Table 17_1_8-2

2010 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 17_1_8.2
Hospitalizations per 100 population,^a by race, United States, 2007
		Total		White		Black		Asian		NHOPI		AI/AN		Other
Population group		Rate	SE	Rate	SE	Rate	SE	Rate	SE	Rate	SE	Rate	SE	Rate	SE
Total		11.3	0.3	8.2	0.3	12.4	0.4	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Age^b	0-17	3.8	0.6	2.8	0.6	3.9	0.5	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	18-44	8.9	0.3	6.2	0.4	9.6	0.5	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	45-64	11.4	0.5	8.0	0.5	15.7	0.8	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	65 and over	34.0	1.5	25.5	1.7	32.6	2.1	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Gender	Male	9.7	0.3	7.0	0.3	11.3	0.4	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Gender	Female	13.0	0.3	9.4	0.4	13.5	0.5	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU

^a Estimates are age adjusted to the 2000 standard population, except where indicated. Rates were computed using estimates of the civilian population of the United States, including institutionalized persons, as of July 1, 2007. Data are postcensal estimates based on the 2000 census.

^b Age data are unadjusted.

DSU - Data do not meet the criteria for statistical reliability, data quality, or confidentiality.��

Key: AI/AN: American Indian or Alaska Native; NHOPI: Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander; SE: standard error.

Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Health Statistics, National Hospital Discharge Survey.

Current as of February 2011

Internet Citation: Table 17_1_8-2: 2010 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports. February 2011. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. http://www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/nhqrdr/nhqrdr10/17_utilization/T17_1_8-2.html