Table 2_3_3-1

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_3.1
Admissions for diabetes with long-term 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		123.8	3.1	126.9	3.6	122.4	3.3	124.9	3.1	117.8	2.8
Age	18-44	42.1	1.4	39.7	1.4	38.5	1.4	38.5	1.2	34.4	1.2
	45-64	156.9	4.4	164.1	5.2	159.7	4.7	161.9	4.2	153.5	4.5
	65 and over	333.4	8.5	346.5	9.9	331.9	9.2	342.8	9.5	325.8	7.7
	65-69	275.6	8.2	277.1	8.8	274.4	8.3	300.7	9.2	274.0	7.6
	70-74	318.4	8.8	335.5	11.0	320.0	10.1	324.9	10.7	319.8	8.5
	75-79	366.3	10.4	389.5	12.1	364.2	10.9	386.2	11.4	361.4	9.9
	80-84	406.1	12.1	420.6	13.6	410.5	13.0	402.5	12.3	393.0	11.4
	85 and over	360.8	13.1	375.7	13.4	343.6	12.6	332.1	11.8	336.5	11.2
Gender	Male	142.1	3.6	145.1	4.0	139.3	3.8	142.1	3.4	133.7	3.2
Gender	Female	108.8	2.9	112.1	3.5	108.6	3.0	110.8	3.1	104.7	2.8
Median income of patient's ZIP Code	First quartile (lowest income)	183.0	8.6	193.4	10.2	179.3	8.0	184.8	9.4	193.9	9.3
	Second quartile	128.8	5.5	133.2	5.6	126.8	5.4	129.3	5.1	129.5	5.1
	Third quartile	103.7	4.3	102.6	4.2	104.9	4.6	101.5	4.1	99.0	4.2
	Fourth quartile (highest income)	81.6	5.3	86.4	5.7	86.0	5.3	84.6	5.4	72.6	4.5
Location of patient residence	Large central metropolitan	150.3	11.9	162.5	13.6	146.3	10.8	150.9	12.1	140.7	10.6
	Large fringe metropolitan	112.2	9.0	109.3	8.4	112.0	8.7	111.8	8.7	112.5	8.2
	Medium metropolitan	111.7	10.9	118.9	12.0	121.7	12.0	106.8	10.3	95.4	10.7
	Small metropolitan	114.2	13.4	98.4	12.1	94.2	12.4	116.3	14.1	103.9	11.4
	Micropolitan (nonmetropolitan)	123.1	7.4	125.5	7.6	117.0	7.0	130.7	7.5	114.9	7.5
	Noncore (nonmetropolitan)	113.3	6.5	118.1	6.6	118.3	6.5	127.2	7.9	128.7	7.0
Region of inpatient treatment	Northeast	130.5	7.5	156.7	12.3	131.5	7.5	137.2	9.9	132.7	8.4
	Midwest	125.3	5.9	111.6	4.8	110.5	4.9	122.1	5.9	107.6	5.2
	South	134.7	5.6	136.4	6.1	140.9	6.7	137.4	4.7	130.2	4.5
	West	98.2	5.9	100.3	5.3	95.7	5.8	95.4	5.3	93.3	5.2

^aExcludes obstetric admissions and transfers from other institutions.� Complications include renal, eye, neurologic, circulatory, or other unspecified conditions.

^bRates 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_3-1: 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_3-1.html