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2009 National Healthcare Quality & Disparities Reports

Table 11_1_21.2a
Short-stay nursing home residents with delirium, by race/ethnicity, United States, 2007a
        Non-Hispanic    
    Total White Black AI/AN API Hispanic, all races
Population group Percent SE Percent SE Percent SE Percent SE Percent SE Percent SE
Total   2.66 0.01 2.76 0.02 2.34 0.04 2.62 0.24 1.53 0.10 1.73 0.06
Ageb 0–64 2.23 0.06 2.31 0.08 2.12 0.14 DSU DSU 2.25 0.64 1.81 0.24
65–74 2.50 0.05 2.63 0.06 2.43 0.12 2.29 0.65 DSU DSU 1.41 0.16
75–84 2.84 0.03 2.94 0.04 2.65 0.11 2.19 0.53 1.51 0.23 1.83 0.14
85 and over 3.30 0.04 3.41 0.04 2.92 0.12 2.52 0.62 1.60 0.24 1.66 0.15
Genderb Male 2.86 0.02 3.00 0.03 2.43 0.07 2.50 0.36 1.31 0.15 1.92 0.10
Female 2.56 0.02 2.64 0.02 2.28 0.05 2.70 0.31 1.67 0.14 1.59 0.08

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

b Age, gender, and race/ethnicity categories exclude records with missing values.

DSU - Data do not meet the criteria for statistical reliability, data quality, or confidentiality.

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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