Table 12_3_7-2

2009 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports

The National Healthcare Quality Report (NHQR) is a comprehensive national overview of quality of health care in the United States. It is organized around four dimensions of quality of care: effectiveness, patient safety, timeliness, and patient centeredness.

Table 12_3_7.2
Transfusion reactions^a per 100,000 population, age 18 and over or obstetric admissions, United States, 2000 and 2006
		2006		2000
Population group		Rate^b	SE	Rate^b	SE
Total		0.058	0.012	0.065	0.013
Age	18–44	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	45–64	0.101	0.026	DSU	DSU
	65 and over	DSU	DSU	0.191	0.051
Gender	Male	0.063	0.017	DSU	DSU
Gender	Female	0.053	0.014	0.064	0.016
Median income of patient's ZIP code	First quartile (lowest income)	0.099	0.028	0.135	0.037
	Second quartile	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	Third quartile	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	Fourth quartile (highest income)	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Location of patient residence	Large central metropolitan	0.106	0.030	DSU	DSU
	Large fringe metropolitan	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	Medium metropolitan	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	Small metropolitan	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	Micropolitan (nonmetro)	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	Noncore (nonmetro)	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Region of inpatient treatment	Northeast	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	Midwest	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	South	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	West	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU

^a Includes admissions specifically for transfusion reactions, such as cases from earlier admissions or from other hospitals.

^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.

DSU - Data do not meet the criteria for statistical reliability, data quality, or confidentiality.

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.

Current as of March 2010

Internet Citation: Table 12_3_7-2: 2009 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports. March 2010. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. http://www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/nhqrdr/nhqrdr09/12_patientsafety/T12_3_7-2.html