National Healthcare Disparities Report 2004

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Table 119a: Race/Ethnicity - Deaths per 1,000 discharges with complications potentially resulting from care (failure to rescue) (excluding patients transferred in or out, patients admitted from long-term-care facilities, neonates, and patients over 74 years old), 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	139.611	0.810	135.465	0.974	145.810	1.502	167.722	5.204	143.658	2.350

Age groups for conditions affecting any age
0-17	124.484	3.184	128.160	4.349	112.905	6.355	130.375	19.256	121.101	7.041
18-44	149.975	1.528	144.085	1.948	155.956	2.411	166.093	10.273	155.616	3.993
45-64	201.292	1.267	196.234	1.443	206.861	2.000	243.446	7.063	210.260	3.291
65-74	230.844	1.298	229.461	1.419	232.580	2.533	259.632	6.594	225.661	3.680

Age groups for conditions affecting primarily elderly
65-69	223.631	1.695	220.616	1.934	231.087	3.495	258.417	10.330	218.126	5.334
70-74	236.383	1.533	235.815	1.694	234.041	3.439	260.515	8.492	232.266	4.952

Gender
Male	137.937	1.148	133.902	1.372	142.440	2.191	167.156	7.364	143.506	3.362
Female	136.317	1.133	132.055	1.378	144.148	2.059	162.931	7.431	138.694	3.303

Median income of patient ZIP Code
Less than $25,000	146.551	2.234	141.196	3.841	148.320	3.082	180.808	30.335	153.807	6.317
$25,000-$34,999	138.250	1.429	132.439	1.806	146.280	2.642	158.047	16.886	145.287	4.559
$35,000-$44,999	138.677	1.456	134.515	1.790	145.614	2.958	162.177	12.209	143.625	4.553
$45,000 or more	139.361	1.197	136.957	1.390	143.051	2.982	170.013	6.228	138.400	3.942

Residence location
Metropolitan	141.161	0.871	137.102	1.079	146.003	1.572	167.740	5.380	144.448	2.420
Micropolitan	130.457	2.334	127.133	2.590	148.186	6.364	167.831	21.275	123.449	12.147
Non-Core	133.069	2.584	131.530	2.850	139.059	6.948	*	*	144.905	15.252

Location of inpatient treatment
Northeast	144.956	1.718	138.917	2.068	159.507	3.710	149.108	16.203	152.196	6.002
Midwest	135.970	1.411	134.641	1.671	138.078	2.617	167.156	22.021	126.272	12.852
South	132.242	1.205	127.735	1.504	142.817	2.188	158.209	14.415	128.352	4.036
West	155.464	1.709	152.160	2.318	160.337	4.644	172.774	6.141	153.478	3.329

Expected payment source
Private insurance	131.524	1.286	128.288	1.504	136.947	2.754	172.372	9.010	136.701	5.059
Medicare	140.399	1.218	138.006	1.433	144.652	2.415	171.456	8.853	139.115	4.353
Medicaid	149.596	1.748	145.358	2.668	150.258	2.863	158.553	10.334	154.271	3.988
Other insurance	133.605	3.892	124.626	5.252	152.077	7.919	179.298	27.022	133.811	9.505
Uninsured/self pay/no charge	155.974	2.993	151.211	4.197	170.358	5.674	145.179	26.908	144.073	7.003

^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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