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2009 National Healthcare Quality & Disparities Reports

Table 11_1_20.1
Short-stay nursing home residents with pressure sores, United States, 1999 and 2007a
    2007 1999
Population group Percent SE Percent SE
Total   19.5 0.04 23.4 0.05
Ageb 0–64 18.9 0.13 23.5 0.21
65–74 18.4 0.09 22.3 0.12
75–84 19.0 0.06 22.4 0.08
85 and over 20.5 0.06 24.5 0.08
Genderb Male 21.8 0.07 25.9 0.09
Female 18.3 0.04 22.2 0.06
Race/ethnicityb Non-Hispanic, White 19.0 0.04 22.7 0.05
Non-Hispanic, Black 22.7 0.13 29.4 0.17
Non-Hispanic, AI/AN 21.0 0.63 26.1 0.77
Non-Hispanic, API 20.8 0.36 24.1 0.53
Hispanic, all races 23.3 0.2 27.2 0.31

a Data reflect care for the third quarter of each calendar year.

b Excludes records with unknown age, gender, and race/ethnicity.

Key: AI/AN: American Indian or Alaska Native; API: Asian or Pacific Islander; SE: standard error.

Source: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Minimum Data Set.

 

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