Table 2_3_2-1
2008 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports
Population group | 2005 | 2000 | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Rateb | SE | Rateb | SE | ||
Total | 36.1 | 4.0 | 27.1 | 1.8 | |
Age | 6–9 | 19.6 | 3.1 | 10.5 | 1.1 |
10–14 | 41.5 | 4.9 | 30.7 | 2.4 | |
15–17 | 49.5 | 4.6 | 43.7 | 2.8 | |
Gender | Male | 31.3 | 3.6 | 22.7 | 1.6 |
Female | 41.2 | 4.6 | 31.7 | 2.3 | |
Median income of patient's ZIP Code | First quartile (lowest income) | 41.9 | 4.4 | 39.3 | 3.2 |
Second quartile | 38.9 | 4.3 | 30.8 | 2.6 | |
Third quartile | 35.0 | 4.8 | 26.5 | 2.6 | |
Fourth quartile (highest income) | 29.3 | 5.4 | 15.1 | 2.1 | |
Location of patient residence | Large central metropolitan | 39.8 | 7.4 | 27.5 | 4.1 |
Large fringe metropolitan | 31.1 | 6.9 | 24.8 | 3.2 | |
Medium metropolitan | 35.8 | 5.3 | 25.1 | 3.8 | |
Small metropolitan | 35.9 | 5.6 | 25.2 | 3.7 | |
Micropolitan (nonmetro) | 37.3 | 4.0 | 32.4 | 3.8 | |
Noncore (nonmetro) | 38.0 | 4.4 | 33.1 | 3.8 | |
Region of inpatient treatment | Northeast | 26.5 | 5.2 | 24.2 | 3.8 |
Midwest | 35.5 | 7.3 | 30.1 | 3.8 | |
South | 43.2 | 8.5 | 27.0 | 3.0 | |
West | 33.1 | 7.5 | 26.5 | 3.9 |
a Ketoacidosis, hyperosmolarity, or coma.
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.