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2009 National Healthcare Quality & Disparities Reports

Table 11_1_21.1
Short-stay nursing home residents with delirium, United States, 1999 and 2007a
    2007 1999
Population group Percent SE Percent SE
Total   2.66 0.01 5.44 0.02
Ageb 0–64 2.23 0.06 4.13 0.11
65–74 2.50 0.05 4.88 0.07
75–84 2.84 0.03 5.73 0.05
85 and over 3.30 0.04 6.42 0.05
Genderb Male 2.86 0.02 5.89 0.04
Female 2.56 0.02 5.23 0.03
Race/ethnicityb Non-Hispanic, White 2.76 0.02 5.58 0.03
Non-Hispanic, Black 2.34 0.04 4.57 0.07
Non-Hispanic, AI/AN 2.62 0.24 5.08 0.37
Non-Hispanic, API 1.53 0.10 4.46 0.25
Hispanic, all races 1.73 0.06 4.27 0.13

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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