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2008 National Healthcare Quality & Disparities Reports

Table 9_2_6.1
Home health care patients who have less shortness of breath, United States, 2004 and 2006
Population group 2006 2004
Percent SE Percent SE
Total 60.8 0.0 57.6 0.04
Age 0–64 58.5 0.1 55.8 0.11
65–74 62.4 0.1 59.1 0.08
75–84 61.6 0.1 58.2 0.06
85 and over 59.3 0.1 56.0 0.08
Gender Male 60.5 0.1 57.3 0.06
Female 61.0 0.1 57.7 0.05
Racea White only 61.3 0.0 57.7 0.04
Black only 59.7 0.1 57.7 0.11
Asian only 61.9 0.3 59.6 0.32
NHOPI only 62.0 0.9 59.2 0.96
AI/AN only 57.4 0.6 54.4 0.59
Multiple races 60.6 1.1 58.9 1.18
Ethnicitya Hispanic, all races 56.6 0.1 55.0 0.15
Non-Hispanic, White 61.3 0.0 57.7 0.04
Non-Hispanic, Black 59.7 0.1 57.7 0.11
Non-Hispanic, other 61.0 0.2 57.8 0.19

a Excludes records with missing values.

Key: NHOPI: Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander; AI/AN: American Indian or Alaska Native; SE: standard error.

Source: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Outcome and Assessment Information Set.

 

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