Table 17_2_4-1

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_2_4.1
Bacterial pneumonia admissions per 100,000 population,^a age 18 and over, United States, 2000, 2004-2007
		2007		2006		2005		2004		2000
Population group		Rate^a	SE	Rate^a	SE	Rate^a	SE	Rate^a	SE	Rate^a	SE
Total		374.8	7.3	397.9	9.2	443.7	9.9	408.9	7.6	434.7	7.9
Age	18-44	82.1	2.1	80.2	2.6	87.5	2.6	80.9	1.9	94.5	2.3
	45-64	299.8	6.8	309.2	8.3	331.0	8.6	307.9	6.5	313.5	6.2
	65 and over	1,511.6	30.7	1,639.4	38.0	1,856.6	41.8	1,705.6	33.8	1,744.1	35.4
	65-69	732.1	15.7	778.0	18.7	854.0	20.8	806.9	16.6	768.9	15.6
	70-74	1,044.3	21.8	1,119.0	26.9	1,238.9	29.5	1,155.0	24.2	1,173.1	24.8
	75-79	1,509.9	32.3	1,662.2	39.3	1,834.6	43.0	1,704.1	35.7	1,753.6	36.8
	80-84	2,191.9	47.9	2,414.4	60.6	2,790.4	65.2	2,502.4	52.8	2,730.5	60.1
	85 and over	3,337.1	77.4	3,644.6	89.2	4,269.2	98.8	3,890.0	84.0	4,593.0	104.8
Gender	Male	412.5	8.2	441.4	10.0	490.6	10.8	457.2	8.5	500.8	9.2
Gender	Female	354.5	7.0	373.7	8.9	417.9	9.6	381.8	7.3	397.8	7.4
Median income of patient's ZIP Code	First quartile (lowest income)	487.0	17.7	504.7	17.2	560.8	20.0	505.0	18.2	657.4	24.2
	Second quartile	392.6	14.2	426.3	16.7	467.4	17.9	439.3	15.9	454.7	16.1
	Third quartile	337.1	12.9	356.7	14.7	398.2	15.5	359.2	14.1	366.5	15.5
	Fourth quartile (highest income)	281.9	17.0	314.3	18.6	361.2	21.2	330.4	19.4	312.5	19.5
Location of patient residence	Large central metropolitan	328.3	23.2	374.7	27.9	401.9	29.1	368.7	26.1	412.2	28.0
	Large fringe metropolitan	343.4	24.8	347.4	24.8	412.5	30.6	385.4	28.2	444.9	30.9
	Medium metropolitan	339.5	29.9	355.4	30.7	409.6	34.9	350.2	30.3	340.7	33.3
	Small metropolitan	399.1	43.3	378.1	41.2	400.4	46.3	414.3	44.4	409.2	44.4
	Micropolitan (nonmetropolitan)	470.2	24.7	520.0	25.5	552.0	26.6	526.6	26.9	490.3	29.2
	Noncore (nonmetropolitan)	557.3	23.9	588.8	26.6	669.0	31.0	593.8	28.0	667.7	31.5
Region of inpatient treatment	Northeast	361.8	18.3	371.4	19.7	404.5	20.4	385.8	17.4	446.2	21.2
	Midwest	421.3	16.4	450.5	19.3	477.4	16.4	445.8	16.1	438.1	16.7
	South	403.4	12.5	433.2	18.2	498.4	21.0	453.1	13.0	476.0	12.1
	West	291.5	10.5	307.7	12.5	351.6	14.8	316.1	14.8	348.3	15.3

^aExcludes sickle cell or hemoglobin-S conditions, transfers from other institutions, and obstetric admissions.� 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.

Current as of February 2011

Internet Citation: Table 17_2_4-1: 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_2_4-1.html