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2009 National Healthcare Quality & Disparities Reports

Table 4_2_2.1
Deaths per 1,000 admissions with acute myocardial infarction (AMI) as principal diagnosis (excluding transfers to another hospital), age 18 and over, United States, 2000 and 2006
    2006 2000
Population group Ratea SE Ratea SE
Total   73.0 0.3 105.8 0.3
Age 18–44 16.8 0.7 21.1 0.7
45–64 33.7 0.4 45.5 0.4
65 and over 100.0 0.5 144.9 0.5
  65–69 58.3 0.9 88.6 0.9
  70–74 72.7 1.0 113.2 0.9
  75–79 91.2 1.1 140.6 1.0
  80–84 115.7 1.2 161.2 1.2
  85 and over 145.0 1.2 207.5 1.3
Gender Male 60.2 0.4 92.1 0.4
Female 86.6 0.6 127.0 0.6
Median income of patient's ZIP code First quartile (lowest income) 75.1 0.7 110.9 0.6
Second quartile 75.2 0.7 106.3 0.6
Third quartile 71.7 0.7 105.2 0.7
Fourth quartile (highest income) 69.5 0.7 99.0 0.7
Location of patient residence Large central metropolitan 69.6 0.6 101.4 0.6
Large fringe metropolitan 69.1 0.7 101.3 0.6
Medium metropolitan 69.1 0.8 102.6 0.8
Small metropolitan 78.0 1.2 117.1 1.1
Micropolitan (nonmetro) 82.9 1.0 113.9 1.0
Noncore (nonmetro) 85.9 1.2 118.0 1.1
Expected payment source Private insurance 73.7 1.0 98.1 0.9
Medicare 71.8 0.4 106.5 0.4
Medicaid 76.7 1.8 103.2 1.8
Other insurance 88.3 2.7 113.8 3.3
Uninsured/self-pay/no charge 95.1 2.2 133.2 2.4
Region of inpatient treatment Northeast 77.4 0.7 103.5 0.7
Midwest 69.9 0.7 111.9 0.7
South 71.3 0.5 104.1 0.5
West 75.8 0.8 104.5 0.8
Ownership/control of hospital Private, not for profit 71.5 0.4 104.4 0.4
Private, for profit 74.6 0.9 105.8 0.9
Public 82.7 1.1 117.6 1.1
Teaching status of hospital Teaching 68.3 0.6 99.9 0.6
Nonteaching 75.7 0.4 108.2 0.4
Location of hospital Large central metropolitan 69.1 0.6 102.1 0.6
Large fringe metropolitan 71.0 0.8 102.0 0.7
Medium metropolitan 70.5 0.7 103.6 0.7
Small metropolitan 77.9 1.1 113.1 1.0
Micropolitan (nonmetro) 87.8 1.2 117.1 1.2
Noncore (nonmetro) 109.5 2.3 131.2 1.9
Bed size of hospital Less than 100 87.9 1.1 119.6 1.0
100–299 75.4 0.6 105.0 0.5
300–499 70.1 0.6 105.4 0.6
500 or more 67.8 0.7 100.4 0.8

a Rates are adjusted by age, gender, age-gender interactions, and All Patient Refined-Diagnosis Related Group (APR-DRG) risk of mortality score. When reporting is by age, the adjustment is by gender and APR-DRG risk of mortality score; when reporting is by gender, the adjustment is by age and APR-DRG risk of mortality score.

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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