Table 8_2_4-1
2008 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports
Population group | 2006 | 2005 | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Percent | SE | Percent | SE | ||
Totalb | 85.3 | 0.5 | 80.4 | 0.5 | |
Gender | Male | 85.2 | 0.1 | 79.8 | 0.1 |
Female | 85.3 | 0.1 | 79.9 | 0.1 | |
Race | White | 85.4 | 0.1 | 80.2 | 0.1 |
Black | 85.9 | 0.2 | 79.2 | 0.2 | |
Hispanic | 82.7 | 0.2 | 77.1 | 0.2 | |
Native American | 81.2 | 0.7 | 78.4 | 0.7 | |
Asian | 83.9 | 0.4 | 78.3 | 0.4 | |
Age | Under 65 | 85.4 | 0.1 | 80.4 | 0.1 |
65–74 | 84.7 | 0.1 | 79.7 | 0.1 | |
75–84 | 85.3 | 0.1 | 79.8 | 0.1 | |
85 and over | 85.3 | 0.1 | 79.2 | 0.1 |
a Excluded patients with health care-associated pneumonia from the denominator.
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.
Key: SE: standard error.
Source: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Medicare Quality Improvement Organization Program.