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Heart disease and stroke are, respectively, the number one and three causes of death in Connecticut and the nation. Several factors can be involved in the increased risk for heart attacks. These factors can include health, lifestyle and environment. The level of environmental risks for heart attacks depend on several factors including the amount of pollution in the air, a person’s exposure to the air pollution, and overall health. Investigators both in the United States and abroad have shown relationships between short and long term exposure to particulate air pollution and the increased risk of myocardial infarction, or heart attack, and other forms of coronary heart disease.
The heart attack data presented in this Data Explorer include the number of people addmitted to the hospital for a heart attack and the number of emergency department visits a heart attack per year.

Learn More About Heart Disease:
Connecticut DPH Chronic Diseases
CDC Chronic Diseases Program
The Nationally Consistent Data Measures (NCDMs) for Heart Attacks (MI) are:

    Emergency Department Visits
  • Annual age-adjusted rate of emergency department visits for heart attack per 10,000 population
  • Annual crude rate of emergency department visits for heart attack per 10,000 population
  • Annual number of emergency department visits for heart attack
    Hospitalization
  • Age-adjusted rate of hospitalization for heart attack per 10,000 population
  • Crude rate of hospitalization for heart attack per 10,000 population
  • Number of hospitalizations for heart attack

Each of the Asthma NCDMs are available using the charts on this page.
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    If no option is selected the total for that demographic will be used when calculating the results.
    For example if no county selection is made the data will be state totals.
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Since October 1, 2015, all causes of emergency department (ED) visit and hospitalization are classified according to the ICD-10-CM classification system. The ICD-9-CM coding system was used for ED visits and hospitalizations occurring before October 1, 2015. The cause of ED visit and hospitalization classifications before 2015 are not directly comparable to classifications for 2016 or later. In addition, the classifications for calendar year 2015 are not directly comparable to either time periods because of the mix of codes used during this year.

Emergency Department Visit Measures

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Hospitalization Measures

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