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2009 National Healthcare Quality & Disparities Reports

Table 12_1_6.2
Selected infections due to medical carea per 100,000 population (excluding immunocompromised and cancer patients and neonates), age 18 and over or obstetric admissions, United States, 2000 and 2006
    2006 2000
Population group Rateb SE Rateb SE
Total   29.8 1.0 24.5 0.8
Age 18–44 15.5 0.7 12.1 0.5
45–64 32.7 1.2 26.5 1.0
65 and over 71.6 2.7 61.7 2.2
  65–69 56.2 2.6 49.9 2.4
  70–74 69.1 3.2 58.3 2.7
  75–79 78.6 3.6 68.7 3.2
  80–84 92.7 4.5 76.8 4.0
  85 and over 75.5 3.9 68.5 3.9
Gender Male 29.3 1.0 25.4 0.9
Female 30.6 1.1 24.1 0.8
Median income of patient's ZIP code First quartile (lowest income) 35.5 1.8 30.7 1.7
Second quartile 30.4 1.5 26.5 1.2
Third quartile 27.5 1.3 24.5 1.3
Fourth quartile (highest income) 27.1 1.7 19.2 1.4
Location of patient residence Large central metropolitan 33.6 2.6 28.9 2.2
Large fringe metropolitan 30.1 2.4 27.7 2.3
Medium metropolitan 30.3 3.1 20.2 2.4
Small metropolitan 24.8 2.6 21.2 2.3
Micropolitan (nonmetro) 28.1 2.1 20.1 1.6
Noncore (nonmetro) 24.3 2.0 20.2 1.8
Region of inpatient treatment Northeast 30.5 2.4 23.4 2.0
Midwest 28.0 1.9 23.7 1.7
South 33.3 1.9 26.7 1.3
West 25.6 1.7 22.6 1.9

a Includes admissions specifically for such infections, such as cases from earlier admissions, from other hospitals, or from other settings.

b Rates are adjusted by age and gender using the total U.S. population for 2000 as the standard population; when reporting is by age, the adjustment is by gender only; when reporting is by gender, the adjustment is by age only.

Key: SE: standard error.

Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), Center for Delivery, Organization, and Markets, Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project, Nationwide Inpatient Sample and AHRQ Quality Indicators, version 3.1.

 

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