Chronic Conditions

Prevalence and Medicare utilization and spending are presented for the 21 chronic conditions listed below. Information is presented for (1) U.S. counties, (2) U.S. states, including Washington, DC, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands, and is available for the years 2007-2018.

The data are available as Excel files.

Alcohol Abuse	Drug Abuse/ Substance Abuse
Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Dementia	Heart Failure
Arthritis (Osteoarthritis and Rheumatoid)	Hepatitis (Chronic Viral B & C)
Asthma	HIV/AIDS
Atrial Fibrillation	Hyperlipidemia (High cholesterol)
Autism Spectrum Disorders	Hypertension (High blood pressure)
Cancer (Breast, Colorectal, Lung, and Prostate)	Ischemic Heart Disease
Chronic Kidney Disease	Osteoporosis
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease	Schizophrenia and Other Psychotic Disorders
Depression	Stroke
Diabetes

Note: On October 1, 2015 the conversion from the 9th version of the International Classification of Diseases (ICD-9-CM) to version 10 (ICD-10-CM) occurred. Regardless of when a claim was submitted for payment, services that occurred prior to October 1, 2015, use ICD-9 codes. Chronic conditions identified in 2015 are based upon ICD-9 codes for the first ¾ of the year (January-September) 2015 and ICD-10 codes for the last quarter of the year (October-December). Starting in 2016, chronic conditions identified are based upon ICD-10 codes for the full year. Detailed information on the identification of chronic conditions in the CCW is available at http://www.ccwdata.org/chronic-conditions/index.htm.

Inquiries regarding this data can be sent to MedicareChronicConditions@cms.hhs.gov.

Chronic Conditions

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