Table 4_4_1-2a

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 4_4_1.2a
Deaths per 1,000 admissions with abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) repair (excluding obstetric admissions and transfers to another hospital), age 18 and over, 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		65.3	1.2	64.9	1.3	60.8	4.9	92.6	11.7	61.8	6.1
Age	18–44	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	45–64	28.2	1.8	28.5	2.0	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	65 and over	77.2	1.4	76.5	1.5	75.4	6.3	92.9	13.1	71.8	7.2
	65–69	41.7	2.4	39.0	2.6	70.5	9.2	DSU	DSU	45.8	12.4
	70–74	59.1	2.5	59.0	2.7	46.0	11.5	76.8	17.9	51.7	10.8
	75–79	87.8	3.0	87.6	3.3	65.2	14.6	DSU	DSU	97.9	14.9
	80–84	93.7	3.5	89.8	3.7	129.2	16.6	242.2	46.7	94.9	16.4
	85 and over	135.6	6.2	141.4	6.5	92.6	27.6	247.5	65.0	DSU	DSU
Gender	Male	60.5	1.3	59.9	1.4	49.4	5.8	103.5	12.0	52.6	6.5
Gender	Female	101.5	3.0	103.4	3.3	90.9	10.0	DSU	DSU	99.7	16.6
Median income of patient's ZIP code	First quartile (lowest income)	68.6	2.4	68.2	2.7	59.0	7.3	173.1	34.4	70.3	10.5
	Second quartile	61.3	2.3	58.5	2.5	89.8	10.5	DSU	DSU	76.8	11.4
	Third quartile	64.8	2.2	66.3	2.4	DSU	DSU	91.2	19.6	DSU	DSU
	Fourth quartile (highest income)	67.0	2.5	66.9	2.7	59.0	13.9	75.8	19.9	50.6	13.8
Location of patient residence	Large central metropolitan	63.1	2.4	61.0	2.9	52.1	6.8	76.6	15.1	87.1	9.0
	Large fringe metropolitan	64.8	2.3	65.2	2.5	59.6	10.2	198.2	37.3	DSU	DSU
	Medium metropolitan	65.1	2.4	66.4	2.6	51.2	11.8	DSU	DSU	45.7	12.2
	Small metropolitan	66.3	3.9	65.3	4.0	96.4	21.4	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	Micropolitan (nonmetro)	70.7	3.7	67.2	3.8	DSU	DSU	1000.0	175.4	DSU	DSU
	Noncore (nonmetro)	66.0	4.4	64.6	4.5	268.3	43.3	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Expected payment source	Private insurance	52.7	3.3	51.4	3.5	64.7	14.3	DSU	DSU	68.2	17.2
	Medicare	66.9	1.3	66.8	1.4	55.4	5.5	98.3	14.2	64.5	7.0
	Medicaid	74.4	9.1	64.8	12.2	112.9	24.5	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	Other insurance	79.4	12.0	76.3	12.8	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	Uninsured/self-pay/no charge	76.5	9.1	84.2	11.3	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Region of inpatient treatment	Northeast	77.3	2.5	76.2	2.7	89.7	12.7	137.7	29.2	78.3	11.6
	Midwest	64.0	2.3	64.7	2.4	56.4	8.8	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	South	60.9	2.0	60.9	2.2	53.5	7.1	197.7	45.9	49.2	9.0
	West	61.4	3.1	57.6	3.4	70.4	18.7	90.9	14.5	75.7	12.2
Ownership/control of hospital	Private, not for profit	64.7	1.3	64.0	1.4	58.3	5.5	99.4	13.0	68.1	7.5
	Private, for profit	60.4	3.6	60.4	3.8	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	59.4	13.9
	Public	76.0	3.8	78.3	4.2	80.4	13.7	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Teaching status	Teaching	64.6	1.9	63.5	2.1	67.7	7.1	95.2	17.8	55.7	9.5
Teaching status	Nonteaching	65.8	1.5	65.7	1.6	54.1	6.8	90.7	15.4	66.0	7.9
Location of hospital	Large central metropolitan	60.6	2.1	56.8	2.3	65.4	6.5	95.1	16.0	79.0	8.1
	Large fringe metropolitan	70.3	2.6	72.0	2.7	51.5	10.5	167.5	30.3	DSU	DSU
	Medium metropolitan	64.8	2.2	65.4	2.3	59.6	11.7	DSU	DSU	49.3	12.6
	Small metropolitan	63.0	3.5	63.5	3.5	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	Micropolitan (nonmetro)	89.6	5.7	87.8	5.8	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	Noncore (nonmetro)	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Bed size of hospital	Less than 100	67.1	6.5	65.8	6.7	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	100–299	73.6	2.1	72.2	2.2	56.3	11.2	104.9	16.5	82.8	11.0
	300–499	60.8	2.1	60.5	2.2	64.7	9.3	134.3	26.7	56.8	12.0
	500 or more	61.8	2.1	61.9	2.3	59.9	6.9	DSU	DSU	52.6	9.2

^a Rates are adjusted by age, gender, age-gender interactions, and All Patient Refined-Diagnosis Related Group (APR-DRG) risk of mortality score.� When reporting is by age, the adjustment is by gender and APR-DRG risk of mortality score; when reporting is by gender, the adjustment is by age and APR-DRG risk of mortality score.

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 4_4_1-2a: 2009 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports. March 2010. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. http://www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/nhqrdr/nhqrdr09/4_heartdiseases/T4_4_1-2a.html