| Male and Female** | Male | Female | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reason for Hospital Stay According to Principal Diagnosis | Number of Discharges (in Thousands) | Percent of All Discharges | Standard Errors | Number of Discharges (in Thousands) | Percent of All Discharges | Standard Errors | Total Number of Discharges (in Thousands) | Percent of All Discharges | Standard Errors |
| All reasons | 39,164 | 100.0 | 765 | 16,053 | 100.0 | 310 | 22,980 | 100.0 | 473 |
| Diseases and disorders of the circulatory system | 6,128 | 15.6 | 173 | 3,204 | 20.0 | 97 | 2,919 | 12.7 | 77 |
| Pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium | 4,714 | 12.0 | 172 | - | - | - | 4,703 | 20.5 | 172 |
| Newborns and other neonates with conditions originating in the perinatal period | 4,430 | 11.3 | 158 | 2,274 | 14.2 | 81 | 2,146 | 9.3 | 76 |
| Diseases and disorders of the respiratory system | 3,982 | 10.2 | 82 | 1,866 | 11.6 | 40 | 2,107 | 9.2 | 44 |
| Diseases and disorders of the digestive system | 3,386 | 8.6 | 73 | 1,483 | 9.2 | 32 | 1,884 | 8.2 | 42 |
| Diseases and disorders of the musculoskeletal system and connective tissue | 3,193 | 8.2 | 85 | 1,338 | 8.3 | 37 | 1,833 | 8.0 | 49 |
| Diseases and disorders of the nervous system | 2,128 | 5.4 | 54 | 1,003 | 6.2 | 26 | 1,116 | 4.9 | 29 |
| Diseases and disorders of the kidney and urinary tract | 1,453 | 3.7 | 34 | 651 | 4.1 | 17 | 799 | 3.5 | 18 |
| Endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases and disorders | 1,301 | 3.3 | 30 | 514 | 3.2 | 12 | 781 | 3.4 | 18 |
| Mental diseases and disorders | 1,299 | 3.3 | 74 | 600 | 3.7 | 37 | 691 | 3.0 | 37 |
| Diseases and disorders of the hepatobiliary system and pancreas | 1,064 | 2.7 | 23 | 484 | 3.0 | 11 | 577 | 2.5 | 13 |
| Diseases and disorders of the skin, subcutaneous tissue and breast | 949 | 2.4 | 20 | 425 | 2.6 | 10 | 519 | 2.3 | 11 |
| Diseases and disorders of the female reproductive system | 921 | 2.4 | 28 | - | - | - | 917 | 4.0 | 28 |
| Infectious and parasitic diseases, systemic or unspecified sites | 887 | 2.3 | 22 | 417 | 2.6 | 11 | 468 | 2.0 | 12 |
| Factors influencing health status and other contacts with health services | 668 | 1.7 | 35 | 269 | 1.7 | 14 | 398 | 1.7 | 2.1 |
| Injuries, poisonings and toxic effects of drugs | 526 | 1.3 | 13 | 258 | 1.6 | 7 | 266 | 1.2 | 6 |
| Diseases and disorders of the ear, nose, mouth and throat | 461 | 1.2 | 17 | 238 | 1.5 | 10 | 219 | 1.0 | 7 |
| Diseases and disorders of blood, blood forming organs, immunologic disorders | 445 | 1.1 | 15 | 190 | 1.2 | 7 | 253 | 1.1 | 7 |
| Alcohol/drug use and alcohol/drug induced organic mental disorders | 401 | 1.0 | 33 | 275 | 1.7 | 25 | 123 | 0.5 | 9 |
| Myeloproliferative diseases and disorders, poorly differentiated neoplasm | 352 | 0.9 | 21 | 187 | 1.2 | 12 | 164 | 0.7 | 9 |
| Diseases and disorders of the male reproductive system | 206 | 0.5 | 7 | 205 | 1.3 | 7 | - | - | - |
| Human immunodeficiency virus infections | 91 | 0.2 | 9 | 63 | 0.4 | 6 | 28 | 0.1 | 3 |
| Multiple significant trauma | 74 | 0.2 | 6 | 49 | 0.3 | 4 | 25 | 0.1 | 2 |
| Diseases and disorders of the eye | 58 | 0.1 | 3 | 29 | 0.2 | 2 | 28 | 0.1 | 2 |
| Burns | 40 | 0.1 | 11 | 28 | 0.2 | 8 | 12 | 0.1 | 3 |
| Principal diagnosis cannot be assigned to major diagnostic group (invalid or pre MDG) | 7 | 0.0 | 1 | 3 | 0.0 | 1 | 4 | 0.0 | 1 |
| Source: AHRQ, Center for Delivery, Organization, and Markets, Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project, Nationwide Inpatient Sample, 2005. * Based on principal diagnosis. ** Includes a small number of discharges (less than 135,000 or 0.3 percent) with missing gender. |
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