Table 12_2_8-1
2010 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports
2007 | 2006 | 2005 | 2004 | 2000 | |||||||
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Population group | Rate | SE | Rate | SE | Rate | SE | Rate | SE | Rate | SE | |
Total | 0.26 | 0.01 | 0.31 | 0.01 | 0.33 | 0.01 | 0.39 | 0.01 | 0.44 | 0.01 | |
Age | 18-44 | 0.04 | 0.01 | 0.05 | 0.01 | 0.08 | 0.01 | 0.07 | 0.01 | 0.07 | 0.01 |
45-64 | 0.11 | 0.01 | 0.19 | 0.01 | 0.15 | 0.01 | 0.15 | 0.01 | 0.20 | 0.01 | |
65 and over | 0.57 | 0.02 | 0.63 | 0.02 | 0.75 | 0.02 | 0.84 | 0.02 | 0.93 | 0.02 | |
65-69 | 0.22 | 0.02 | 0.23 | 0.02 | 0.36 | 0.02 | 0.35 | 0.02 | 0.47 | 0.02 | |
70-74 | 0.24 | 0.02 | 0.30 | 0.02 | 0.25 | 0.03 | 0.44 | 0.03 | 0.34 | 0.03 | |
75-79 | 0.55 | 0.04 | 0.70 | 0.04 | 0.84 | 0.04 | 0.75 | 0.04 | 1.08 | 0.04 | |
80-84 | 0.75 | 0.05 | 0.64 | 0.05 | 0.72 | 0.05 | 0.87 | 0.05 | 1.11 | 0.06 | |
85 and over | 1.78 | 0.10 | 2.10 | 0.10 | 2.61 | 0.11 | 3.11 | 0.11 | 3.08 | 0.12 | |
Gender | Male | 0.28 | 0.01 | 0.30 | 0.01 | 0.29 | 0.01 | 0.35 | 0.01 | 0.39 | 0.01 |
Female | 0.27 | 0.01 | 0.38 | 0.01 | 0.45 | 0.01 | 0.45 | 0.01 | 0.53 | 0.01 | |
Median income of patient's ZIP Code | First quartile (lowest income) | 0.27 | 0.01 | 0.34 | 0.01 | 0.36 | 0.02 | 0.42 | 0.02 | 0.50 | 0.02 |
Second quartile | 0.25 | 0.02 | 0.32 | 0.02 | 0.35 | 0.02 | 0.40 | 0.02 | 0.51 | 0.02 | |
Third quartile | 0.27 | 0.02 | 0.25 | 0.02 | 0.32 | 0.02 | 0.34 | 0.02 | 0.30 | 0.02 | |
Fourth quartile (highest income) | 0.25 | 0.02 | 0.31 | 0.02 | 0.30 | 0.02 | 0.39 | 0.02 | 0.41 | 0.02 | |
Location of patient residence | Large central metropolitan | 0.26 | 0.01 | 0.40 | 0.01 | 0.26 | 0.01 | 0.36 | 0.02 | 0.39 | 0.02 |
Large fringe metropolitan | 0.25 | 0.02 | 0.24 | 0.02 | 0.36 | 0.02 | 0.37 | 0.02 | 0.43 | 0.02 | |
Medium metropolitan | 0.26 | 0.02 | 0.27 | 0.02 | 0.36 | 0.02 | 0.39 | 0.02 | 0.42 | 0.02 | |
Small metropolitan | 0.20 | 0.02 | 0.28 | 0.02 | 0.32 | 0.03 | 0.27 | 0.03 | 0.40 | 0.03 | |
Micropolitan (nonmetropolitan) | 0.32 | 0.02 | 0.33 | 0.02 | 0.44 | 0.03 | 0.52 | 0.03 | 0.63 | 0.03 | |
Noncore (nonmetropolitan) | 0.27 | 0.03 | 0.25 | 0.03 | 0.34 | 0.03 | 0.52 | 0.03 | 0.54 | 0.03 | |
Expected payment source | Private | 0.31 | 0.02 | 0.36 | 0.02 | 0.18 | 0.02 | 0.25 | 0.02 | 0.35 | 0.02 |
Medicare | 0.26 | 0.01 | 0.28 | 0.01 | 0.35 | 0.01 | 0.38 | 0.01 | 0.45 | 0.01 | |
Medicaid | 0.17 | 0.04 | 0.64 | 0.04 | 0.47 | 0.05 | 0.93 | 0.05 | 0.61 | 0.05 | |
Other | DSU | DSU | 0.30 | 0.07 | 0.32 | 0.08 | 0.74 | 0.07 | DSU | DSU | |
Uninsured/self-pay/no charge | DSU | DSU | 0.56 | 0.06 | 0.45 | 0.07 | 0.45 | 0.07 | 0.65 | 0.08 | |
