Table 10_1_2-1
2008 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports
Population group | 2006 | 2004 | |||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Exposed | Adverse events | Percent | SE | Exposed | Adverse events | Percent | SE | ||
Total | 5,470 | 110 | 2.01 | 0.19 | 5,542 | 110 | 1.98 | 0.19 | |
Age | Under 65 | 829 | 18 | 2.17 | 0.51 | 783 | 14 | 1.79 | 0.47 |
65–74 | 2,213 | 33 | 1.49 | 0.26 | 2,258 | 32 | 1.42 | 0.25 | |
75–84 | 1,874 | 42 | 2.24 | 0.34 | 1,932 | 52 | 2.69 | 0.37 | |
85 and over | 554 | 17 | 3.07 | 0.73 | 569 | 12 | 2.11 | 0.60 | |
Gender | Male | 2,419 | 56 | 2.32 | 0.31 | 2,446 | 60 | 2.45 | 0.31 |
Female | 3,051 | 54 | 1.77 | 0.24 | 3,096 | 50 | 1.62 | 0.23 | |
Race | White | 4,793 | 100 | 2.09 | 0.21 | 4,922 | 97 | 1.97 | 0.20 |
Black | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | |
Other | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | |
Diabetes | Yes | 1,547 | 39 | 2.52 | 0.40 | 1,445 | 41 | 2.84 | 0.44 |
No | 3,923 | 71 | 1.81 | 0.21 | 4,097 | 69 | 1.68 | 0.20 | |
Obesity | Yes | 776 | 17 | 2.19 | 0.53 | 649 | 15 | 2.31 | 0.59 |
No | 4,694 | 93 | 1.98 | 0.20 | 4,893 | 95 | 1.94 | 0.20 | |
Cerebrovascular disease | Yes | 907 | 30 | 3.31 | 0.59 | 970 | 33 | 3.40 | 0.58 |
No | 4,563 | 80 | 1.75 | 0.19 | 4,572 | 77 | 1.68 | 0.19 | |
CHF/pulmonary edema | Yes | 850 | 38 | 4.47 | 0.71 | 863 | 47 | 5.45 | 0.77 |
No | 4,620 | 72 | 1.56 | 0.18 | 4,679 | 63 | 1.35 | 0.17 | |
COPD | Yes | 1,188 | 49 | 4.12 | 0.58 | 1,220 | 50 | 4.10 | 0.57 |
No | 4,282 | 61 | 1.42 | 0.18 | 4,322 | 60 | 1.39 | 0.18 | |
Smoking | Yes | 832 | 30 | 3.61 | 0.65 | 815 | 27 | 3.31 | 0.63 |
No | 4,638 | 80 | 1.72 | 0.19 | 4,727 | 83 | 1.76 | 0.19 | |
Cancer | Yes | DNA | DNA | DNA | DNA | 1,556 | 49 | 3.15 | 0.44 |
No | DNA | DNA | DNA | DNA | 3,986 | 61 | 1.53 | 0.19 | |
Corticosteroids | Yes | 239 | 11 | 4.60 | 1.36 | * | * | * | * |
No | 5,231 | 99 | 1.89 | 0.19 | 5,309 | 104 | 1.96 | 0.19 | |
Coronary artery disease | Yes | 1,937 | 46 | 2.37 | 0.35 | 2,034 | 63 | 3.10 | 0.38 |
No | 3,533 | 64 | 1.81 | 0.22 | 3,508 | 47 | 1.34 | 0.19 | |
Renal disease | Yes | 1,045 | 47 | 4.50 | 0.64 | 862 | 39 | 4.52 | 0.71 |
No | 4,425 | 63 | 1.42 | 0.18 | 4,680 | 71 | 1.52 | 0.18 |
a Data include Medicare beneficiaries discharged from January to December.
DNA - Data have not been analyzed.
* - Data do not meet the criteria for statistical reliability, data quality, or confidentiality.
Key: CHF: congestive heart failure; COPD: chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; SE: standard error.
Source: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Medicare Patient Safety Monitoring System.