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2009 National Healthcare Quality & Disparities Reports

Table 4_4_1.1
Deaths per 1,000 hospital admissions with abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) repair (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   64.4 1.2 83.7 1.0
Age 18–44 DSU DSU DSU DSU
45–64 25.8 1.8 33.9 1.7
65 and over 76.1 1.4 93.8 1.2
  65–69 47.8 2.4 53.6 2.1
  70–74 53.3 2.6 80.2 2.1
  75–79 85.6 2.9 106.2 2.6
  80–84 92.0 3.4 117.7 3.3
  85 and over 137.4 6.4 187.9 5.5
Gender Male 59.4 1.3 74.2 1.1
Female 96.4 2.9 114.5 2.6
Median income of patient's ZIP code First quartile (lowest income) 70.2 2.6 89.9 2.2
Second quartile 63.0 2.3 82.4 1.9
Third quartile 63.8 2.2 84.1 2.2
Fourth quartile (highest income) 61.6 2.4 79.2 2.1
Location of patient residence Large central metropolitan 66.9 2.4 85.3 2.2
Large fringe metropolitan 62.3 2.4 82.3 2.0
Medium metropolitan 65.1 2.5 85.4 2.3
Small metropolitan 55.6 3.6 79.1 3.3
Micropolitan (nonmetro) 71.0 3.3 89.3 3.3
Noncore (nonmetro) 63.1 4.3 77.2 3.8
Expected payment source Private insurance 55.2 3.2 73.6 2.7
Medicare 66.8 1.3 85.6 1.2
Medicaid 49.1 9.5 56.4 10.3
Other insurance 58.3 10.1 71.8 11.9
Uninsured/self-pay/no charge 53.2 9.3 107.2 7.8
Region of inpatient treatment Northeast 80.1 2.4 84.4 2.2
Midwest 59.2 2.4 78.5 2.1
South 58.6 2.0 82.1 1.7
West 63.3 2.8 95.4 2.7
Ownership/control of hospital Private, not for profit 62.3 1.3 82.1 1.2
Private, for profit 68.4 3.4 96.1 3.3
Public 77.0 3.8 84.2 3.4
Teaching status of hospital Teaching 62.5 1.8 76.6 1.9
Nonteaching 66.0 1.6 87.0 1.3
Location of hospital Large central metropolitan 59.4 2.0 81.2 1.9
Large fringe metropolitan 68.7 2.7 84.4 2.2
Medium metropolitan 65.0 2.2 80.8 2.0
Small metropolitan 61.2 3.4 80.9 2.8
Micropolitan (nonmetro) 99.8 5.8 119.6 4.6
Noncore (nonmetro) DSU DSU 101.7 18.0
Bed size of hospital Less than 100 65.7 5.8 106.9 5.3
100–299 75.9 2.2 92.7 1.7
300–499 57.1 1.9 79.3 1.8
500 or more 62.3 2.2 73.1 2.1

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: 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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