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2009 National Healthcare Quality & Disparities Reports

Table 2_3_2.2
Admissions for diabetes with short-term complicationsa (excluding transfers from other institutions) per 100,000 population, ages 6–17, United States, 2000 and 2006
    2006 2000
Population group Rateb SE Rateb SE
Total   31.8 2.8 27.1 1.8
Age 6–9 14.5 1.7 10.5 1.1
10–14 34.9 3.5 30.7 2.4
15–17 50.3 3.8 43.7 2.8
Gender Male 28.7 2.6 22.7 1.6
Female 35.1 3.2 31.7 2.3
Median income of patient's ZIP code First quartile (lowest income) 42.6 3.9 39.3 3.2
Second quartile 35.8 3.3 30.8 2.6
Third quartile 30.2 3.4 26.5 2.6
Fourth quartile (highest income) 19.7 3.0 15.1 2.1
Location of patient residence Large central metropolitan 25.8 4.7 27.5 4.1
Large fringe metropolitan 23.3 4.4 24.8 3.2
Medium metropolitan 40.6 6.7 25.1 3.8
Small metropolitan 36.7 6.1 25.2 3.7
Micropolitan (nonmetro) 44.9 4.8 32.4 3.8
Noncore (nonmetro) 37.5 4.8 33.1 3.8
Region of inpatient treatment Northeast 30.6 5.5 24.2 3.8
Midwest 34.1 7.3 30.1 3.8
South 36.6 5.1 27.0 3.0
West 23.5 3.5 26.5 3.9

a Ketoacidosis, hyperosmolarity, or coma.

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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