VDH PUD Chronic Disease Hospitalization by Geography

This dataset includes count and age-adjusted rate per 100,000 population of hospitalizations in Virginia for 12 chronic conditions by year and by geography (i.e., Virginia state and 35 VDH health districts)

The 12 chronic conditions in the dataset include: Alzheimer's Disease, Arthritis, Asthma, Cardiovascular Disease, Chronic Kidney Disease, Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease, Diabetes, High Blood Cholesterol, hypertension, Ischemic Heart Disease, Non-Alzheimer's Dementia, and Stroke. The International Classification of Diseases, Tenth Revision (ICD-10) codes are used to identify chronic disease indicators. Definitions are based on the Chronic Disease Data Warehouse developed under the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS). Patients hospitalized with a chronic condition for any reason found in a diagnosis list of up to 18 available diagnoses are included. More information can be found here: https://www2.ccwdata.org/web/guest/condition-categories-chronic