Table 2_3_2-4

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_2.4
Admissions for diabetes with short-term complications,^a per 100,000 population,^b ages 6-17, by race/ethnicity, United States, 2007
				Non-Hispanic						Hispanic, all races
		Total		White		Black		API		Hispanic, all races
Population group		Rate	SE	Rate	SE	Rate	SE	Rate	SE	Rate	SE
Total		33.9	2.9	32.5	2.7	52.6	7.1	12.9	2.9	23.9	2.9
Age	6-9	17.1	1.9	18.9	2.1	21.4	3.7	DSU	DSU	8.6	1.5
	10-14	37.5	3.7	36.1	3.5	56.8	9.0	15.7	3.4	25.5	3.7
	15-17	50.4	3.3	45.1	3.0	88.1	10.6	16.3	4.6	42.0	4.5
Gender	Male	29.8	2.7	29.8	2.6	43.6	6.1	11.3	2.3	20.0	2.7
Gender	Female	38.1	3.2	35.4	3.0	62.1	8.6	14.5	4.3	27.9	3.4
Median income of patient's ZIP Code	First quartile (lowest income)	43.7	4.0	46.1	4.0	59.3	9.0	DSU	DSU	24.2	3.5
	Second quartile	34.4	2.8	34.6	3.0	47.5	7.0	11.8	3.2	24.4	3.0
	Third quartile	33.0	3.3	32.5	3.4	45.5	8.9	DSU	DSU	24.0	4.3
	Fourth quartile (highest income)	24.4	3.1	23.3	3.1	46.1	9.0	8.6	2.1	22.1	3.7
Location of patient residence	Large central metropolitan	35.1	5.3	29.0	5.3	58.5	12.0	14.1	3.2	28.1	4.6
	Large fringe metropolitan	30.3	4.9	28.7	4.7	51.0	12.8	DSU	DSU	20.7	4.9
	Medium metropolitan	30.3	4.5	31.1	4.9	41.8	11.1	DSU	DSU	18.6	3.5
	Small metropolitan	34.8	4.6	33.7	4.5	55.1	10.7	DSU	DSU	20.2	4.8
	Micropolitan (nonmetropolitan)	40.7	3.3	41.4	3.5	49.3	9.4	DSU	DSU	18.1	4.9
	Noncore (nonmetropolitan)	41.4	3.8	42.9	4.1	49.3	13.3	DSU	DSU	24.0	6.6
Region of inpatient treatment	Northeast	27.3	4.4	22.8	5.3	38.2	6.7	DSU	DSU	37.5	7.2
	Midwest	43.6	7.5	40.2	6.3	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	South	35.7	5.3	35.3	4.7	48.0	9.3	DSU	DSU	21.3	5.3
	West	27.1	4.3	26.8	4.5	50.4	14.2	DSU	DSU	23.3	4.6

^aExcludes transfers from other institutions. Complications include ketoacidosis, hyperosmolarity, or coma.

^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.

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

Key: API: Asian or Pacific Islander; SE: standard error.

Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), Center for Delivery, Organization, and Markets, Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project, State Inpatient Databases, disparities analysis file, 2007, and AHRQ Quality Indicators, version 3.1. The analysis file is designed to provide national estimates on disparities using weighted records from a sample of hospitals from the following 26 States: Arkansas, Arizona, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Kansas, Massachusetts, Maryland, Michigan, Missouri, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Oklahoma, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Virginia, Vermont, Wisconsin, and Wyoming.

Current as of February 2011

Internet Citation: Table 2_3_2-4: 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_2-4.html