 3.544 72.3
118 Phlebitis, thrombophlebitis, and thromboembolism (inflammation and blood clots in the veins) 72.4 1.971 49.6 87.9 2.299 58.4
117 Other circulatory disease (other blood vessel disease) 63.2 1.802 43.3 69.9 2.14 46.5
103 Pulmonary heart disease (heart disease due to lung disorders) 62.3 1.88 42.7 82.1 2.434 54.6
115 Aortic, peripheral, and visceral artery aneurysms (ballooning or rupture of an artery) 58.4 2.861 40 22.8 1.13 15.2
97 Peri-, endo-, and myocarditis, cardiomyopathy (disorders of heart muscle and surrounding tissue, except that caused by tuberculosis or sexually transmitted disease) 47.9 1.634 32.8 34.6 1.21 23
96 Heart valve disorders 47.8 3.428 32.7 42.1 2.579 28
105 Conduction disorders (disturbance of electrical activity of heart) 38.3 1.632 26.2 30.8 1.157 20.5
98 Essential hypertension (high blood pressure) 27.3 1.184 18.7 46.3 1.888 30.8
116 Aortic and peripheral arterial embolism or thrombosis (arterial blood clots) 17 0.711 11.6 17 0.667 11.3
120 Hemorrhoids 15.8 0.568 10.8 17 0.669 11.3
121 Other diseases of veins and lymphatics (lymph system) 12.2 0.396 8.4 13.2 0.477 8.8
107 Cardiac arrest and ventricular fibrillation (uncoordinated contraction of heart) 9 0.34 6.2 6.5 0.242 4.3
113 Late effects of cerebrovascular disease (late effects of stroke) 8.9 0.434 6.1 10.7 0.561 7.1
111 Other and ill-defined cerebrovascular disease (other blockage of brain blood supply) 8 0.512 5.5 14.7 1.159 9.8
104 Other and ill-defined heart disease 2.3 0.174 1.6 2.1 0.147 1.4
119 Varicose veins of lower extremity (varicose veins in leg) 2.3 0.172 1.6 3.2 0.192 2.1
Source:AHRQ, Center for Delivery, Organization, and Markets, Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project, Nationwide Inpatient Sample, 2005.
* Excludes a small number of discharges (less than 5,500 or 0.1 percent) with missing gender.

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