Table 2_3_2-2
2009 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports
2006 | 2000 | ||||
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Population group | Rateb | SE | Rateb | SE | |
Total | 31.8 | 2.8 | 27.1 | 1.8 | |
Age | 6–9 | 14.5 | 1.7 | 10.5 | 1.1 |
10–14 | 34.9 | 3.5 | 30.7 | 2.4 | |
15–17 | 50.3 | 3.8 | 43.7 | 2.8 | |
Gender | Male | 28.7 | 2.6 | 22.7 | 1.6 |
Female | 35.1 | 3.2 | 31.7 | 2.3 | |
Median income of patient's ZIP code | First quartile (lowest income) | 42.6 | 3.9 | 39.3 | 3.2 |
Second quartile | 35.8 | 3.3 | 30.8 | 2.6 | |
Third quartile | 30.2 | 3.4 | 26.5 | 2.6 | |
Fourth quartile (highest income) | 19.7 | 3.0 | 15.1 | 2.1 | |
Location of patient residence | Large central metropolitan | 25.8 | 4.7 | 27.5 | 4.1 |
Large fringe metropolitan | 23.3 | 4.4 | 24.8 | 3.2 | |
Medium metropolitan | 40.6 | 6.7 | 25.1 | 3.8 | |
Small metropolitan | 36.7 | 6.1 | 25.2 | 3.7 | |
Micropolitan (nonmetro) | 44.9 | 4.8 | 32.4 | 3.8 | |
Noncore (nonmetro) | 37.5 | 4.8 | 33.1 | 3.8 | |
Region of inpatient treatment | Northeast | 30.6 | 5.5 | 24.2 | 3.8 |
Midwest | 34.1 | 7.3 | 30.1 | 3.8 | |
South | 36.6 | 5.1 | 27.0 | 3.0 | |
West | 23.5 | 3.5 | 26.5 | 3.9 |
a Ketoacidosis, hyperosmolarity, or coma.
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.
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.