Table 12_2_9-2
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 | 2.5 | 0.1 | 2.5 | 0.1 | 2.7 | 0.1 | 2.7 | 0.1 | 2.8 | 0.1 | |
Age | 18-44 | 0.8 | 0.1 | 0.7 | 0.1 | 0.8 | 0.1 | 0.8 | 0.1 | 0.8 | 0.1 |
45-64 | 3.1 | 0.2 | 3.2 | 0.2 | 3.3 | 0.2 | 3.4 | 0.2 | 3.3 | 0.2 | |
65 and over | 7.3 | 0.4 | 7.1 | 0.4 | 8.4 | 0.4 | 8.1 | 0.4 | 9.0 | 0.5 | |
65-69 | 5.8 | 0.6 | 6.4 | 0.6 | 6.8 | 0.6 | 7.6 | 0.7 | 8.4 | 0.7 | |
70-74 | 7.7 | 0.7 | 7.0 | 0.7 | 8.3 | 0.7 | 7.7 | 0.7 | 9.3 | 0.7 | |
75-79 | 9.5 | 1.0 | 8.3 | 0.8 | 9.5 | 0.9 | 8.7 | 0.8 | 9.9 | 0.8 | |
80-84 | 7.5 | 0.9 | 7.7 | 0.9 | 11.6 | 1.2 | 9.7 | 1.0 | 9.2 | 1.1 | |
85 and over | 6.6 | 1.0 | 6.9 | 1.0 | 7.1 | 1.0 | 7.1 | 1.1 | 9.1 | 1.3 | |
Gender | Male | 3.2 | 0.2 | 3.1 | 0.2 | 3.5 | 0.2 | 3.7 | 0.2 | 3.7 | 0.2 |
Female | 2.0 | 0.1 | 2.1 | 0.1 | 2.1 | 0.1 | 1.9 | 0.1 | 2.2 | 0.1 | |
Median income of patient's ZIP Code | First quartile (lowest income) | 2.7 | 0.2 | 2.7 | 0.2 | 3.0 | 0.2 | 3.0 | 0.2 | 3.6 | 0.3 |
Second quartile | 2.8 | 0.2 | 3.1 | 0.2 | 3.1 | 0.2 | 3.0 | 0.2 | 3.3 | 0.2 | |
Third quartile | 2.3 | 0.2 | 2.4 | 0.2 | 2.6 | 0.2 | 2.6 | 0.2 | 2.3 | 0.2 | |
Fourth quartile (highest income) | 2.2 | 0.2 | 1.7 | 0.2 | 2.3 | 0.2 | 2.1 | 0.2 | 2.3 | 0.2 | |
Location of patient residence | Large central metropolitan | 2.2 | 0.2 | 2.4 | 0.3 | 2.7 | 0.2 | 2.3 | 0.2 | 2.4 | 0.2 |
Large fringe metropolitan | 2.5 | 0.2 | 2.1 | 0.2 | 2.7 | 0.3 | 2.5 | 0.3 | 3.2 | 0.3 | |
Medium metropolitan | 2.6 | 0.3 | 2.6 | 0.3 | 2.4 | 0.3 | 2.7 | 0.3 | 2.6 | 0.4 | |
Small metropolitan | 2.6 | 0.4 | 2.3 | 0.3 | 2.8 | 0.4 | 2.7 | 0.4 | 2.8 | 0.4 | |
Micropolitan (nonmetropolitan) | 2.6 | 0.3 | 3.2 | 0.3 | 2.9 | 0.3 | 3.1 | 0.4 | 2.9 | 0.3 | |
Noncore (nonmetropolitan) | 3.0 | 0.4 | 3.1 | 0.4 | 3.2 | 0.4 | 3.4 | 0.4 | 3.7 | 0.4 | |
Region of inpatient treatment | Northeast | 2.6 | 0.3 | 2.2 | 0.2 | 2.6 | 0.2 | 2.5 | 0.3 | 3.1 | 0.3 |
Midwest | 2.8 | 0.3 | 2.9 | 0.2 | 3.4 | 0.3 | 3.2 | 0.3 | 3.4 | 0.3 | |
South | 2.3 | 0.2 | 2.6 | 0.2 | 2.7 | 0.2 | 2.9 | 0.2 | 2.8 | 0.2 | |
West | 2.4 | 0.2 | 2.0 | 0.3 | 2.0 | 0.2 | 1.9 | 0.2 | 2.1 | 0.2 |
a Includes admissions specifically for such wound dehiscence, such as cases from earlier admissions or from other hospitals. Excludes immunocompromised and obstetric patients.� 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.