Table 10_2_6-2
2008 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports
Population group | 2005 | 2000 | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Rateb | SE | Rateb | SE | ||
Total | 30.2 | 1.1 | 24.5 | 0.8 | |
Age | 18–44 | 15.3 | 0.7 | 12.1 | 0.5 |
45–64 | 32.9 | 1.3 | 26.5 | 1.0 | |
65 and over | 74.9 | 2.8 | 61.7 | 2.2 | |
Age | 65–69 | 56.3 | 2.5 | 49.9 | 2.4 |
70–74 | 68.2 | 3.1 | 58.3 | 2.7 | |
75–79 | 85.4 | 3.8 | 68.7 | 3.2 | |
80–84 | 96.3 | 4.6 | 76.8 | 4.0 | |
85 and over | 87.4 | 5.0 | 68.5 | 3.9 | |
Gender | Male | 30.0 | 1.1 | 25.4 | 0.9 |
Female | 30.9 | 1.1 | 24.1 | 0.8 | |
Median income of patient's ZIP Code | First quartile (lowest income) | 36.4 | 1.8 | 30.7 | 1.7 |
Second quartile | 28.9 | 1.4 | 26.5 | 1.2 | |
Third quartile | 29.5 | 1.4 | 24.5 | 1.3 | |
Fourth quartile (highest income) | 27.6 | 1.7 | 19.2 | 1.4 | |
Location of patient residence | Large central metropolitan | 35.9 | 2.7 | 28.9 | 2.2 |
Large fringe metropolitan | 31.2 | 2.5 | 27.7 | 2.3 | |
Medium metropolitan | 29.1 | 2.9 | 20.2 | 2.4 | |
Small metropolitan | 22.4 | 2.5 | 21.3 | 2.3 | |
Micropolitan (nonmetro) | 26.7 | 2.0 | 20.1 | 1.6 | |
Noncore (nonmetro) | 25.7 | 2.1 | 20.2 | 1.8 | |
Region of inpatient treatment | Northeast | 28.6 | 1.8 | 23.4 | 2.0 |
Midwest | 30.3 | 2.5 | 23.7 | 1.7 | |
South | 33.2 | 1.9 | 26.7 | 1.3 | |
West | 26.81 | 1.98 | 22.58 | 1.89 |
a Includes admissions specifically for such infections, such as cases from earlier admissions, from other hospitals, or from other settings.
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.