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2009 National Healthcare Quality & Disparities Reports

Table 8_2_7.2a
Deaths per 1,000 admissions with pneumonia as principal diagnosis (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   44.8 0.2 45.4 0.3 41.4 0.7 49.3 1.5 42.1 0.9
Age 18–44 12.7 0.4 13.1 0.5 11.5 0.7 23.7 3.2 12.3 1.0
45–64 27.0 0.4 27.5 0.4 24.5 0.8 43.0 2.9 25.2 1.2
65 and over 56.0 0.3 57.3 0.3 47.0 0.9 58.1 2.0 50.3 1.2
  65–69 35.3 0.7 35.7 0.8 33.5 1.8 43.6 4.4 33.4 2.4
  70–74 41.5 0.7 42.7 0.8 35.4 1.9 44.5 4.6 37.3 2.5
  75–79 46.8 0.6 47.8 0.7 41.5 2.1 45.6 4.1 43.4 2.4
  80–84 57.8 0.7 58.8 0.7 48.1 2.3 65.0 4.3 49.2 2.7
  85 and over 77.8 0.6 78.5 0.7 71.7 2.3 74.5 4.1 75.9 2.6
Gender Male 47.4 0.3 49.9 0.4 34.2 0.8 59.6 2.2 39.6 1.1
Female 42.4 0.3 45.4 0.3 28.3 0.6 45.0 2.2 34.9 1.0
Median income of patient's ZIP code First quartile (lowest income) 47.4 0.4 49.6 0.5 41.5 0.9 45.4 3.7 43.0 1.3
Second quartile 47.1 0.5 47.4 0.5 43.5 1.4 56.1 2.9 44.6 1.8
Third quartile 41.7 0.4 41.7 0.5 39.9 1.7 50.8 2.8 38.9 1.8
Fourth quartile (highest income) 42.3 0.5 42.5 0.5 38.2 2.2 44.5 2.6 40.4 2.4
Location of patient residence Large central metropolitan 40.9 0.4 41.5 0.5 38.5 0.9 43.2 1.8 40.4 1.2
Large fringe metropolitan 40.6 0.5 40.8 0.5 35.9 1.5 43.0 4.2 44.1 2.5
Medium metropolitan 45.7 0.5 45.8 0.6 43.4 1.9 66.3 3.5 41.0 1.8
Small metropolitan 44.6 0.8 44.2 0.8 50.6 2.9 50.9 10.9 44.8 3.9
Micropolitan (nonmetro) 54.1 0.6 54.2 0.7 51.1 2.7 77.8 6.4 48.5 3.6
Noncore (nonmetro) 53.4 0.7 52.7 0.8 61.9 2.9 DSU DSU 54.8 4.7
Expected payment source Private insurance 51.1 0.7 52.2 0.8 45.5 2.1 68.8 5.0 43.7 2.9
Medicare 43.7 0.2 44.2 0.3 39.9 0.8 45.0 1.6 41.3 1.0
Medicaid 45.6 1.1 47.2 1.6 41.8 2.1 57.5 4.5 43.7 2.4
Other insurance 62.2 2.2 63.5 2.6 52.3 6.4 86.4 13.7 57.4 6.5
Uninsured/self-pay/no charge 58.6 1.9 62.6 2.6 56.8 4.0 74.9 14.0 42.6 4.9
Region of inpatient treatment Northeast 48.1 0.5 48.9 0.5 43.8 1.5 61.6 4.2 42.8 1.9
Midwest 39.3 0.5 40.6 0.5 29.7 1.4 38.6 7.5 36.0 5.4
South 46.2 0.4 46.6 0.4 46.1 1.0 39.5 4.3 41.9 1.3
West 45.5 0.5 45.7 0.6 41.9 2.1 49.4 1.7 42.5 1.4
Ownership/control of hospital Private, not for profit 42.9 0.3 43.5 0.3 39.4 0.8 48.3 1.8 40.1 1.1
Private, for profit 47.8 0.6 49.1 0.7 44.6 1.7 44.4 3.1 43.9 1.6
Public 52.0 0.6 52.4 0.7 47.5 1.8 61.4 4.0 47.9 2.4
Teaching status Teaching 40.9 0.4 41.5 0.5 38.4 1.0 46.2 2.9 39.2 1.6
Nonteaching 46.2 0.3 46.5 0.3 43.5 0.9 50.3 1.7 43.3 1.0
Location of hospital Large central metropolitan 41.6 0.4 42.2 0.5 39.4 1.0 42.3 1.8 40.7 1.2
Large fringe metropolitan 40.2 0.5 40.5 0.5 34.9 1.5 48.6 4.6 43.9 2.6
Medium metropolitan 45.2 0.5 45.1 0.6 43.8 1.8 65.8 3.5 41.6 1.7
Small metropolitan 45.4 0.7 44.8 0.8 55.3 2.7 44.6 11.3 42.5 3.7
Micropolitan (nonmetro) 54.2 0.6 54.1 0.7 50.2 2.7 84.4 6.7 50.4 3.8
Noncore (nonmetro) 56.0 0.9 55.6 0.9 57.4 3.6 DSU DSU 59.9 7.7
Bed size of hospital Less than 100 53.8 0.5 53.7 0.6 49.8 2.3 53.9 4.7 56.7 2.6
100–299 45.2 0.4 46.0 0.4 39.9 1.1 49.3 1.8 41.9 1.3
300–499 39.3 0.4 38.8 0.5 41.1 1.2 43.8 3.6 39.7 1.8
500 or more 42.2 0.5 42.8 0.6 40.8 1.3 53.6 4.6 37.9 1.8

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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