Table 10_3_6-1
2008 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports
Population group | 2006 | 2004 | |||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Exposed | Adverse events | Percent | SE | Exposed | Adverse events | Percent | SE | ||
Total | 8,279 | 1,025 | 12.4 | 0.4 | 7,065 | 758 | 10.7 | 0.4 | |
Age | Under 65 | 1,583 | 226 | 14.3 | 0.9 | 1,313 | 164 | 12.5 | 0.9 |
65–74 | 2,800 | 320 | 11.4 | 0.6 | 2,399 | 243 | 10.1 | 0.6 | |
75–84 | 2,848 | 354 | 12.4 | 0.6 | 2,486 | 265 | 10.7 | 0.6 | |
85 and over | 1,048 | 125 | 11.9 | 1.0 | 867 | 86 | 9.9 | 1.0 | |
Gender | Male | 3,806 | 455 | 12.0 | 0.5 | 3,222 | 353 | 11.0 | 0.6 |
Female | 4,473 | 570 | 12.7 | 0.5 | 3,843 | 405 | 10.5 | 0.5 | |
Race | White | 6,561 | 760 | 11.6 | 0.4 | 5,641 | 570 | 10.1 | 0.4 |
Black | 1,102 | 182 | 16.5 | 1.1 | 955 | 147 | 15.4 | 1.2 | |
Other | 616 | 83 | 13.5 | 1.4 | 469 | 41 | 8.7 | 1.3 | |
Diabetes | Yes | 7,017 | 948 | 13.5 | 0.4 | 6,155 | 720 | 11.7 | 0.4 |
No | 1,262 | 77 | 6.1 | 0.7 | 910 | 38 | 4.2 | 0.7 | |
Obesity | Yes | 1,793 | 227 | 12.7 | 0.8 | 1,348 | 142 | 10.5 | 0.8 |
No | 6,486 | 798 | 12.3 | 0.4 | 5,717 | 616 | 10.8 | 0.4 | |
Cerebrovascular disease | Yes | 2,144 | 307 | 14.3 | 0.8 | 1,972 | 233 | 11.8 | 0.7 |
No | 6,135 | 718 | 11.7 | 0.4 | 5,093 | 525 | 10.3 | 0.4 | |
CHF/pulmonary edema | Yes | 3,341 | 523 | 15.7 | 0.6 | 2,833 | 380 | 13.4 | 0.6 |
No | 4,938 | 502 | 10.2 | 0.4 | 4,232 | 378 | 8.9 | 0.4 | |
COPD | Yes | 2,875 | 377 | 13.1 | 0.6 | 2,350 | 250 | 10.6 | 0.6 |
No | 5,404 | 648 | 12.0 | 0.4 | 4,715 | 508 | 10.8 | 0.5 | |
Smoking | Yes | 1,269 | 184 | 14.5 | 1.0 | 1,037 | 124 | 12.0 | 1.0 |
No | 7,010 | 841 | 12.0 | 0.4 | 6,028 | 634 | 10.5 | 0.4 | |
Cancer | Yes | DNA | DNA | DNA | DNA | 1,628 | 168 | 10.3 | 0.8 |
No | DNA | DNA | DNA | DNA | 5,437 | 590 | 10.9 | 0.4 | |
Corticosteroids | Yes | 788 | 113 | 14.3 | 1.3 | 662 | 82 | 12.4 | 1.3 |
No | 7,491 | 912 | 12.2 | 0.4 | 6,403 | 676 | 10.6 | 0.4 | |
Coronary artery disease | Yes | 4,371 | 589 | 13.5 | 0.5 | 3,908 | 448 | 11.5 | 0.5 |
No | 3,908 | 436 | 11.2 | 0.5 | 3,157 | 310 | 9.8 | 0.5 | |
Renal disease | Yes | 3,314 | 583 | 17.6 | 0.7 | 2,403 | 383 | 15.9 | 0.7 |
No | 4,965 | 442 | 8.9 | 0.4 | 4,662 | 375 | 8.0 | 0.4 |
a Data include Medicare beneficiaries discharged from January to December.
DNA - Data have not been analyzed.
Key: CHF: congestive heart failure; COPD: chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; SE: standard error.
Source: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Medicare Patient Safety Monitoring System.