Table 10_1_20-1
2008 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports
Population group | 2006 | 2004 | |||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Exposed | Adverse events | Percent | SE | Exposed | Adverse events | Percent | SE | ||
Total | 451 | 21 | 4.66 | 0.99 | 476 | 34 | 7.14 | 1.18 | |
Age | Under 65 | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * |
65–74 | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | |
75 and over | 282 | 14 | 4.96 | 1.29 | 306 | 30 | 9.80 | 1.70 | |
Gender | Male | * | * | * | * | 159 | 12 | 7.55 | 2.09 |
Female | 304 | 13 | 4.28 | 1.16 | 317 | 22 | 6.94 | 1.43 | |
Race | White | 420 | 20 | 4.76 | 1.04 | 444 | 33 | 7.43 | 1.24 |
Other | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | |
Diabetes | Yes | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * |
No | 363 | 19 | 5.23 | 1.17 | 394 | 29 | 7.36 | 1.32 | |
Obesity | Yes | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * |
No | 401 | 19 | 4.74 | 1.06 | 441 | 33 | 7.48 | 1.25 | |
Cerebrovascular disease | Yes | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * |
No | 378 | 16 | 4.23 | 1.04 | 399 | 25 | 6.27 | 1.21 | |
CHF/pulmonary edema | Yes | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * |
No | 393 | 19 | 4.83 | 1.08 | 405 | 28 | 6.91 | 1.26 | |
COPD | Yes | * | * | * | * | 93 | 12 | 12.90 | 3.48 |
No | 354 | 19 | 5.37 | 1.20 | 383 | 22 | 5.74 | 1.19 | |
Smoking | Yes | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * |
No | 398 | 18 | 4.52 | 1.04 | 438 | 31 | 7.08 | 1.23 | |
Cancer | Yes | DNA | DNA | DNA | DNA | 92 | 12 | 13.04 | 3.51 |
No | DNA | DNA | DNA | DNA | 384 | 22 | 5.73 | 1.19 | |
Corticosteroids | Yes | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * |
No | 435 | 20 | 4.60 | 1.00 | 453 | 31 | 6.84 | 1.19 | |
Coronary artery disease | Yes | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * |
No | 324 | 13 | 4.01 | 1.09 | 346 | 24 | 6.94 | 1.37 | |
Renal disease | Yes | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * |
No | 395 | 18 | 4.56 | 1.05 | 429 | 30 | 6.99 | 1.23 |
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.