Table 2_3_1-1
2008 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports
Population group | 2005 | 2000 | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Rateb | SE | Rateb | SE | ||
Total | 20.4 | 0.8 | 28.1 | 1.0 | |
Age | 18–44 | 11.1 | 0.5 | 15.1 | 0.7 |
45–64 | 27.0 | 1.3 | 34.7 | 1.5 | |
65 and over | 38.1 | 1.5 | 56.9 | 2.0 | |
Age | 65–69 | 33.5 | 1.8 | 45.9 | 2.3 |
70–74 | 35.2 | 2.0 | 54.2 | 2.5 | |
75–79 | 41.4 | 2.3 | 65.0 | 2.9 | |
80–84 | 45.7 | 2.6 | 68.7 | 3.4 | |
85 and over | 39.7 | 2.6 | 66.0 | 3.6 | |
Gender | Male | 21.5 | 0.9 | 28.4 | 1.1 |
Female | 19.3 | 0.8 | 27.7 | 1.1 | |
Median income of patient's ZIP Code | First quartile (lowest income) | 38.4 | 2.3 | 57.2 | 3.1 |
Second quartile | 20.1 | 1.1 | 32.0 | 1.7 | |
Third quartile | 14.5 | 0.9 | 19.9 | 1.3 | |
Fourth quartile (highest income) | 10.8 | 0.8 | 12.0 | 0.9 | |
Location of patient residence | Large central metropolitan | 25.8 | 2.6 | 33.5 | 3.2 |
Large fringe metropolitan | 16.1 | 1.4 | 23.0 | 1.9 | |
Medium metropolitan | 16.0 | 1.7 | 17.3 | 2.2 | |
Small metropolitan | 13.7 | 2.5 | 23.4 | 3.2 | |
Micropolitan (nonmetro) | 23.2 | 1.8 | 35.6 | 3.1 | |
Noncore (nonmetro) | 31.7 | 2.6 | 46.8 | 3.3 | |
Region of inpatient treatment | Northeast | 22.0 | 2.4 | 29.6 | 3.4 |
Midwest | 20.7 | 1.5 | 27.7 | 2.2 | |
South | 25.9 | 1.6 | 35.1 | 1.5 | |
West | 9.9 | 0.8 | 15.3 | 1.1 |
a Without short-term (ketoacidosis, hyperosmolarity, coma) or long-term (renal, eye, neurological, circulatory, other unspecified) complications.
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.