Table 2_3_2-2
2008 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports
Population group | 2005 | 2000 | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Rateb | SE | Rateb | SE | ||
Total | 56.3 | 1.5 | 51.4 | 1.4 | |
Age | 18–44 | 65.4 | 2.0 | 55.7 | 1.8 |
45–64 | 50.8 | 1.5 | 47.3 | 1.5 | |
65 and over | 36.8 | 1.1 | 43.5 | 1.3 | |
Age | 65–69 | 36.6 | 1.7 | 37.4 | 1.8 |
70–74 | 35.4 | 1.7 | 38.7 | 1.8 | |
75–79 | 37.2 | 2.0 | 45.3 | 2.1 | |
80–84 | 40.9 | 2.2 | 53.1 | 2.7 | |
85 and over | 34.8 | 2.2 | 54.6 | 3.3 | |
Gender | Male | 58.7 | 1.8 | 53.6 | 1.8 |
Female | 54.0 | 1.5 | 49.2 | 1.3 | |
Median income of patient's ZIP Code | First quartile (lowest income) | 84.7 | 3.9 | 86.7 | 4.4 |
Second quartile | 61.8 | 2.8 | 59.1 | 2.5 | |
Third quartile | 47.2 | 2.0 | 42.8 | 2.0 | |
Fourth quartile (highest income) | 33.9 | 2.0 | 29.0 | 1.9 | |
Location of patient residence | Large central metropolitan | 59.6 | 4.6 | 62.0 | 5.0 |
Large fringe metropolitan | 47.1 | 3.7 | 48.5 | 3.8 | |
Medium metropolitan | 60.4 | 5.9 | 39.6 | 4.5 | |
Small metropolitan | 52.4 | 6.5 | 49.4 | 6.0 | |
Micropolitan (nonmetro) | 65.9 | 3.9 | 48.7 | 3.5 | |
Noncore (nonmetro) | 57.3 | 3.7 | 56.6 | 3.5 | |
Region of inpatient treatment | Northeast | 50.7 | 3.6 | 47.8 | 2.8 |
Midwest | 53.8 | 2.4 | 45.8 | 3.0 | |
South | 68.1 | 3.0 | 61.8 | 2.7 | |
West | 44.8 | 2.7 | 43.4 | 2.8 |
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.