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2009 National Healthcare Quality & Disparities Reports

Table 4_2_2.2a
Deaths per 1,000 admissions with acute myocardial infarction (AMI) as principal diagnosis (excluding transfers to another hospital), age 18 and over, 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   72.8 0.3 73.8 0.4 61.0 1.0 85.0 2.4 73.7 1.3
Age 18–44 17.3 0.7 17.3 0.9 15.4 1.6 17.9 5.0 18.4 2.3
45–64 32.6 0.4 32.2 0.5 31.7 1.0 37.9 2.6 34.3 1.3
65 and over 101.1 0.5 104.3 0.6 76.2 1.5 115.3 3.5 93.6 2.0
  65–69 55.5 1.0 57.3 1.1 41.8 2.7 80.5 5.8 55.8 3.3
  70–74 69.4 1.0 70.0 1.2 55.8 2.8 81.3 7.1 82.8 3.8
  75–79 92.7 1.1 94.3 1.2 77.8 3.2 106.3 7.6 93.0 4.2
  80–84 116.3 1.3 118.7 1.4 95.0 4.2 131.3 8.8 104.2 5.2
  85 and over 148.1 1.2 150.2 1.3 117.6 4.3 164.3 8.8 144.1 5.7
Gender Male 61.7 0.4 64.7 0.5 41.5 1.1 71.0 2.7 53.7 1.3
Female 86.6 0.6 91.2 0.7 61.5 1.4 101.9 4.2 78.1 2.1
Median income of patient's ZIP code First quartile (lowest income) 75.9 0.6 80.1 0.8 62.1 1.4 82.2 6.1 74.6 2.0
Second quartile 75.6 0.7 76.4 0.8 62.6 2.2 90.6 4.6 76.0 2.9
Third quartile 69.7 0.7 70.0 0.7 59.1 2.7 78.9 4.6 70.3 3.0
Fourth quartile (highest income) 68.9 0.7 68.7 0.8 53.2 3.4 86.5 4.1 72.3 3.7
Location of patient residence Large central metropolitan 69.7 0.6 71.5 0.8 58.4 1.4 78.3 3.2 71.7 1.9
Large fringe metropolitan 66.6 0.7 67.3 0.7 53.2 2.2 91.7 6.2 74.3 3.8
Medium metropolitan 71.4 0.8 70.8 0.8 66.1 2.8 99.3 5.2 74.0 2.7
Small metropolitan 78.6 1.2 77.9 1.3 77.1 4.9 DSU DSU 97.2 6.0
Micropolitan (nonmetro) 85.8 1.0 86.5 1.1 86.3 4.6 88.4 7.9 73.8 5.3
Noncore (nonmetro) 82.0 1.2 83.6 1.3 68.6 5.1 102.9 28.6 62.0 8.1
Expected payment source Private insurance 70.5 1.0 69.2 1.1 63.6 3.0 91.1 7.1 80.0 4.0
Medicare 72.4 0.4 73.8 0.4 59.0 1.2 81.7 2.8 72.5 1.6
Medicaid 73.7 1.9 73.7 2.7 68.8 4.0 80.7 6.9 69.9 4.3
Other insurance 79.5 3.0 84.3 3.4 53.4 9.3 126.3 20.6 67.1 10.1
Uninsured/self-pay/no charge 90.8 2.2 93.0 2.8 82.5 5.9 117.7 10.7 84.7 5.6
Region of inpatient treatment Northeast 74.3 0.7 74.5 0.8 69.8 2.6 80.6 6.9 74.3 3.0
Midwest 67.5 0.7 70.5 0.7 47.4 1.8 98.7 12.0 53.3 8.4
South 73.5 0.6 74.8 0.6 66.0 1.5 86.2 5.8 70.0 1.9
West 77.7 0.9 76.4 1.0 68.2 3.8 84.6 2.9 81.3 2.5
Ownership/control of hospital Private, not for profit 70.8 0.4 71.9 0.4 58.8 1.2 80.9 2.9 71.7 1.7
Private, for profit 75.9 0.9 76.3 1.1 67.7 2.8 95.4 5.9 73.9 2.7
Public 82.9 1.1 85.2 1.2 66.9 2.9 90.9 5.5 84.1 4.0
Teaching status Teaching 68.1 0.6 68.5 0.7 60.1 1.5 86.5 4.2 72.7 2.3
Nonteaching 75.1 0.4 76.2 0.5 61.7 1.4 84.2 2.8 74.3 1.6
Location of hospital Large central metropolitan 69.6 0.6 70.6 0.7 58.8 1.4 81.7 3.1 72.2 1.8
Large fringe metropolitan 66.7 0.7 67.7 0.8 52.8 2.1 81.4 6.9 73.9 4.1
Medium metropolitan 71.9 0.7 71.2 0.8 71.5 2.7 97.4 5.2 73.9 2.5
Small metropolitan 78.0 1.1 77.7 1.1 74.4 4.5 DSU DSU 96.1 6.4
Micropolitan (nonmetro) 89.2 1.2 90.4 1.3 78.4 5.0 88.5 8.2 61.6 8.2
Noncore (nonmetro) 104.1 2.3 108.6 2.4 58.0 8.4 DSU DSU DSU DSU
Bed size of hospital Less than 100 91.0 1.1 92.5 1.2 76.4 5.2 93.8 11.6 69.9 5.7
100–299 75.7 0.6 76.3 0.6 63.1 1.9 81.6 3.0 80.0 2.2
300–499 68.2 0.6 68.2 0.7 61.6 1.7 92.9 5.3 73.2 2.6
500 or more 67.6 0.7 69.1 0.8 56.2 1.8 85.7 6.1 67.2 2.4

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.

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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