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2009 National Healthcare Quality & Disparities Reports

Table 12_3_9.1
Deaths per 1,000 admissions in low-mortality diagnosis-related groups (DRGs), age 18 and over or obstetric admissions, United States, 2000 and 2006
    2006 2000
Population group Ratea SE Ratea SE
Total   0.42 0.01 0.56 0.02
Age 18–44 0.14 0.01 0.18 0.01
45–64 0.40 0.03 0.53 0.04
65 and over 2.05 0.10 2.65 0.12
  65–69 0.95 0.13 1.05 0.14
  70–74 1.28 0.16 1.60 0.16
  75–79 1.72 0.18 2.07 0.19
  80–84 2.40 0.25 3.31 0.30
  85 and over 4.57 0.34 7.26 0.46
Gender Male 0.66 0.04 0.83 0.05
Female 0.34 0.02 0.48 0.02
Median income of patient's ZIP code First quartile (lowest income) 0.46 0.03 0.59 0.04
Second quartile 0.47 0.03 0.59 0.03
Third quartile 0.41 0.03 0.60 0.04
Fourth quartile (highest income) 0.34 0.03 0.48 0.03
Location of patient residence Large central metropolitan 0.42 0.03 0.57 0.03
Large fringe metropolitan 0.39 0.03 0.50 0.03
Medium metropolitan 0.46 0.04 0.60 0.04
Small metropolitan 0.41 0.05 0.58 0.06
Micropolitan (nonmetro) 0.41 0.04 0.60 0.06
Noncore (nonmetro) 0.52 0.06 0.61 0.07
Expected payment source Private insurance 0.54 0.07 0.50 0.05
Medicare 0.61 0.10 0.72 0.14
Medicaid 0.46 0.11 0.83 0.13
Other insurance DSU DSU DSU DSU
Uninsured/self-pay/no charge 0.31 0.07 1.29 0.31
Region of inpatient treatment Northeast 0.51 0.03 0.53 0.04
Midwest 0.38 0.03 0.57 0.04
South 0.42 0.02 0.60 0.03
West 0.39 0.03 0.52 0.04
Ownership/control of hospital Private, not for profit 0.42 0.02 0.55 0.02
Private, for profit 0.44 0.04 0.50 0.05
Public 0.46 0.04 0.73 0.06
Teaching status of hospital Teaching 0.47 0.03 0.57 0.03
Nonteaching 0.40 0.02 0.56 0.02
Location of hospital Large central metropolitan 0.43 0.02 0.57 0.03
Large fringe metropolitan 0.36 0.03 0.48 0.03
Medium metropolitan 0.47 0.03 0.65 0.05
Small metropolitan 0.46 0.05 0.59 0.05
Micropolitan (nonmetro) 0.40 0.05 0.49 0.05
Noncore (nonmetro) 0.44 0.08 0.64 0.11
Bed size of hospital Less than 100 0.39 0.04 0.54 0.05
100–299 0.40 0.02 0.50 0.02
300–499 0.42 0.03 0.61 0.04
500 or more 0.48 0.03 0.66 0.04

a 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.

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.

 

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