Table 8_1_3-1
2009 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports
2006 | 2000 | ||||
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Population group | Ratea | SE | Ratea | SE | |
Total | 59.4 | 3.6 | 76.9 | 3.6 | |
Age | 65–69 | 26.6 | 1.9 | 39.7 | 1.9 |
70–74 | 41.3 | 2.8 | 54.5 | 2.8 | |
75–79 | 65.4 | 4.4 | 77.9 | 4.2 | |
80–84 | 94.2 | 6.1 | 117.3 | 6.7 | |
85 and over | 127.2 | 9.3 | 164.3 | 10.2 | |
Gender | Male | 66.6 | 4.5 | 80.0 | 4.2 |
Female | 55.8 | 3.3 | 75.9 | 3.5 | |
Median income of patient's ZIP code | First quartile (lowest income) | 58.6 | 3.8 | 114.4 | 6.8 |
Second quartile | 59.6 | 4.9 | 76.9 | 4.3 | |
Third quartile | 56.8 | 4.9 | 62.2 | 5.4 | |
Fourth quartile (highest income) | 63.5 | 8.0 | 56.5 | 7.7 | |
Location of patient residence | Large central metropolitan | 40.2 | 5.9 | 49.3 | 6.3 |
Large fringe metropolitan | 64.4 | 10.3 | 62.4 | 6.2 | |
Medium metropolitan | 59.3 | 10.0 | 68.3 | 12.9 | |
Small metropolitan | 64.2 | 10.9 | 91.6 | 11.9 | |
Micropolitan (nonmetro) | 59.6 | 5.0 | 103.6 | 8.6 | |
Noncore (nonmetro) | 101.3 | 8.5 | 168.1 | 13.2 | |
Region of inpatient treatment | Northeast | 50.0 | 9.6 | 71.2 | 11.2 |
Midwest | 83.8 | 8.7 | 119.3 | 8.9 | |
South | 66.3 | 5.8 | 72.1 | 4.0 | |
West | 29.3 | 5.0 | 38.9 | 3.7 |
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.