Table 2_3_1-1

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 2_3_1.1
Admissions for uncontrolled diabetes without complications ^a per 100,000 population,^b age 18 and over, United States, 2000, 2004-2007
		2007		2006		2005		2004		2000
Population group		Rate	SE	Rate	SE	Rate	SE	Rate	SE	Rate	SE
Total		21.1	0.8	21.6	1.1	20.4	0.8	22.0	0.9	28.1	1.0
Age	18-44	11.8	0.5	11.7	0.7	11.1	0.5	11.5	0.5	15.1	0.7
	45-64	27.6	1.2	28.6	1.5	27.0	1.3	28.5	1.2	34.7	1.5
	65 and over	38.7	1.7	40.3	2.0	38.1	1.5	43.9	1.9	56.9	2.0
	65-69	33.4	1.7	35.1	2.1	33.5	1.8	39.5	2.2	45.9	2.3
	70-74	39.2	2.4	40.6	2.4	35.2	2.0	42.1	2.4	54.2	2.5
	75-79	42.7	2.4	41.5	2.6	41.4	2.3	45.4	2.5	65.0	2.9
	80-84	43.7	2.6	47.4	3.1	45.7	2.6	52.2	2.9	68.7	3.4
	85 and over	37.8	2.6	42.8	2.9	39.7	2.6	46.1	3.0	66.0	3.6
Gender	Male	22.0	0.9	22.9	1.2	21.5	0.9	22.0	0.9	28.4	1.1
Gender	Female	20.2	0.8	20.3	1.0	19.3	0.8	21.9	0.9	27.7	1.1
Median income of patient's ZIP code	First quartile (lowest income)	37.8	2.2	41.4	2.8	38.4	2.3	41.3	2.5	57.2	3.1
	Second quartile	22.5	1.2	22.3	1.5	20.1	1.1	22.6	1.3	32.0	1.7
	Third quartile	15.0	1.0	14.5	1.0	14.5	0.9	14.7	0.9	19.9	1.3
	Fourth quartile (highest income)	9.4	0.7	9.9	0.9	10.8	0.8	9.7	0.8	12.0	0.9
Location of patient� residence	Large central metropolitan	27.4	2.7	30.1	3.4	25.8	2.6	26.5	2.7	33.5	3.2
	Large fringe metropolitan	17.6	1.7	16.6	1.8	16.1	1.4	17.6	1.8	23.0	1.9
	Medium metropolitan	15.0	1.7	14.3	1.5	16.0	1.7	15.1	1.8	17.3	2.2
	Small metropolitan	17.5	2.3	14.8	2.4	13.7	2.5	19.0	2.5	23.4	3.2
	Micropolitan (nonmetropolitan)	22.9	1.9	24.7	2.2	23.2	1.8	27.9	2.1	35.6	3.1
	Noncore (nonmetropolitan)	28.3	2.3	29.9	2.4	31.7	2.6	34.4	2.6	46.8	3.3
Region of inpatient treatment	Northeast	23.8	2.6	29.3	4.0	22.0	2.4	23.6	2.5	29.6	3.4
	Midwest	21.2	1.5	19.4	1.5	20.7	1.6	23.4	2.0	27.7	2.3
	South	25.6	1.5	25.5	1.8	25.9	1.6	27.6	1.4	35.1	1.5
	West	11.6	1.0	10.7	0.9	9.9	0.8	10.1	0.9	15.3	1.1

^a Excludes obstetric admissions and transfers from other institutions.� Complications may include ketoacidosis, hyperosmolarity, coma, or long-term (renal, eye, neurologic, circulatory, other unspecified) conditions.

^b 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 2_3_1-1: 2010 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports. February 2011. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. http://www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/nhqrdr/nhqrdr10/2_diabetes/T2_3_1-1.html