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2009 National Healthcare Quality & Disparities Reports

Table 4_4_1.2a
Deaths per 1,000 admissions with abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) repair (excluding obstetric admissions and 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   65.3 1.2 64.9 1.3 60.8 4.9 92.6 11.7 61.8 6.1
Age 18–44 DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU
45–64 28.2 1.8 28.5 2.0 DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU
65 and over 77.2 1.4 76.5 1.5 75.4 6.3 92.9 13.1 71.8 7.2
  65–69 41.7 2.4 39.0 2.6 70.5 9.2 DSU DSU 45.8 12.4
  70–74 59.1 2.5 59.0 2.7 46.0 11.5 76.8 17.9 51.7 10.8
  75–79 87.8 3.0 87.6 3.3 65.2 14.6 DSU DSU 97.9 14.9
  80–84 93.7 3.5 89.8 3.7 129.2 16.6 242.2 46.7 94.9 16.4
  85 and over 135.6 6.2 141.4 6.5 92.6 27.6 247.5 65.0 DSU DSU
Gender Male 60.5 1.3 59.9 1.4 49.4 5.8 103.5 12.0 52.6 6.5
Female 101.5 3.0 103.4 3.3 90.9 10.0 DSU DSU 99.7 16.6
Median income of patient's ZIP code First quartile (lowest income) 68.6 2.4 68.2 2.7 59.0 7.3 173.1 34.4 70.3 10.5
Second quartile 61.3 2.3 58.5 2.5 89.8 10.5 DSU DSU 76.8 11.4
Third quartile 64.8 2.2 66.3 2.4 DSU DSU 91.2 19.6 DSU DSU
Fourth quartile (highest income) 67.0 2.5 66.9 2.7 59.0 13.9 75.8 19.9 50.6 13.8
Location of patient residence Large central metropolitan 63.1 2.4 61.0 2.9 52.1 6.8 76.6 15.1 87.1 9.0
Large fringe metropolitan 64.8 2.3 65.2 2.5 59.6 10.2 198.2 37.3 DSU DSU
Medium metropolitan 65.1 2.4 66.4 2.6 51.2 11.8 DSU DSU 45.7 12.2
Small metropolitan 66.3 3.9 65.3 4.0 96.4 21.4 DSU DSU DSU DSU
Micropolitan (nonmetro) 70.7 3.7 67.2 3.8 DSU DSU 1000.0 175.4 DSU DSU
Noncore (nonmetro) 66.0 4.4 64.6 4.5 268.3 43.3 DSU DSU DSU DSU
Expected payment source Private insurance 52.7 3.3 51.4 3.5 64.7 14.3 DSU DSU 68.2 17.2
Medicare 66.9 1.3 66.8 1.4 55.4 5.5 98.3 14.2 64.5 7.0
Medicaid 74.4 9.1 64.8 12.2 112.9 24.5 DSU DSU DSU DSU
Other insurance 79.4 12.0 76.3 12.8 DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU
Uninsured/self-pay/no charge 76.5 9.1 84.2 11.3 DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU
Region of inpatient treatment Northeast 77.3 2.5 76.2 2.7 89.7 12.7 137.7 29.2 78.3 11.6
Midwest 64.0 2.3 64.7 2.4 56.4 8.8 DSU DSU DSU DSU
South 60.9 2.0 60.9 2.2 53.5 7.1 197.7 45.9 49.2 9.0
West 61.4 3.1 57.6 3.4 70.4 18.7 90.9 14.5 75.7 12.2
Ownership/control of hospital Private, not for profit 64.7 1.3 64.0 1.4 58.3 5.5 99.4 13.0 68.1 7.5
Private, for profit 60.4 3.6 60.4 3.8 DSU DSU DSU DSU 59.4 13.9
Public 76.0 3.8 78.3 4.2 80.4 13.7 DSU DSU DSU DSU
Teaching status Teaching 64.6 1.9 63.5 2.1 67.7 7.1 95.2 17.8 55.7 9.5
Nonteaching 65.8 1.5 65.7 1.6 54.1 6.8 90.7 15.4 66.0 7.9
Location of hospital Large central metropolitan 60.6 2.1 56.8 2.3 65.4 6.5 95.1 16.0 79.0 8.1
Large fringe metropolitan 70.3 2.6 72.0 2.7 51.5 10.5 167.5 30.3 DSU DSU
Medium metropolitan 64.8 2.2 65.4 2.3 59.6 11.7 DSU DSU 49.3 12.6
Small metropolitan 63.0 3.5 63.5 3.5 DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU
Micropolitan (nonmetro) 89.6 5.7 87.8 5.8 DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU
Noncore (nonmetro) DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU
Bed size of hospital Less than 100 67.1 6.5 65.8 6.7 DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU
100–299 73.6 2.1 72.2 2.2 56.3 11.2 104.9 16.5 82.8 11.0
300–499 60.8 2.1 60.5 2.2 64.7 9.3 134.3 26.7 56.8 12.0
500 or more 61.8 2.1 61.9 2.3 59.9 6.9 DSU DSU 52.6 9.2

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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