Table 10_2_2-1
2008 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports
Population group | 2006 | 2004 | |||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Exposed | Adverse events | Percent | SE | Exposed | Adverse events | Percent | SE | ||
Total | 1,821 | 51 | 2.80 | 0.39 | 1,684 | 28 | 1.66 | 0.31 | |
Age | Under 65 | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * |
65–74 | 645 | 16 | 2.48 | 0.61 | * | * | * | * | |
75–84 | 619 | 20 | 3.23 | 0.71 | 570 | 12 | 2.11 | 0.60 | |
85 and over | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | |
Gender | Male | 905 | 23 | 2.54 | 0.52 | 805 | 13 | 1.61 | 0.44 |
Female | 916 | 28 | 3.06 | 0.57 | 879 | 15 | 1.71 | 0.44 | |
Race | White | 1,470 | 39 | 2.65 | 0.42 | 1,376 | 19 | 1.38 | 0.31 |
Black | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | |
Other | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | |
Diabetes | Yes | 752 | 23 | 3.06 | 0.63 | 652 | 13.00 | 1.99 | 0.55 |
No | 1,069 | 28 | 2.62 | 0.49 | 1,032 | 15 | 1.45 | 0.37 | |
Obesity | Yes | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * |
No | 1,485 | 42 | 2.83 | 0.43 | 1,385 | 23 | 1.66 | 0.34 | |
Cerebrovascular disease | Yes | 430 | 13 | 3.02 | 0.83 | * | * | * | * |
No | 1,391 | 38 | 2.73 | 0.44 | 1,277 | 20 | 1.57 | 0.35 | |
CHF/pulmonary edema | Yes | 625 | 25 | 4.00 | 0.78 | 616 | 15 | 2.44 | 0.62 |
No | 1,196 | 26 | 2.17 | 0.42 | 1,068 | 13 | 1.22 | 0.34 | |
COPD | Yes | 583 | 21 | 3.60 | 0.77 | * | * | * | * |
No | 1,238 | 30 | 2.42 | 0.44 | 1,146 | 18 | 1.57 | 0.37 | |
Smoking | Yes | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * |
No | 1,503 | 45 | 2.99 | 0.44 | 1,362 | 19 | 1.40 | 0.32 | |
Cancer | Yes | DNA | DNA | DNA | DNA | * | * | * | * |
No | DNA | DNA | DNA | DNA | 1,145 | 20 | 1.75 | 0.39 | |
Corticosteroids | Yes | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * |
No | 1,679 | 44 | 2.62 | 0.39 | 1,546 | 27 | 1.75 | 0.33 | |
Coronary artery disease | Yes | 1,007 | 29 | 2.88 | 0.53 | 954 | 17.00 | 1.78 | 0.43 |
No | 814 | 22 | 2.70 | 0.57 | 730 | 11 | 1.51 | 0.45 | |
Renal disease | Yes | 767 | 27 | 3.52 | 0.67 | 569 | 12 | 2.11 | 0.60 |
No | 1,054 | 24 | 2.28 | 0.46 | 1,115 | 16 | 1.44 | 0.36 |
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.