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2009 National Healthcare Quality & Disparities Reports

Table 11_1_7.2b
Home health care patients who have less shortness of breath, by ethnicity,a United States, 2007
        Non-Hispanic    
    Total White Black Hispanic, all races
Population group Percent SE Percent SE Percent SE Percent SE
Total   61.3 0.0 61.9 0.0 60.2 0.1 55.5 0.1
Age 0–64 59.0 0.1 59.3 0.1 59.6 0.2 55.7 0.3
65–74 62.8 0.1 64.0 0.1 60.8 0.2 55.4 0.3
75–84 62.1 0.1 62.7 0.1 60.4 0.2 55.8 0.2
85 and over 59.8 0.1 60.0 0.1 59.5 0.3 55.0 0.3
Gender Male 61.0 0.1 61.5 0.1 60.0 0.2 55.7 0.2
Female 61.4 0.0 62.1 0.1 60.3 0.1 55.4 0.2

a Excludes records with missing values.

Key: SE: standard error.

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

 

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