{"id":9710,"date":"2025-03-01T13:59:31","date_gmt":"2025-03-01T18:59:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dhss.delaware.gov\/dph\/statsheet_hd\/"},"modified":"2025-03-02T00:31:49","modified_gmt":"2025-03-02T05:31:49","slug":"statsheet_hd","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/dhss.delaware.gov\/dph\/hp\/statsheet_hd\/","title":{"rendered":"hp\/statsheet_hd ~  Statsheet_hd  &#8211; Delaware Health and Social Services &#8211; State of Delaware"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-swiftype-index=\"true\">\n\n\n\n  <br>\n\n  \n\n\n\n  \n\n  <div class=\"container\" id=\"main_header\">\n\n    \n\n\n\n <!-- BEGIN readspeaker div -->\n\n    <div class=\"rs_skip rsbtn rs_preserve\" id=\"readspeaker_button1\">\n\n      <a accesskey=\"L\" class=\"rsbtn_play\" href=\"https:\/\/app-na.readspeaker.com\/cgi-bin\/rsent?customerid=7262&#038;lang=en_us&#038;readid=main_content&#038;url=https:\/\/dhss.delaware.gov\/dph\/hp\/statsheet_hd.html\" title=\"Listen to this page using ReadSpeaker\">\n\n        <span class=\"rsbtn_left rsimg rspart\"><span class=\"rsbtn_text\"><span>Listen<\/span><\/span><\/span>\n\n        <span class=\"rsbtn_right rsimg rsplay rspart\"><\/span>\n\n      <\/a>\n\n    <\/div>\n\n    <!-- END readspeaker div -->\n\n\n\n\n\n    \n\n    <header class=\"pull-left\">\n\n      <h1><!--[type=EDIT name=\"Page Title\"]-->Delaware Health Statistics Center<!--[END]--><\/h1>\n\n    <\/header>\n\n    \n\n  <\/div><br>\n\n \n\n  <div class=\"container\">\n\n    <div class=\"row\">\n\n      <div class=\"col-md-3\" id=\"leftCol\">\n\n        <div class=\"panel-group\" id=\"accordion\">\n\n          <div class=\"panel sectionmenu_panel\">\n\n            <div class=\"panel-heading\">\n\n              <p class=\"panel-title\"><a class=\"agency_nav\" data-parent=\"#accordion\" data-toggle=\"collapse\" href=\"#collapseOne\"><strong><i class=\"fa fa-align-justify fa-fw\"><\/i> Public Health Menu<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n            <\/div>\n\n\n\n            <div class=\"panel-collapse collapse in\" id=\"collapseOne\">\n\n              <div class=\"panel-body\" id=\"clf_nav\">\n\n                  <ul class=\"nav nav-stacked nav-pills-clf\" id=\"agency_sidebar\">\n    <li><a href=\"\/dph\/\"><h2>Home <i class=\"fa fa-home fa-fw\"><\/i><\/h2><\/a><\/li>\n    <li class=\"toplevel\"><a data-parent=\"#agency_sidebar\" data-toggle=\"collapse\" href=\"#HomeMenu\"><h2>About <i class=\"fa fa-caret-right fa-fw\"><\/i><\/h2><\/a>\n      <ul class=\"panel-collapse collapse\" id=\"HomeMenu\">\n        <li><a href=\"\/dph\/about.html\">About DPH<\/a><\/li>\n        <li><a href=\"\/dph\/sections.html\">Sections &#038; 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Since then, the introduction of new medicines and more\n\n\n        effective therapies for managing HIV has resulted in more people living longer with HIV&#8230;<a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/dph\/pdf\/hiv.pdf\" title=\"More information about HIV Hospitalizations in Delaware.\">more information<\/a>\n\n\n      <\/p>\n\n\n    <\/td>\n\n\n  <\/tr>\n\n\n  <tr>\n\n\n    <td class=\"text-center\">\n\n\n      <p>\n\n\n        <a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/dph\/pdf\/tbi_2007.pdf\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Image: Linked to the pdf version of the TBI StatSheet\" class=\"img-thumbnail img-responsive\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/dph\/img\/tbiicon07.jpg\"><\/a>\n\n\n      <\/p>\n\n\n    <\/td>\n\n\n    <td><\/td>\n\n\n    <td>\n\n\n      <p>\n\n\n        <strong>Traumatic Brain Injury Hospitalizations in Delaware.<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0According to the CDC, TBIs are the type of injury\n\n\n        most likely to cause death or permanent disability. Approximately 1.4 million TBIs occur each year, resulting in 235,000\n\n\n        hospitalizations and 50,000 deaths&#8230;<a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/dph\/pdf\/tbi_2007.pdf\" title=\"More informationabout Traumatic Brain Injury Hospitalizations in Delaware, 2003-2007.