Table 10_2_3-1
2008 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports
Population group | 2006 | 2004 | |||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Exposed | Adverse events | Percent | SE | Exposed | Adverse events | Percent | SE | ||
Total | 3,070 | 126 | 4.10 | 0.36 | 2,576 | 48 | 1.86 | 0.27 | |
Age | Under 65 | 690 | 28 | 4.06 | 0.75 | 524 | 13 | 2.48 | 0.68 |
65–74 | 1,023 | 39 | 3.81 | 0.60 | 905 | 12 | 1.33 | 0.38 | |
75–84 | 1,010 | 41 | 4.06 | 0.62 | 847 | 18 | 2.13 | 0.50 | |
85 and over | 347 | 18 | 5.19 | 1.19 | * | * | * | * | |
Gender | Male | 1,461 | 61 | 4.18 | 0.52 | 1,205 | 22 | 1.83 | 0.39 |
Female | 1,609 | 65 | 4.04 | 0.49 | 1,371 | 26 | 1.90 | 0.37 | |
Race | White | 2,457 | 105 | 4.27 | 0.41 | 2,068 | 38 | 1.84 | 0.30 |
Black | 417 | 13 | 3.12 | 0.85 | * | * | * | * | |
Other | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | |
Diabetes | Yes | 1,332 | 61 | 4.58 | 0.57 | 1,052 | 26 | 2.47 | 0.48 |
No | 1,738 | 65 | 3.74 | 0.46 | 1,524 | 22 | 1.44 | 0.31 | |
Obesity | Yes | 601 | 34 | 5.66 | 0.94 | * | * | * | * |
No | 2,469 | 92 | 3.73 | 0.38 | 2,117 | 41 | 1.94 | 0.30 | |
Cerebrovascular disease | Yes | 736 | 28 | 3.80 | 0.71 | 627 | 11 | 1.75 | 0.52 |
No | 2,334 | 98 | 4.20 | 0.42 | 1,949 | 37 | 1.90 | 0.31 | |
CHF/pulmonary edema | Yes | 1,127 | 47 | 4.17 | 0.60 | 978 | 21 | 2.15 | 0.46 |
No | 1,943 | 79 | 4.07 | 0.45 | 1,598 | 27 | 1.69 | 0.32 | |
COPD | Yes | 1,093 | 57 | 5.22 | 0.67 | 847 | 13 | 1.53 | 0.42 |
No | 1,977 | 69 | 3.49 | 0.41 | 1,729 | 35 | 2.02 | 0.34 | |
Smoking | Yes | 535 | 21 | 3.93 | 0.84 | * | * | * | * |
No | 2,535 | 105 | 4.14 | 0.40 | 2,113 | 38 | 1.80 | 0.29 | |
Cancer | Yes | DNA | DNA | DNA | DNA | 775 | 16 | 2.06 | 0.51 |
No | DNA | DNA | DNA | DNA | 1,801 | 32 | 1.78 | 0.31 | |
Corticosteroids | Yes | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * |
No | 2,789 | 117 | 4.20 | 0.38 | 2,306 | 43 | 1.86 | 0.28 | |
Coronary artery disease | Yes | 1,529 | 58 | 3.79 | 0.49 | 1,376 | 24 | 1.74 | 0.35 |
No | 1,541 | 68 | 4.41 | 0.52 | 1,200 | 24 | 2.00 | 0.40 | |
Renal disease | Yes | 1,429 | 66 | 4.62 | 0.56 | 974 | 29 | 2.98 | 0.54 |
No | 1,641 | 60 | 3.66 | 0.46 | 1,602 | 19 | 1.19 | 0.27 |
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.