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2009 National Healthcare Quality & Disparities Reports

Table 4_3_5.1
Deaths per 1,000 hospital admissions with congestive heart failure as principal diagnosis (excluding obstetric admissions and transfers to another hospital), age 18 and over, United States, 2000 and 2006
    2006 2000
Population group Ratea SE Ratea SE
Total   32.7 0.2 55.3 0.2
Age 18–44 12.8 0.5 19.4 0.7
45–64 16.1 0.3 27.9 0.3
65 and over 39.3 0.2 64.3 0.2
  65–69 22.5 0.5 39.4 0.6
  70–74 28.6 0.5 50.4 0.5
  75–79 34.1 0.5 58.3 0.5
  80–84 40.3 0.5 68.3 0.6
  85 and over 53.9 0.4 87.0 0.5
Gender Male 32.3 0.3 57.4 0.3
Female 33.7 0.2 53.6 0.3
Median income of patient's ZIP code First quartile (lowest income) 34.3 0.3 54.3 0.4
Second quartile 33.9 0.3 56.8 0.4
Third quartile 30.6 0.4 53.4 0.4
Fourth quartile (highest income) 31.6 0.4 56.5 0.4
Location of patient residence Large central metropolitan 29.1 0.3 50.2 0.4
Large fringe metropolitan 31.2 0.4 54.7 0.4
Medium metropolitan 30.8 0.4 56.9 0.5
Small metropolitan 37.6 0.6 61.7 0.7
Micropolitan (nonmetro) 40.3 0.5 59.5 0.6
Noncore (nonmetro) 41.0 0.6 60.3 0.7
Expected payment source Private insurance 41.4 0.6 60.1 0.6
Medicare 31.6 0.2 54.9 0.2
Medicaid 30.9 0.9 45.0 1.0
Other insurance 57.5 1.7 73.8 2.2
Uninsured/self-pay/no charge 37.9 1.5 63.9 1.9
Region of inpatient treatment Northeast 37.1 0.4 57.7 0.4
Midwest 30.5 0.4 56.2 0.4
South 32.1 0.3 54.6 0.3
West 31.8 0.4 52.2 0.5
Ownership/control of hospital Private, not for profit 32.5 0.2 55.9 0.2
Private, for profit 30.8 0.5 50.7 0.5
Public 36.6 0.5 57.0 0.6
Teaching status of hospital Teaching 30.0 0.3 53.0 0.4
Nonteaching 33.9 0.2 56.2 0.2
Location of hospital Large central metropolitan 28.8 0.3 51.3 0.4
Large fringe metropolitan 31.3 0.4 54.2 0.4
Medium metropolitan 31.1 0.4 56.8 0.5
Small metropolitan 38.3 0.6 63.0 0.6
Micropolitan (nonmetro) 41.8 0.6 58.7 0.6
Noncore (nonmetro) 49.5 0.9 59.0 0.9
Bed size of hospital Less than 100 40.5 0.5 58.6 0.5
100–299 32.7 0.3 53.9 0.3
300–499 30.6 0.3 57.2 0.4
500 or more 30.5 0.4 52.8 0.5

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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