\">more\n\n\n        information<\/a>\n\n\n      <\/p>\n\n\n    <\/td>\n\n\n  <\/tr>\n\n\n  <tr>\n\n\n    <td class=\"text-center\">\n\n\n      <p>\n\n\n        <a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/dph\/pdf\/careofwomen.pdf\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Image: Linked to the pdf version of the Care of Women StatSheet\" class=\"img-thumbnail img-responsive\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/dph\/img\/cowicon.jpg\"><\/a>\n\n\n      <\/p>\n\n\n    <\/td>\n\n\n    <td><\/td>\n\n\n    <td>\n\n\n      <p>\n\n\n        <strong>Care of Women in Delaware Hospitals.<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0In 2007, 68,404 women were discharged from Delaware hospitals,\n\n\n        representing 59 percent of all hospitalizations. Women whose hospital stays were obstetric-related accounted for 11.7 percent of\n\n\n        all discharges&#8230;<a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/dph\/pdf\/careofwomen.pdf\" title=\"More information about Care of Women in Delaware.\">more information<\/a>\n\n\n      <\/p>\n\n\n    <\/td>\n\n\n  <\/tr>\n\n\n  <tr>\n\n\n    <td class=\"text-center\">\n\n\n      <p>\n\n\n        <a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/dph\/pdf\/tbi.pdf\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Image: Linked to the pdf version of the TBI 2001-2005 StatSheet\" class=\"img-thumbnail img-responsive\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/dph\/img\/icon_tbi2005.jpg\"><\/a>\n\n\n      <\/p>\n\n\n    <\/td>\n\n\n    <td><\/td>\n\n\n    <td>\n\n\n      <p>\n\n\n        <strong>Traumatic Brain Injury Hospitalizations in Delaware 2001-2005.<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0A traumatic brain injury (TBI) is\n\n\n        defined as a blow or jolt to the head, or a penetrating head injury that disrupts the normal functioning of the brain&#8230;.<a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/dph\/pdf\/tbi.pdf\" title=\"More information about Traumatic Brain Injury Hospitalizationsin Delaware, 2001-2005.\">more information<\/a>\n\n\n      <\/p>\n\n\n    <\/td>\n\n\n  <\/tr>\n\n\n  <tr>\n\n\n    <td class=\"text-center\">\n\n\n      <p>\n\n\n        <a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/dph\/pdf\/mrsa.pdf\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Image: Linked to the pdf version of the MRSA StatSheet\" class=\"img-thumbnail img-responsive\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/dph\/img\/mrsaicon.jpg\"><\/a>\n\n\n      <\/p>\n\n\n    <\/td>\n\n\n    <td><\/td>\n\n\n    <td>\n\n\n      <p>\n\n\n        <strong>Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus (MRSA) Associated Hospitalizations in Delaware.<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0MRSA\n\n\n        infections have received increasing attention as the number of people diagnosed with both healthcare-and community- acquired\n\n\n        infections has risen&#8230;<a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/dph\/pdf\/mrsa.pdf\" title=\"More information about Methicillin-Resistant StaphylococcusAureus (MRSA) Associated Hospitalizations in Delaware.\">more information<\/a>\n\n\n      <\/p>\n\n\n    <\/td>\n\n\n  <\/tr>\n\n\n<\/tbody><\/table>\n\n\n<p>\n\n\n  Link to <a href=\"healthstats.html\">Delaware Health Statistics Center main page<\/a><br>\n\n\n<\/p><br>\n\n\n<br>\n\n\n<p class=\"smalltext\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.adobe.com\/products\/acrobat\/readstep2.html\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Download Adobe Acrobat Reader\" height=\"21\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/dhss\/img\/getacro60.gif\" width=\"60\"><\/a> Please note: Some of the files available on this page are in Adobe PDF format which requires Adobe Acrobat Reader.  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