National Healthcare Disparities Report 2004

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Table 118a: Race - Deaths per 1000 admissions in low mortality DRGs (DRGs with a NIS 1997 benchmark of less than 0.5% mortality, excluding trauma, immunocompromised, and cancer patients), by race/ethnicity, 2001

			Non-Hispanic
	Total		White		Black		API		Hispanic (of any race)
Population group	Rate^a	SE	Rate^a	SE	Rate^a	SE	Rate^a	SE	Rate^a	SE

Total	0.646	0.020	0.614	0.026	0.719	0.042	0.732	0.085	0.645	0.034

Age groups for conditions affecting any age
0-17	1.008	0.025	0.967	0.031	1.008	0.046	0.553	0.135	1.072	0.044
18-44	0.693	0.015	0.641	0.018	0.825	0.030	0.753	0.046	0.716	0.024
45-64	1.094	0.041	1.041	0.044	1.316	0.079	1.546	0.180	0.993	0.100
65 and over	3.259	0.049	3.265	0.052	3.479	0.113	3.270	0.244	2.682	0.139

Age groups for conditions affecting primarily elderly
65-69	1.711	0.074	1.608	0.083	2.163	0.203	3.886	0.452	1.591	0.244
70-74	2.090	0.075	1.996	0.082	2.715	0.221	4.123	0.459	1.592	0.269
75-79	2.986	0.079	2.948	0.085	3.895	0.238	2.303	0.514	2.365	0.294
80-84	3.761	0.091	3.748	0.098	4.048	0.285	*	*	3.707	0.386
85 and over	6.927	0.099	6.961	0.106	6.254	0.311	4.068	0.814	6.997	0.422

Gender
Male	0.669	0.056	0.647	0.068	0.812	0.121	*	*	0.548	0.126
Female	0.482	0.028	0.442	0.034	0.521	0.053	0.626	0.094	0.523	0.044

Median income of patient ZIP Code
Less than $25,000	0.576	0.072	0.503	0.133	0.625	0.116	*	*	0.544	0.125
$25,000-$34,999	0.640	0.039	0.623	0.055	0.632	0.077	1.139	0.302	0.662	0.071
$35,000-$44,999	0.693	0.037	0.669	0.051	0.841	0.080	*	*	0.593	0.063
$45,000 or more	0.634	0.027	0.592	0.034	0.753	0.072	0.720	0.099	0.695	0.053

Residence location
Metropolitan	0.649	0.021	0.613	0.029	0.734	0.044	0.705	0.088	0.636	0.036
Micropolitan	0.712	0.062	0.663	0.072	0.880	0.176	1.112	0.332	0.854	0.170
Non-Core	0.528	0.074	0.565	0.085	*	*	*	*	*	*

Location of inpatient treatment
Northeast	0.636	0.045	0.619	0.058	0.732	0.100	0.684	0.206	0.582	0.121
Midwest	0.570	0.039	0.568	0.045	0.568	0.089	*	*	0.614	0.167
South	0.675	0.029	0.631	0.041	0.773	0.057	0.839	0.168	0.608	0.053
West	0.684	0.037	0.652	0.061	0.764	0.146	0.695	0.120	0.696	0.049

Expected payment source
Private insurance	0.517	0.020	0.483	0.025	0.609	0.056	0.662	0.082	0.595	0.055
Medicare	1.061	0.097	1.007	0.107	1.343	0.253	*	*	*	*
Medicaid	0.621	0.026	0.584	0.042	0.615	0.054	0.720	0.179	0.614	0.041
Other insurance	0.679	0.085	0.630	0.116	0.655	0.201	*	*	0.859	0.181
Uninsured/self pay/no charge	0.912	0.066	0.916	0.107	1.097	0.151	*	*	0.747	0.102

^aRates are adjusted by age, gender, age-gender interactions, comorbidities, and DRG clusters. When reporting is by age, the adjustment is by gender, comorbidities, and DRG clusters; when reporting is by gender, the adjustment is by age, comorbidities, and DRG clusters.

^* Data do not meet the criteria for statistical reliability, data quality, or confidentiality.

Key: API: Asian or Pacific Islander; SE: Standard error.

Note: The population categories used in this table are as reported from the source of the data (see below).

Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project, State Inpatient Databases, disparities analysis file, 2001. This file is designed to provide national estimates on disparities using weighted records from a sample of hospitals from the following 22 states: AZ, CA, CO, CT, FL, GA, HI, KS, MD, MA, MI, MO, NJ, NY, PA, RI, SC, TN, TX, VA, VT, and WI.

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