Table 12_3_3-1
2009 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports
2007 | 2002 | ||||
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Population group | Percent | SE | Percent | SE | |
Total | 1.35 | 0.28 | 2.30 | 0.36 | |
Age | Under 65 | DSU | DSU | DSU | DSU |
65–74 | DSU | DSU | 1.92 | 0.53 | |
75–84 | DSU | DSU | DSU | DSU | |
85 and over | DSU | DSU | DSU | DSU | |
Gender | Male | 1.52 | 0.42 | 1.69 | 0.42 |
Female | DSU | DSU | 2.71 | 0.58 | |
Race | White | 1.43 | 0.32 | 1.94 | 0.37 |
Black | DSU | DSU | DSU | DSU | |
Other | DSU | DSU | DSU | DSU | |
Diabetes | Yes | DSU | DSU | 2.40 | 0.61 |
No | 1.73 | 0.40 | 2.10 | 0.44 | |
Obesity | Yes | DSU | DSU | DSU | DSU |
No | 1.24 | 0.30 | 2.30 | 0.40 | |
CHF/pulmonary edema | Yes | DSU | DSU | 1.81 | 0.43 |
No | 1.44 | 0.36 | DSU | DSU | |
COPD | Yes | DSU | DSU | 2.20 | 0.50 |
No | 1.68 | 0.36 | 2.23 | 0.47 |
a All Medicare fee-for-service (FFS) discharges from the MPSMS sample.
DSU - Data do not meet the criteria for statistical reliability, data quality, or confidentiality.
Key: CHF: congestive heart failure; COPD: chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; SE: standard error.
Source: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Medicare Patient Safety Monitoring System.