Table 4_2_1-1
2008 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports
Population group | 2006 | 2005 | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Percent | SE | Percent | SE | ||
Totalb | 95.2 | 0.0 | 93.5 | 1.9 | |
Gender | Male | 95.8 | 0.0 | 94.3 | 2.2 |
Female | 94.1 | 0.0 | 92.2 | 3.2 | |
Race | White | 95.5 | 0.0 | 93.8 | 2.1 |
Black | 94.4 | 0.1 | 92.4 | 6.5 | |
Hispanic | 92.5 | 0.1 | 90.7 | 8.6 | |
Native American | 95.1 | 0.3 | * | * | |
Asian | 95.0 | 0.1 | 92.7 | 15.7 | |
Age | Under 65 | 96.6 | 0.0 | 95.2 | 2.4 |
65–74 | 95.0 | 0.0 | 93.3 | 4.1 | |
75–84 | 93.8 | 0.0 | 91.9 | 4.4 | |
85 and over | 92.3 | 0.1 | 90.3 | 6.2 |
a Recommended hospital care for patients with heart attack includes administering aspirin and beta blocker within 24 hours of hospital arrival and at discharge, giving a prescription of angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitor or angiotensin receptor blocker at discharge to patients with left ventricular systolic dysfunction, and giving smoking cessation counseling to smoking patients.
b The estimate for the Total row is based on State-level estimates whereas the estimates for the demographic categories are based on patient/episode-level data.
* - Data do not meet the criteria for statistical reliability, data quality, or confidentiality.
Key: SE: standard error.
Source: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Medicare Quality Improvement Organization Program.