Table 10_1_21-1
2008 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports
Population group | 2006 | 2004 | |||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Exposed | Adverse events | Percent | SE | Exposed | Adverse events | Percent | SE | ||
Total | 651 | 26 | 3.99 | 0.77 | 603 | 30 | 4.98 | 0.89 | |
Age | Under 65 | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * |
65–74 | 322 | 14 | 4.35 | 1.14 | 314 | 14 | 4.46 | 1.17 | |
75 and over | * | * | * | * | 240 | 13 | 5.42 | 1.46 | |
Gender | Male | * | * | * | * | 225 | 11 | 4.89 | 1.44 |
Female | 424 | 17 | 4.01 | 0.95 | 378 | 19 | 5.03 | 1.12 | |
Race | White | 596 | 23 | 3.86 | 0.79 | 561 | 28 | 4.99 | 0.92 |
Other | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | |
Diabetes | Yes | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * |
No | 494 | 19 | 3.85 | 0.87 | 483 | 24 | 4.97 | 0.99 | |
Obesity | Yes | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * |
No | 534 | 21 | 3.93 | 0.84 | 520 | 27 | 5.19 | 0.97 | |
Cerebrovascular disease | Yes | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * |
No | 600 | 23 | 3.83 | 0.78 | 548 | 26 | 4.75 | 0.91 | |
CHF/pulmonary edema | Yes | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * |
No | 608 | 22 | 3.62 | 0.76 | 562 | 26 | 4.63 | 0.89 | |
COPD | Yes | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * |
No | 557 | 20 | 3.59 | 0.79 | 505 | 21 | 4.16 | 0.89 | |
Smoking | Yes | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * |
No | 613 | 24 | 3.92 | 0.78 | 573 | 28 | 4.89 | 0.90 | |
Cancer | Yes | DNA | DNA | DNA | DNA | * | * | * | * |
No | DNA | DNA | DNA | DNA | 503 | 22 | 4.37 | 0.91 | |
Corticosteroids | Yes | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * |
No | 636 | 26 | 4.09 | 0.79 | 590 | 30 | 5.09 | 0.90 | |
Coronary artery disease | Yes | * | * | * | * | 121 | 11 | 9.09 | 2.61 |
No | 510 | 19 | 3.73 | 0.84 | 482 | 19 | 3.94 | 0.89 | |
Renal disease | Yes | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * |
No | 602 | 22 | 3.65 | 0.76 | 574 | 25 | 4.36 | 0.85 |
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.