2009 National Healthcare Quality & Disparities Reports: Data Tables Appendix: Table 12_2

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Table 12_2_6.2
Postoperative respiratory failure per 1,000 elective-surgery discharges with an operating room procedure (excluding patients with respiratory disease, circulatory disease, or neuromuscular disorders, neonates with a birth weight less than 500 grams, and admissions specifically for acute respiratory failure), under age 18, United States, 2000 and 2006
		2006		2000
Population group		Rate^a	SE	Rate^a	SE
Total		19.0	0.3	19.0	0.3
Age	0–4	27.4	0.7	29.1	0.7
	5–9	12.4	0.6	15.5	0.6
	10–14	19.7	0.7	15.0	0.6
	15–17	12.2	0.5	10.0	0.5
Gender	Male	21.4	0.5	20.0	0.5
Gender	Female	17.4	0.5	17.1	0.5
Median income of patient's ZIP code	First quartile (lowest income)	23.5	0.7	18.6	0.7
	Second quartile	17.8	0.6	19.1	0.7
	Third quartile	18.6	0.7	19.5	0.7
	Fourth quartile (highest income)	16.8	0.6	18.7	0.7
Location of patient residence	Large central metropolitan	19.4	0.6	18.2	0.6
	Large fringe metropolitan	16.2	0.7	20.9	0.7
	Medium metropolitan	21.2	0.7	17.2	0.8
	Small metropolitan	16.0	1.1	22.9	1.0
	Micropolitan (nonmetro)	21.0	1.0	17.0	1.2
	Noncore (nonmetro)	21.3	1.4	17.0	1.5
Expected payment source	Private insurance	17.9	0.5	17.8	0.4
	Medicare	33.9	5.6	35.6	4.7
	Medicaid	19.8	0.5	21.5	0.6
	Other insurance	22.2	1.6	13.3	1.7
	Uninsured/self-pay/no charge	23.2	2.6	16.3	2.9
Region of inpatient treatment	Northeast	17.8	0.7	14.9	0.9
	Midwest	21.0	0.7	18.6	0.7
	South	21.3	0.6	18.6	0.7
	West	14.4	0.7	21.3	0.6
Ownership/control of hospital	Private, not for profit	18.0	0.4	19.1	0.4
	Private, for profit	20.9	0.9	11.3	1.8
	Public	22.6	0.9	20.2	1.0
Teaching status of hospital	Teaching	19.0	0.4	18.9	0.5
Teaching status of hospital	Nonteaching	19.0	0.6	19.2	0.5
Location of hospital	Large central metropolitan	18.5	0.4	20.1	0.4
	Large fringe metropolitan	16.7	1.5	15.5	1.2
	Medium metropolitan	22.6	0.8	18.2	0.9
	Small metropolitan	18.6	1.6	17.6	1.6
	Micropolitan (nonmetro)	10.0	2.3	DSU	DSU
	Noncore (nonmetro)	24.0	5.6	DSU	DSU
Bed size of hospital	Less than 100	22.5	2.0	DSU	DSU
	100–299	16.2	0.6	23.7	0.5
	300–499	19.0	0.6	15.3	0.7
	500 or more	21.1	0.5	18.5	0.6

^a Rates are adjusted by age, gender, diagnosis related group and major diagnostic category groups, and comorbidities.

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

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.