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2009 National Healthcare Quality & Disparities Reports

Table 8_2_7.1
Deaths per 1,000 hospital admissions with pneumonia 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   44.9 0.2 74.0 0.2
Age 18–44 11.5 0.4 20.0 0.4
45–64 27.1 0.4 42.3 0.4
65 and over 56.0 0.3 93.1 0.3
  65–69 33.9 0.7 60.2 0.7
  70–74 40.3 0.7 72.2 0.6
  75–79 46.8 0.6 83.4 0.6
  80–84 57.7 0.7 95.6 0.7
  85 and over 79.6 0.6 123.9 0.6
Gender Male 47.2 0.3 79.3 0.3
Female 42.4 0.3 70.2 0.3
Median income of patient's ZIP code First quartile (lowest income) 47.5 0.4 71.7 0.4
Second quartile 46.8 0.4 73.3 0.4
Third quartile 41.3 0.5 74.6 0.5
Fourth quartile (highest income) 42.8 0.5 77.6 0.5
Location of patient residence Large central metropolitan 38.5 0.4 69.4 0.4
Large fringe metropolitan 42.1 0.5 76.2 0.5
Medium metropolitan 43.8 0.5 74.7 0.5
Small metropolitan 50.9 0.8 80.8 0.8
Micropolitan (nonmetro) 52.5 0.6 77.1 0.7
Noncore (nonmetro) 56.8 0.7 72.1 0.7
Expected payment source Private insurance 49.7 0.7 75.8 0.7
Medicare 43.9 0.2 73.6 0.2
Medicaid 47.9 1.0 72.2 1.0
Other insurance 61.0 1.9 79.0 2.3
Uninsured/self-pay/no charge 46.0 1.9 83.5 1.9
Region of inpatient treatment Northeast 49.2 0.5 77.3 0.5
Midwest 39.7 0.4 71.3 0.5
South 46.7 0.4 75.3 0.4
West 43.2 0.5 70.2 0.5
Ownership/control of hospital Private, not for profit 44.0 0.3 74.4 0.3
Private, for profit 43.6 0.6 69.7 0.6
Public 51.1 0.6 76.1 0.6
Teaching status of hospital Teaching 39.6 0.4 73.4 0.4
Nonteaching 46.8 0.3 74.1 0.3
Location of hospital Large central metropolitan 38.5 0.4 69.2 0.4
Large fringe metropolitan 42.8 0.5 76.4 0.5
Medium metropolitan 43.7 0.5 75.0 0.5
Small metropolitan 51.2 0.7 80.5 0.7
Micropolitan (nonmetro) 53.6 0.6 77.6 0.7
Noncore (nonmetro) 60.0 0.9 70.9 0.8
Bed size of hospital Less than 100 54.3 0.5 74.5 0.5
100–299 45.4 0.3 73.2 0.3
300–499 39.5 0.5 75.5 0.4
500 or more 40.5 0.5 72.8 0.6

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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