Table 15_1_1-1
2009 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports
2006 | 2000 | ||||
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Population group | Ratea | SE | Ratea | SE | |
Total | 1,760.5 | 38.6 | 1,944.3 | 33.5 | |
Age | 18–44 | 446.7 | 13.5 | 474.3 | 11.1 |
45–64 | 1,526.5 | 39.5 | 1,637.9 | 33.8 | |
65 and over | 6,558.2 | 144.2 | 7,166.9 | 135.6 | |
65–69 | 3,450.2 | 75.4 | 3,861.2 | 71.4 | |
70–74 | 4,782.0 | 105.5 | 5,389.7 | 101.1 | |
75–79 | 6,650.9 | 147.3 | 7,429.8 | 145.6 | |
80–84 | 9,315.1 | 217.5 | 10,658.8 | 219.2 | |
85 and over | 13,286.8 | 325.8 | 15,374.3 | 328.9 | |
Gender | Male | 1,770.5 | 37.6 | 1,998.1 | 34.3 |
Female | 1,773.8 | 40.4 | 1,939.4 | 34.4 | |
Median income of patient's ZIP code | First quartile (lowest income) | 2,449.5 | 93.8 | 3,028.6 | 116.0 |
Second quartile | 1,823.0 | 69.8 | 2,064.7 | 69.9 | |
Third quartile | 1,504.5 | 58.9 | 1,644.7 | 68.1 | |
Fourth quartile (highest income) | 1,334.4 | 78.9 | 1,324.5 | 80.3 | |
Location of patient residence | Large central metropolitan | 1,901.8 | 140.4 | 2,004.8 | 133.4 |
Large fringe metropolitan | 1,556.5 | 111.7 | 2,007.1 | 139.5 | |
Medium metropolitan | 1,559.6 | 137.2 | 1,509.5 | 149.7 | |
Small metropolitan | 1,530.3 | 171.0 | 1,753.4 | 189.2 | |
Micropolitan (nonmetro) | 2,054.7 | 103.0 | 2,124.5 | 128.8 | |
Noncore (nonmetro) | 2,282.8 | 110.4 | 2,628.0 | 125.0 | |
Region of inpatient treatment | Northeast | 1,817.6 | 101.3 | 2,055.9 | 92.5 |
Midwest | 1,815.0 | 68.3 | 1,819.9 | 69.2 | |
South | 1,999.4 | 75.3 | 2,241.7 | 52.3 | |
West | 1,249.6 | 48.6 | 1,460.3 | 60.7 |
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.
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.