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2009 National Healthcare Quality & Disparities Reports

Table 6_2_1.2a
Birth trauma - injury to neonate per 1,000 live births (excluding preterm and osteogenesis imperfecta births), 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   1.68 0.03 1.87 0.04 1.52 0.08 1.46 0.14 1.37 0.06
Gender Male 1.84 0.04 2.04 0.06 1.67 0.11 1.60 0.20 1.52 0.09
Female 1.51 0.04 1.70 0.05 1.37 0.10 1.31 0.19 1.22 0.08
Median income of patient's ZIP code First quartile (lowest income) 1.69 0.05 2.12 0.09 1.63 0.11 DSU DSU 1.30 0.09
Second quartile 1.58 0.06 1.80 0.08 1.30 0.16 1.49 0.33 1.25 0.12
Third quartile 1.58 0.06 1.65 0.08 1.42 0.18 1.63 0.27 1.43 0.13
Fourth quartile (highest income) 1.89 0.06 1.97 0.07 1.69 0.24 1.53 0.21 1.71 0.16
Location of patient residence Large central metropolitan 1.52 0.05 1.67 0.08 1.60 0.11 1.08 0.19 1.35 0.09
Large fringe metropolitan 1.85 0.06 1.98 0.08 1.46 0.15 2.01 0.30 1.66 0.15
Medium metropolitan 1.57 0.06 1.74 0.08 1.32 0.19 1.85 0.32 1.20 0.13
Small metropolitan 1.50 0.10 1.67 0.13 1.12 0.32 DSU DSU 1.09 0.25
Micropolitan (nonmetro) 2.00 0.10 2.14 0.11 2.12 0.33 DSU DSU 1.34 0.26
Noncore (nonmetro) 2.19 0.12 2.30 0.14 1.62 0.41 DSU DSU 2.10 0.39
Expected payment source Private insurance 1.68 0.04 1.82 0.05 1.22 0.13 1.40 0.17 1.34 0.12
Medicare DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU
Medicaid 1.69 0.04 1.97 0.07 1.71 0.10 1.65 0.27 1.39 0.07
Other insurance 1.77 0.19 2.05 0.25 DSU DSU DSU DSU 1.82 0.45
Uninsured/self-pay/no charge 1.58 0.13 1.87 0.21 1.29 0.35 DSU DSU 1.22 0.21
Region of inpatient treatment Northeast 1.85 0.07 1.98 0.09 1.78 0.19 DSU DSU 1.83 0.18
Midwest 1.59 0.06 1.64 0.08 1.43 0.16 DSU DSU 1.25 0.26
South 1.81 0.05 2.14 0.07 1.49 0.10 2.19 0.31 1.30 0.10
West 1.46 0.06 1.59 0.09 1.48 0.26 1.35 0.19 1.33 0.09
Ownership/control of hospital Private, not for profit 1.76 0.03 1.90 0.05 1.62 0.09 1.46 0.16 1.51 0.08
Private, for profit 0.95 0.07 1.11 0.11 0.76 0.20 DSU DSU 0.68 0.13
Public 2.06 0.08 2.57 0.12 1.74 0.19 1.80 0.36 1.64 0.13
Teaching status Teaching 1.88 0.05 2.03 0.07 1.73 0.11 1.52 0.21 1.75 0.10
Nonteaching 1.59 0.04 1.81 0.05 1.35 0.10 1.42 0.18 1.19 0.07
Location of hospital Large central metropolitan 1.61 0.05 1.86 0.08 1.58 0.11 1.15 0.19 1.37 0.08
Large fringe metropolitan 1.77 0.06 1.88 0.08 1.50 0.16 1.88 0.32 1.64 0.16
Medium metropolitan 1.58 0.06 1.75 0.08 1.46 0.18 2.06 0.31 1.12 0.12
Small metropolitan 1.51 0.10 1.64 0.12 DSU DSU DSU DSU 1.39 0.25
Micropolitan (nonmetro) 2.13 0.10 2.34 0.12 1.85 0.31 DSU DSU 1.36 0.27
Noncore (nonmetro) 1.90 0.18 1.90 0.21 DSU DSU DSU DSU 2.76 0.57
Bed size of hospital Less than 100 1.67 0.09 1.78 0.10 1.93 0.36 DSU DSU 1.46 0.21
100–299 1.72 0.05 1.99 0.06 1.44 0.13 1.51 0.19 1.25 0.09
300–499 1.56 0.05 1.72 0.08 1.38 0.13 1.39 0.28 1.35 0.11
500 or more 1.78 0.06 1.91 0.09 1.73 0.15 1.70 0.32 1.57 0.12

a Rates are adjusted by gender. When reporting is by gender, there is no adjustment.

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.