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HOSPITALIZATIONS
Females represented 60.5 percent of all hospital discharges
in 2000. Most of these hospitalizations occurred among
women aged 15-44 and 65 years and older. The high percentage
of
hospitalizations for women aged 15-44 years corresponds
with the high rate of childbirth during these ages; delivery
is
the most common hospital discharge diagnosis, representing
263.0 hospitalizations per 10,000 women in 2000.
Overall,
females had a much higher hospitalization rate than males
(1350.5 vs. 920.2 per 10,000 population). Both
females
and males were hospitalized at high rates for diseases
of the circulatory and respiratory systems. However,
females had higher hospitalization rates than males for
diseases
of the digestive, genitourinary, and musculoskeletal
systems; for cancer; and for the broad category of endocrine,
nutritional,
and metabolic diseases and immunity disorders. Males
had slightly higher rates of hospitalization for mental
disorders
as well as injuries and poisonings.
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