Table 1.

Hospitalizations for gout and all causes, 2002 to 2012.

	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	p^*
Discharges for gout, n	112	119	108	134	133	131	140	144	187	180	213
Gout hospitalization, incidence per 100,000 adults	9.5	10.0	9. 1	11. 2	11.0	10.7	11.3	11.5	14.9	14.2	16.7	0.0002
Total hospitalization, incidence per 100,000 adults	17,348	17,269	17,369	17,656	17,689	18,147	18,186	17,971	18,278	18,178	18,376	< 0.0001
Gout hospitalization, incidence per 100,000 men	12.3	13.2	12.9	13.5	14.4	15.1	15.7	16.0	22.0	21.1	24.3	< 0.0001
Gout hospitalization, incidence per 100,000 women	6.8	7.0	5.3	8.9	7.7	6.5	7.0	7.1	7.9	7.3	9.1	0.14
Gout hospitalization duration, days, median (range)	3 (1–44)	4 (1–99)	5 (1–75)	4 (1–36)	5 (1–65)	4 (1–34)	5 (1–40)	5 (1–39)	5 (1–34)	5 (1–52)	5 (1–41)
Total hospitalization duration, days, median (range)	3 (0–8614)	3 (0–2610)	3 (0–3273)	3 (0–4759)	3 (0–7452)	3 (0–2666)	3 (0–2737)	3 (0–5332)	3 (0–7383)	3 (0–7624)	3 (0–3026)
Age at gout hospitalization, yrs, mean (SD)	74.3 (14.9)	77.5 (10.9)	76.3 (11.7)	75.8 (12.3)	77.2 (10.2)	76.2 (13.0)	77.4 (11.4)	76.7 (11.6)	77.6 (12.7)	75.6 (14.1)	75.0 (13.8)
Gout hospitalization by age group, yrs
18–44	6	5	1	2	0	6	5	4	8	8	4
45–64	16	12	17	22	19	15	12	11	19	28	41
65–84	63	73	67	75	80	82	85	89	100	92	108
≥ 85	27	29	23	35	34	28	38	40	60	52	60
ULT, (%), 6 mos before discharge					28 (21)	28 (21)	38 (27)	27 (19)	38 (20)	47 (26)	45 (21)
ULT, (%), 6 mos after discharge					31 (23)	64 (49)	78 (56)	35 (24)	103 (55)	83 (46)	94 (44)
Total cost^**, 10⁵ US$								5.21	6.8	6.6	8.15