Heart Disease and Stroke

Within New York State, the poorest group of residents experience a rate of heart disease nearly four times that of the richest group.
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Within NYS, higher than average heart disease mortality is concentrated in NYC, Long Island & and isolated Upstate counties.

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Heart disease hospitalization rates vary widely within New York City neighborhoods.

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Cholesterol screening rates in NYS are above the U.S. average.

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85% of Medicare patients with a heart attack were administered aspirin within 24 hours of admission to a hospital in NYS, which is comparable to the U.S. average.

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More Medicare patients with a heart attack in NYS were administered beta blocker within 24 hours of admission to a hospital compared to the U.S. average.

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Medicare heart attack patients with left ventricular systolic dysfunction in NYS were less often prescribed ACE inhibitor at hospital discharge compared to the U.S. average.

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Less than half of Medicare heart attack patients in NYS were given smoking cessation counseling while hospitalized.

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New York State has the second highest duration from arrival in hospital to initiation of a thrombolytic agent in Medicare patients with ST segment elevation or left bundle branch block (LBBB) on the electrocardiogram (ECG).

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New York State has a slightly higher duration than the U.S. average from arrival in hospital to percutaneous transluminal angioplasty (PTCA) in Medicare patients with ST segment elevation or left bundle branch block (LBBB) on the electrocardiogram (ECG).

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New York State ranks relatively high in the percent of Medicare heart failure patients having an evaluation of left ventricular ejection fraction.

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New York State ranks relatively high in the percent of Medicare heart failure patients with left ventricular systolic dysfunction having been prescribed ACE inhibitor at hospital discharge.

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