Table 1 Counts of deaths among Medicare enrollees; counts of cause-specific admission prior to death; and counts of cause-specific primary emergency hospitalizations, summarized over the 121 cities

Deaths

1,710

13,342

57,708

61,409

444,791

6,982,678

Previous cause-specific hospitalization among deaths:

Dementia

22

323

1,910

1,828

26,087

231,091

3.3

Alzheimer's disease

32

503

2,192

2,510

16,908

265,219

3.8

Parkinson’s disease

11

175

814

872

7,592

98,470

1.4

Multiple sclerosis

1

14

61

61

671

7,337

0.1

Diabetes

184

1,822

7,897

9,442

71,186

955,547

13.7

Cause-specific hospitalizations:

Dementia

6

107

736

709

8,944

89,082

Alzheimer's disease

10

252

1,208

1,530

9,846

146,172

Parkinson’s disease

4

63

335

342

4,430

40,496

Multiple sclerosis

0

7

38

38

563

4,634

Diabetes

90

834

3,658

4,079

53,485

442,622