Table 10_1_16-2
2008 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports
Population group | 2005 | 2000 | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Rateb | SE | Rateb | SE | ||
Total | 1.51 | 0.07 | 1.45 | 0.07 | |
Age | 18–44 | 0.95 | 0.08 | 0.95 | 0.07 |
45–64 | 1.57 | 0.11 | 1.53 | 0.11 | |
65 and over | 3.30 | 0.25 | 3.04 | 0.21 | |
Age | 65–69 | 2.97 | 0.41 | 3.03 | 0.39 |
70–74 | 3.16 | 0.45 | 2.58 | 0.38 | |
75–79 | 4.35 | 0.54 | 3.58 | 0.49 | |
80–84 | 3.02 | 0.58 | 2.50 | 0.58 | |
85 and over | 3.21 | 0.79 | 3.67 | 0.77 | |
Gender | Male | 1.35 | 0.10 | 1.23 | 0.08 |
Female | 1.72 | 0.10 | 1.69 | 0.09 | |
Median income of patient's ZIP Code | First quartile (lowest income) | 1.65 | 0.14 | 1.81 | 0.16 |
Second quartile | 1.54 | 0.14 | 1.41 | 0.12 | |
Third quartile | 1.58 | 0.14 | 1.62 | 0.14 | |
Fourth quartile (highest income) | 1.29 | 0.13 | 1.11 | 0.11 | |
Location of patient residence | Large central metropolitan | 1.51 | 0.16 | 1.53 | 0.15 |
Large fringe metropolitan | 1.45 | 0.16 | 1.60 | 0.17 | |
Medium metropolitan | 1.52 | 0.20 | 1.35 | 0.20 | |
Small metropolitan | 1.46 | 0.22 | 1.68 | 0.23 | |
Micropolitan (nonmetro) | 1.62 | 0.21 | 0.93 | 0.17 | |
Noncore (nonmetro) | 1.61 | 0.23 | 1.44 | 0.24 | |
Region of inpatient treatment | Northeast | 1.52 | 0.17 | 1.64 | 0.16 |
Midwest | 1.50 | 0.17 | 1.36 | 0.12 | |
South | 1.47 | 0.11 | 1.32 | 0.11 | |
West | 1.61 | 0.16 | 1.59 | 0.16 |
a Includes admissions specifically for treatment of foreign body left, such as cases from earlier admissions or from other hospitals.
b Rates are adjusted by age and gender using the total U.S. population for 2000 as the standard population; when reporting is by age, the adjustment is by gender only; when reporting is by gender, the adjustment is by age only.
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.