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2009 National Healthcare Quality & Disparities Reports

Table 12_3_9.2a
Deaths per 1,000 admissions in low-mortality diagnosis-related groups (DRGs), age 18 and over or obstetric admissions, 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   0.43 0.01 0.41 0.01 0.61 0.04 0.39 0.07 0.35 0.03
Age 18–44 0.14 0.01 0.10 0.01 0.29 0.03 DSU DSU 0.12 0.02
45–64 0.39 0.03 0.39 0.03 0.48 0.07 DSU DSU 0.30 0.07
65 and over 1.99 0.07 2.03 0.08 2.26 0.23 1.27 0.36 1.49 0.23
  65–69 0.89 0.09 0.86 0.10 1.29 0.31 DSU DSU DSU DSU
  70–74 1.32 0.12 1.38 0.13 1.23 0.35 DSU DSU DSU DSU
  75–79 1.61 0.13 1.61 0.15 2.41 0.51 DSU DSU DSU DSU
  80–84 2.62 0.18 2.57 0.21 3.31 0.71 DSU DSU 2.09 0.61
  85 and over 4.28 0.24 4.26 0.27 5.23 0.96 DSU DSU 4.67 0.99
Gender Male 0.61 0.03 0.55 0.03 0.96 0.11 0.60 0.18 0.53 0.09
Female 0.35 0.01 0.33 0.01 0.52 0.04 0.27 0.07 0.30 0.04
Median income of patient's ZIP code First quartile (lowest income) 0.50 0.02 0.48 0.03 0.65 0.06 DSU DSU 0.35 0.05
Second quartile 0.43 0.02 0.39 0.02 0.63 0.09 DSU DSU 0.43 0.08
Third quartile 0.44 0.02 0.45 0.03 0.49 0.08 DSU DSU 0.25 0.06
Fourth quartile (highest income) 0.33 0.02 0.31 0.02 0.59 0.11 DSU DSU 0.36 0.08
Location of patient residence Large central metropolitan 0.45 0.02 0.43 0.03 0.62 0.06 0.37 0.10 0.40 0.05
Large fringe metropolitan 0.39 0.02 0.38 0.02 0.50 0.07 DSU DSU DSU DSU
Medium metropolitan 0.43 0.03 0.40 0.03 0.67 0.10 0.63 0.17 0.32 0.07
Small metropolitan 0.45 0.04 0.41 0.04 0.83 0.21 DSU DSU DSU DSU
Micropolitan (nonmetro) 0.43 0.03 0.43 0.04 0.69 0.18 DSU DSU DSU DSU
Noncore (nonmetro) 0.45 0.04 0.42 0.04 0.86 0.20 DSU DSU DSU DSU
Expected payment source Private insurance 0.40 0.04 0.42 0.05 DSU DSU DSU DSU 0.13 0.03
Medicare 0.58 0.07 0.59 0.09 0.72 0.16 DSU DSU 0.29 0.05
Medicaid 0.60 0.09 0.99 0.26 DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU
Other insurance 0.56 0.15 DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU
Uninsured/self-pay/no charge 1.00 0.25 DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU 0.22 0.06
Region of inpatient treatment Northeast 0.42 0.02 0.41 0.03 0.57 0.08 DSU DSU 0.34 0.07
Midwest 0.39 0.02 0.36 0.02 0.63 0.10 DSU DSU DSU DSU
South 0.45 0.02 0.42 0.02 0.60 0.05 DSU DSU 0.38 0.05
West 0.44 0.03 0.45 0.03 0.80 0.16 0.52 0.11 0.35 0.06
Ownership/control of hospital Private, not for profit 0.41 0.01 0.39 0.01 0.61 0.05 0.39 0.09 0.31 0.04
Private, for profit 0.49 0.03 0.47 0.04 0.76 0.12 DSU DSU 0.45 0.07
Public 0.47 0.03 0.46 0.04 0.48 0.08 DSU DSU 0.32 0.08
Teaching status Teaching 0.43 0.02 0.37 0.02 0.63 0.06 DSU DSU 0.41 0.06
Nonteaching 0.43 0.01 0.42 0.01 0.59 0.05 0.32 0.08 0.32 0.04
Location of hospital Large central metropolitan 0.43 0.02 0.42 0.03 0.62 0.06 0.37 0.10 0.38 0.04
Large fringe metropolitan 0.39 0.02 0.38 0.02 0.49 0.07 DSU DSU 0.26 0.07
Medium metropolitan 0.44 0.03 0.41 0.03 0.66 0.10 0.64 0.18 0.34 0.08
Small metropolitan 0.47 0.04 0.43 0.04 0.92 0.22 DSU DSU DSU DSU
Micropolitan (nonmetro) 0.40 0.03 0.40 0.04 0.71 0.18 DSU DSU DSU DSU
Noncore (nonmetro) 0.45 0.06 0.44 0.06 DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU
Bed size of hospital Less than 100 0.41 0.03 0.41 0.03 0.37 0.10 DSU DSU 0.40 0.12
100–299 0.45 0.02 0.44 0.02 0.63 0.07 0.40 0.10 0.31 0.05
300–499 0.42 0.02 0.38 0.02 0.65 0.07 DSU DSU 0.33 0.07
500 or more 0.40 0.02 0.37 0.03 0.59 0.08 DSU DSU 0.41 0.07

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: 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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