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2009 National Healthcare Quality & Disparities Reports

Table 12_2_6.3a
Postoperative respiratory failure per 1,000 elective-surgery discharges with an operating room procedure (excluding patients with respiratory disease, circulatory disease, neuromuscular disorders, obstetric conditions, and admissions specifically for acute respiratory failure), age 18 and over, by race/ethnicity, United States, 2006
        Non-Hispanic    
    Total White Black API Hispanic, all races
Population group Ratea SE Ratea SE Ratea SE Ratea SE Ratea SE
Total   10.9 0.0 10.4 0.1 12.4 0.1 14.3 0.4 13.2 0.2
Age 18–44 5.4 0.1 4.9 0.1 6.1 0.2 8.8 0.5 6.1 0.2
45–64 10.1 0.1 9.8 0.1 10.7 0.2 11.5 0.5 11.3 0.3
65 and over 15.9 0.1 15.6 0.1 16.6 0.3 20.6 0.7 19.2 0.4
  65–69 13.9 0.2 13.5 0.2 16.2 0.5 17.6 1.2 14.7 0.6
  70–74 13.7 0.2 13.3 0.2 14.2 0.6 21.8 1.3 18.9 0.7
  75–79 17.3 0.2 17.1 0.2 17.9 0.7 16.2 1.6 19.7 0.9
  80–84 18.4 0.3 17.7 0.3 21.6 1.0 23.9 2.3 25.6 1.2
  85 and over 21.9 0.4 21.6 0.4 16.9 1.4 35.9 3.5 31.8 2.0
Gender Male 15.0 0.1 14.6 0.1 15.4 0.3 18.6 0.7 17.5 0.3
Female 9.0 0.1 9.0 0.1 8.4 0.1 11.2 0.4 8.5 0.2
Median income of patient's ZIP code First quartile (lowest income) 11.6 0.1 11.0 0.1 12.3 0.2 14.7 1.1 13.9 0.3
Second quartile 11.3 0.1 10.9 0.1 12.7 0.3 15.5 0.9 13.3 0.4
Third quartile 10.7 0.1 10.4 0.1 12.0 0.4 13.5 0.7 12.9 0.4
Fourth quartile (highest income) 10.1 0.1 9.6 0.1 12.7 0.4 14.2 0.6 11.9 0.5
Location of patient residence Large central metropolitan 11.5 0.1 10.8 0.1 11.9 0.2 14.1 0.5 14.0 0.3
Large fringe metropolitan 11.1 0.1 10.7 0.1 13.4 0.3 14.2 0.9 12.7 0.5
Medium metropolitan 10.8 0.1 10.3 0.1 13.1 0.4 15.1 1.0 12.7 0.4
Small metropolitan 10.3 0.2 9.9 0.2 12.9 0.6 17.9 2.4 13.2 0.8
Micropolitan (nonmetro) 10.2 0.1 10.0 0.1 11.1 0.6 10.6 1.6 11.9 0.7
Noncore (nonmetro) 10.2 0.2 10.1 0.2 11.5 0.6 26.1 3.6 11.0 0.9
Expected payment source Private insurance 10.1 0.1 9.7 0.1 12.1 0.3 13.3 0.6 12.0 0.3
Medicare 10.9 0.1 10.6 0.1 11.5 0.2 15.0 0.5 13.3 0.3
Medicaid 16.4 0.2 15.4 0.3 18.3 0.5 17.1 1.2 16.9 0.6
Other insurance 10.8 0.3 10.1 0.3 11.9 0.8 DSU DSU 13.2 0.9
Uninsured/self-pay/no charge 10.9 0.3 10.7 0.4 11.0 0.9 13.2 2.2 11.7 1.0
Region of inpatient treatment Northeast 10.6 0.1 10.1 0.1 13.2 0.4 12.7 0.9 12.8 0.4
Midwest 10.6 0.1 10.4 0.1 12.4 0.3 14.8 1.6 8.0 0.9
South 11.2 0.1 10.7 0.1 12.2 0.2 18.4 0.9 13.0 0.3
West 11.1 0.1 10.2 0.1 12.0 0.5 13.6 0.5 14.3 0.3
Ownership/control of hospital Private, not for profit 10.5 0.1 10.1 0.1 12.2 0.2 13.5 0.5 11.4 0.2
Private, for profit 11.5 0.1 10.9 0.1 12.5 0.4 13.6 1.0 14.2 0.4
Public 12.9 0.1 12.0 0.2 13.1 0.4 18.5 0.9 18.3 0.5
Teaching status Teaching 11.6 0.1 11.1 0.1 13.3 0.2 13.7 0.6 13.9 0.3
Nonteaching 10.5 0.1 10.1 0.1 11.6 0.2 14.9 0.5 12.7 0.2
Location of hospital Large central metropolitan 11.8 0.1 11.3 0.1 12.7 0.2 14.4 0.5 14.1 0.3
Large fringe metropolitan 10.9 0.1 10.7 0.1 11.6 0.3 13.1 1.0 12.4 0.6
Medium metropolitan 10.7 0.1 10.2 0.1 13.7 0.4 15.6 1.0 11.9 0.4
Small metropolitan 9.9 0.1 9.6 0.2 12.1 0.6 19.2 2.7 13.1 0.8
Micropolitan (nonmetro) 8.6 0.2 8.5 0.2 9.9 0.7 8.1 1.9 11.7 1.0
Noncore (nonmetro) 8.0 0.3 8.3 0.4 5.2 1.5 70.7 10.8 DSU DSU
Bed size of hospital Less than 100 7.9 0.2 8.0 0.2 6.4 0.6 9.9 1.7 8.1 0.7
100–299 10.7 0.1 10.1 0.1 12.5 0.3 13.6 0.5 14.0 0.3
300–499 11.1 0.1 10.6 0.1 12.4 0.3 15.3 0.8 14.4 0.4
500 or more 11.8 0.1 11.5 0.1 13.3 0.3 15.6 0.8 12.6 0.3

a Rates are adjusted by age, gender, age-gender interactions, comorbidities, and diagnosis-related group (DRG) clusters. When reporting is by age, the adjustment is by gender, comorbidities, and DRG clusters; when reporting is by gender, the adjustment is by age, comorbidities, and DRG clusters.

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

Key: API: Asian or Pacific Islander; SE: standard error.

Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), Center for Delivery, Organization, and Markets, Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project, State Inpatient Databases, disparities analysis file, 2006, and AHRQ Quality Indicators, version 3.1. The analysis file is designed to provide national estimates on disparities using weighted records from a sample of hospitals from the following 25 States: AR, AZ, CA, CO, CT, FL, GA, HI, KS, MA, MD, MI, MO, NH, NJ, NY, OK, RI, SC, TN, TX, UT, VA, VT, and WI.

 

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