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2009 National Healthcare Quality & Disparities Reports

Table 2_3_2.4a
Admissions for diabetes with short-term complicationsa (excluding transfers from other institutions) per 100,000 population, ages 6–17, by race/ethnicity, United States, 2006
        Non-Hispanic    
    Total White Black API Hispanic, all races
Population group Rateb SE Rateb SE Rateb SE Rateb SE Rateb SE
Total   33.5 2.7 31.0 2.4 56.0 7.7 10.2 2.8 25.9 3.3
Age 6–9 15.4 1.5 16.3 1.7 20.3 3.4 DSU DSU 9.7 1.7
10–14 37.7 3.5 35.0 3.1 61.9 9.9 DSU DSU 28.3 4.3
15–17 51.0 3.3 44.3 2.8 94.8 11.6 DSU DSU 44.2 5.0
Gender Male 29.3 2.4 28.6 2.3 46.3 6.4 6.1 1.7 21.2 2.7
Female 37.8 3.1 33.6 2.7 66.2 9.6 DSU DSU 31.0 4.2
Median income of patient's ZIP code First quartile (lowest income) 44.0 4.2 43.8 3.5 61.6 9.7 DSU DSU 29.1 4.2
Second quartile 36.5 3.1 35.4 3.0 59.1 9.4 DSU DSU 23.5 3.6
Third quartile 32.0 3.0 30.3 3.0 48.2 8.5 DSU DSU 28.2 4.9
Fourth quartile (highest income) 22.4 2.7 21.9 2.7 40.2 8.1 6.5 1.4 19.1 3.2
Location of patient residence Large central metropolitan 33.1 5.1 28.7 4.9 54.0 12.4 7.8 2.1 28.3 5.1
Large fringe metropolitan 27.3 4.3 24.2 3.7 54.8 12.2 DSU DSU 20.9 5.1
Medium metropolitan 36.4 4.6 33.9 4.4 59.2 12.5 DSU DSU 28.6 7.0
Small metropolitan 35.4 4.7 32.9 4.0 63.6 18.7 DSU DSU 21.0 6.2
Micropolitan (nonmetro) 38.0 3.0 38.9 3.2 43.4 8.3 DSU DSU 17.0 3.8
Noncore (nonmetro) 39.8 4.3 38.1 4.4 78.5 16.2 DSU DSU DSU DSU
Region of inpatient treatment Northeast 22.7 3.0 18.2 3.0 44.4 9.6 DSU DSU 27.1 6.8
Midwest 40.3 6.8 35.5 5.3 DSU DSU DSU DSU 13.0 3.6
South 37.5 5.3 35.0 4.3 49.9 9.9 DSU DSU 29.8 6.6
West 29.0 4.6 30.7 5.7 53.0 13.6 DSU DSU 25.3 5.1

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.

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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