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2009 National Healthcare Quality & Disparities Reports

Table 12_3_2.2
Accidental puncture or laceration during procedurea (excluding obstetric admissions) per 100,000 population, age 18 and over, United States, 2000 and 2006
    2006 2000
Population group Rateb SE Rateb SE
Total   48.1 1.9 45.0 1.9
Age 18–44 19.1 0.8 18.7 0.8
45–64 56.3 2.4 50.7 2.4
65 and over 126.7 5.5 120.5 5.5
  65–69 105.4 5.0 95.1 4.5
  70–74 131.4 6.1 119.3 6.1
  75–79 151.2 7.2 144.5 7.1
  80–84 146.6 7.6 146.3 8.1
  85 and over 112.9 5.8 121.0 6.3
Gender Male 40.4 1.8 38.3 1.8
Female 55.9 2.1 52.0 2.0
Median income of patient's ZIP code First quartile (lowest income) 46.4 2.4 51.9 3.1
Second quartile 52.0 2.5 49.8 2.6
Third quartile 48.2 2.5 45.4 2.7
Fourth quartile (highest income) 46.7 3.5 35.9 2.6
Location of patient residence Large central metropolitan 42.2 3.6 39.4 3.2
Large fringe metropolitan 43.6 3.8 47.9 4.2
Medium metropolitan 52.5 5.5 44.0 5.4
Small metropolitan 53.1 5.4 49.9 5.6
Micropolitan (nonmetro) 55.9 4.6 45.8 3.8
Noncore (nonmetro) 56.5 4.6 52.7 4.7
Region of inpatient treatment Northeast 39.7 4.6 40.3 4.7
Midwest 50.6 4.5 48.3 4.4
South 48.9 2.8 46.1 2.9
West 51.8 3.7 43.7 3.3

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

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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