Region of inpatient treatment | Northeast | 0.26 | 0.02 | 0.35 | 0.02 | 0.32 | 0.02 | 0.40 | 0.02 | 0.39 | 0.02 |
Midwest | 0.21 | 0.02 | 0.24 | 0.02 | 0.33 | 0.02 | 0.33 | 0.02 | 0.51 | 0.02 | |
South | 0.28 | 0.01 | 0.31 | 0.01 | 0.38 | 0.01 | 0.45 | 0.01 | 0.46 | 0.01 | |
West | 0.27 | 0.02 | 0.35 | 0.02 | 0.27 | 0.02 | 0.32 | 0.02 | 0.36 | 0.02 | |
Ownership/control of hospital | Private, not for profit | 0.27 | 0.01 | 0.30 | 0.01 | 0.33 | 0.01 | 0.39 | 0.01 | 0.42 | 0.01 |
Private, for profit | 0.24 | 0.02 | 0.32 | 0.02 | 0.32 | 0.02 | 0.31 | 0.02 | 0.46 | 0.03 | |
Public | 0.23 | 0.02 | 0.34 | 0.03 | 0.40 | 0.03 | 0.46 | 0.03 | 0.59 | 0.03 | |
Teaching status of hospital | Teaching | 0.22 | 0.01 | 0.32 | 0.01 | 0.35 | 0.01 | 0.41 | 0.01 | 0.36 | 0.02 |
Nonteaching | 0.28 | 0.01 | 0.30 | 0.01 | 0.32 | 0.01 | 0.37 | 0.01 | 0.49 | 0.01 | |
Location of hospital | Large central metropolitan | 0.24 | 0.01 | 0.36 | 0.01 | 0.30 | 0.01 | 0.39 | 0.01 | 0.39 | 0.01 |
Large fringe metropolitan | 0.29 | 0.02 | 0.26 | 0.02 | 0.39 | 0.02 | 0.34 | 0.02 | 0.44 | 0.02 | |
Medium metropolitan | 0.28 | 0.02 | 0.27 | 0.02 | 0.34 | 0.02 | 0.44 | 0.02 | 0.43 | 0.02 | |
Small metropolitan | 0.23 | 0.02 | 0.28 | 0.02 | 0.30 | 0.03 | 0.30 | 0.02 | 0.55 | 0.03 | |
Micropolitan (nonmetropolitan) | 0.27 | 0.03 | 0.30 | 0.03 | 0.41 | 0.03 | 0.43 | 0.03 | 0.58 | 0.03 | |
Noncore (nonmetropolitan) | 0.22 | 0.06 | 0.31 | 0.07 | 0.46 | 0.07 | 0.62 | 0.07 | 0.63 | 0.06 | |
Bed size of hospital | Less than 100 | 0.32 | 0.03 | 0.25 | 0.03 | 0.40 | 0.03 | 0.37 | 0.03 | 0.57 | 0.03 |
100-299 | 0.25 | 0.01 | 0.33 | 0.01 | 0.28 | 0.01 | 0.35 | 0.01 | 0.48 | 0.01 | |
300-499 | 0.25 | 0.01 | 0.27 | 0.01 | 0.36 | 0.01 | 0.41 | 0.01 | 0.44 | 0.02 | |
500 or more | 0.27 | 0.02 | 0.34 | 0.02 | 0.37 | 0.02 | 0.42 | 0.02 | 0.34 | 0.02 |
a Excludes patients with musculoskeletal disease; those admitted for seizures, syncope, stroke, coma, cardiac arrest, poisoning, trauma, delirium, psychoses, or anoxic brain injury; and patients with metastatic cancer, lymphoid malignancy, bone malignancy, and self-inflicted injury.� Also excludes obstetric admissions. Rates are adjusted by age, gender, age-gender interactions, comorbidities, and diagnosis-related group (DRG) clusters. When reporting is by age, the adjustment is by gender, comorbidities, and DRG clusters; when reporting is by gender, the adjustment is by age, comorbidities, and DRG clusters.
DSU - Data do not meet the criteria for statistical reliability, data quality, or confidentiality.
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.