Table 10_1_8-2

2008 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports

The National Healthcare Quality Report (NHQR) is a comprehensive national overview of quality of health care in the United States. It is organized around four dimensions of quality of care: effectiveness, patient safety, timeliness, and patient centeredness.

Table 10_1_8.2
Accidental puncture or laceration during procedure^a (excluding obstetric admissions) per 100,000 population, age 18 and over, United States, 2000 and 2005
Population group		2005		2000
Population group		Rate^b	SE	Rate^b	SE
Total		48.5	1.9	45.0	1.9
Age	18–44	19.5	0.9	18.7	0.8
	45–64	56.2	2.4	50.7	2.4
	65 and over	128.8	5.5	120.5	5.5
Age	65–69	110.7	5.3	95.1	4.5
	70–74	126.3	6.0	119.3	6.1
	75–79	151.5	7.2	144.5	7.1
	80–84	157.1	7.4	146.3	8.1
	85 and over	110.5	5.4	121.0	6.3
Gender	Male	40.8	1.8	38.3	1.8
Gender	Female	56.4	2.2	52.0	2.0
Median income of patient's ZIP Code	First quartile (lowest income)	47.6	2.5	51.9	3.1
	Second quartile	49.0	2.5	49.8	2.6
	Third quartile	51.4	2.8	45.4	2.7
	Fourth quartile (highest income)	46.8	3.2	35.9	2.6
Location of patient residence	Large central metropolitan	46.5	3.8	39.4	3.2
	Large fringe metropolitan	46.1	3.8	47.9	4.2
	Medium metropolitan	49.2	4.7	44.0	5.4
	Small metropolitan	49.6	5.9	49.9	5.6
	Micropolitan (nonmetro)	53.6	4.6	45.8	3.8
	Noncore (nonmetro)	54.4	4.5	52.7	4.7
Region of inpatient treatment	Northeast	40.1	3.9	40.3	4.7
	Midwest	57.0	5.1	48.3	4.4
	South	44.9	2.8	46.1	2.9
	West	53.5	4.2	43.7	3.3

^a Includes admissions specifically for such problems, 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.

Current as of September 2009

Internet Citation: Table 10_1_8-2: 2008 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports. September 2009. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. http://www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/nhqrdr/nhqrdr08/10_patientsafety/T10_1_8-2.html