Table 9_2

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2008 National Healthcare Quality & Disparities Reports

Table 9_2_6.2b
Home health care patients who have less shortness of breath, by ethnicity,^a United States, 2006
Population group		Total		Non-Hispanic				Hispanic, all races
		Total		White		Black		Hispanic, all races
		Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE
Total		60.8	0.0	61.3	0.0	59.7	0.1	56.6	0.1
Age	0–64	58.5	0.1	58.6	0.1	59.2	0.2	56.4	0.3
	65–74	62.4	0.1	63.4	0.1	60.4	0.2	56.3	0.3
	75–84	61.6	0.1	62.1	0.1	60.0	0.2	57.0	0.2
	85 and over	59.3	0.1	59.4	0.1	59.0	0.3	56.5	0.4
Gender	Male	60.5	0.1	60.9	0.1	59.3	0.2	56.5	0.2
Gender	Female	61.0	0.1	61.5	0.1	59.9	0.1	56.6	0.2

^a Excludes records with missing values.

Key: SE: standard error.

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