Table 12_3_9-2a

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_9.2a
Deaths per 1,000 admissions in low-mortality diagnosis-related groups (DRGs), age 18 and over or obstetric admissions, by race/ethnicity, United States, 2006
				Non-Hispanic
		Total		White		Black		API		Hispanic, all races
Population group		Rate^a	SE	Rate^a	SE	Rate^a	SE	Rate^a	SE	Rate^a	SE
Total		0.43	0.01	0.41	0.01	0.61	0.04	0.39	0.07	0.35	0.03
Age	18–44	0.14	0.01	0.10	0.01	0.29	0.03	DSU	DSU	0.12	0.02
	45–64	0.39	0.03	0.39	0.03	0.48	0.07	DSU	DSU	0.30	0.07
	65 and over	1.99	0.07	2.03	0.08	2.26	0.23	1.27	0.36	1.49	0.23
	65–69	0.89	0.09	0.86	0.10	1.29	0.31	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	70–74	1.32	0.12	1.38	0.13	1.23	0.35	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	75–79	1.61	0.13	1.61	0.15	2.41	0.51	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	80–84	2.62	0.18	2.57	0.21	3.31	0.71	DSU	DSU	2.09	0.61
	85 and over	4.28	0.24	4.26	0.27	5.23	0.96	DSU	DSU	4.67	0.99
Gender	Male	0.61	0.03	0.55	0.03	0.96	0.11	0.60	0.18	0.53	0.09
Gender	Female	0.35	0.01	0.33	0.01	0.52	0.04	0.27	0.07	0.30	0.04
Median income of patient's ZIP code	First quartile (lowest income)	0.50	0.02	0.48	0.03	0.65	0.06	DSU	DSU	0.35	0.05
	Second quartile	0.43	0.02	0.39	0.02	0.63	0.09	DSU	DSU	0.43	0.08
	Third quartile	0.44	0.02	0.45	0.03	0.49	0.08	DSU	DSU	0.25	0.06
	Fourth quartile (highest income)	0.33	0.02	0.31	0.02	0.59	0.11	DSU	DSU	0.36	0.08
Location of patient residence	Large central metropolitan	0.45	0.02	0.43	0.03	0.62	0.06	0.37	0.10	0.40	0.05
	Large fringe metropolitan	0.39	0.02	0.38	0.02	0.50	0.07	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	Medium metropolitan	0.43	0.03	0.40	0.03	0.67	0.10	0.63	0.17	0.32	0.07
	Small metropolitan	0.45	0.04	0.41	0.04	0.83	0.21	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	Micropolitan (nonmetro)	0.43	0.03	0.43	0.04	0.69	0.18	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	Noncore (nonmetro)	0.45	0.04	0.42	0.04	0.86	0.20	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Expected payment source	Private insurance	0.40	0.04	0.42	0.05	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	0.13	0.03
	Medicare	0.58	0.07	0.59	0.09	0.72	0.16	DSU	DSU	0.29	0.05
	Medicaid	0.60	0.09	0.99	0.26	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	Other insurance	0.56	0.15	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	Uninsured/self-pay/no charge	1.00	0.25	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	0.22	0.06
Region of inpatient treatment	Northeast	0.42	0.02	0.41	0.03	0.57	0.08	DSU	DSU	0.34	0.07
	Midwest	0.39	0.02	0.36	0.02	0.63	0.10	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	South	0.45	0.02	0.42	0.02	0.60	0.05	DSU	DSU	0.38	0.05
	West	0.44	0.03	0.45	0.03	0.80	0.16	0.52	0.11	0.35	0.06
Ownership/control of hospital	Private, not for profit	0.41	0.01	0.39	0.01	0.61	0.05	0.39	0.09	0.31	0.04
	Private, for profit	0.49	0.03	0.47	0.04	0.76	0.12	DSU	DSU	0.45	0.07
	Public	0.47	0.03	0.46	0.04	0.48	0.08	DSU	DSU	0.32	0.08
Teaching status	Teaching	0.43	0.02	0.37	0.02	0.63	0.06	DSU	DSU	0.41	0.06
Teaching status	Nonteaching	0.43	0.01	0.42	0.01	0.59	0.05	0.32	0.08	0.32	0.04
Location of hospital	Large central metropolitan	0.43	0.02	0.42	0.03	0.62	0.06	0.37	0.10	0.38	0.04
	Large fringe metropolitan	0.39	0.02	0.38	0.02	0.49	0.07	DSU	DSU	0.26	0.07
	Medium metropolitan	0.44	0.03	0.41	0.03	0.66	0.10	0.64	0.18	0.34	0.08
	Small metropolitan	0.47	0.04	0.43	0.04	0.92	0.22	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	Micropolitan (nonmetro)	0.40	0.03	0.40	0.04	0.71	0.18	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	Noncore (nonmetro)	0.45	0.06	0.44	0.06	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Bed size of hospital	Less than 100	0.41	0.03	0.41	0.03	0.37	0.10	DSU	DSU	0.40	0.12
	100–299	0.45	0.02	0.44	0.02	0.63	0.07	0.40	0.10	0.31	0.05
	300–499	0.42	0.02	0.38	0.02	0.65	0.07	DSU	DSU	0.33	0.07
	500 or more	0.40	0.02	0.37	0.03	0.59	0.08	DSU	DSU	0.41	0.07

^a 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: API: Asian or Pacific Islander; SE: standard error.

Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), Center for Delivery, Organization, and Markets, Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project, State Inpatient Databases, disparities analysis file, 2006, and AHRQ Quality Indicators, version 3.1. The analysis file is designed to provide national estimates on disparities using weighted records from a sample of hospitals from the following 25 States: AR, AZ, CA, CO, CT, FL, GA, HI, KS, MA, MD, MI, MO, NH, NJ, NY, OK, RI, SC, TN, TX, UT, VA, VT, and WI.

Current as of March 2010

Internet Citation: Table 12_3_9-2a: 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_9-2a.html