Table 4_2_2-1

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 4_2_2.1
Deaths per 1,000 hospital admissions with acute myocardial infarction as principal diagnosis,^a 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		67.3	0.3	73.0	0.3	77.5	0.3	83.0	0.3	105.8	0.3
Age	18-44	16.6	0.7	16.8	0.7	16.8	0.7	20.9	0.7	21.1	0.7
	45-64	31.8	0.4	33.7	0.4	35.1	0.4	35.3	0.4	45.5	0.4
	65 and over	92.3	0.5	100.0	0.5	107.9	0.5	115.5	0.5	144.9	0.5
	65-69	52.9	0.9	58.3	0.9	58.1	0.9	68.5	0.9	88.6	0.9
	70-74	66.2	1.0	72.7	1.0	81.1	1.0	83.6	1.0	113.2	0.9
	75-79	85.3	1.1	91.2	1.1	102.2	1.1	106.6	1.0	140.6	1.0
	80-84	105.0	1.3	115.7	1.2	124.5	1.2	132.7	1.2	161.2	1.2
	85 and over	133.5	1.2	145.0	1.2	150.7	1.2	165.9	1.2	207.5	1.3
Gender	Male	57.9	0.4	60.2	0.4	67.1	0.4	70.5	0.4	92.1	0.4
Gender	Female	77.4	0.6	86.6	0.6	92.9	0.6	101.1	0.6	127.0	0.6
Median income of patient's ZIP Code	First quartile (lowest income)	69.7	0.6	75.1	0.7	79.6	0.6	88.2	0.6	110.9	0.6
	Second quartile	68.5	0.7	75.2	0.7	80.2	0.7	84.2	0.6	106.3	0.6
	Third quartile	67.3	0.7	71.7	0.7	75.6	0.7	79.5	0.7	105.2	0.7
	Fourth quartile (highest income)	62.9	0.7	69.5	0.7	73.7	0.7	78.4	0.7	99.0	0.7
Location of patient residence	Large central metropolitan	64.0	0.6	69.6	0.6	72.6	0.6	77.7	0.6	101.4	0.6
	Large fringe metropolitan	63.3	0.7	69.1	0.7	69.6	0.7	77.8	0.7	101.3	0.6
	Medium metropolitan	63.9	0.8	69.1	0.8	77.1	0.7	81.4	0.8	102.6	0.8
	Small metropolitan	74.2	1.1	78.0	1.2	80.9	1.2	86.0	1.0	117.1	1.1
	Micropolitan (nonmetropolitan)	77.1	1.0	82.9	1.0	90.6	1.0	95.3	1.0	113.9	1.0
	Noncore (nonmetropolitan)	77.5	1.2	85.9	1.2	96.8	1.2	98.5	1.2	118.0	1.1
Expected payment source	Private	66.9	0.9	73.7	1.0	75.3	1.0	77.7	0.9	98.1	0.9
	Medicare	66.1	0.4	71.8	0.4	76.9	0.4	82.9	0.4	106.5	0.4
	Medicaid	75.3	1.9	76.7	1.8	79.9	1.8	89.9	1.8	103.2	1.8
	Other	74.2	2.7	88.3	2.7	89.4	3.0	88.7	2.8	113.8	3.3
	Uninsured/self-pay/no charge	92.9	2.2	95.1	2.2	101.8	2.3	101.9	2.2	133.2	2.4
Region of inpatient treatment	Northeast	69.5	0.7	77.4	0.7	76.2	0.7	82.8	0.7	103.5	0.7
	Midwest	63.2	0.7	69.9	0.7	77.1	0.7	79.5	0.7	111.9	0.7
	South	67.3	0.5	71.3	0.5	77.1	0.5	85.0	0.5	104.1	0.5
	West	71.1	0.8	75.8	0.8	80.9	0.8	83.4	0.8	104.5	0.8
Ownership/control of hospital	Private, not for profit	66.4	0.4	71.5	0.4	75.5	0.4	81.1	0.4	104.4	0.4
	Private, for profit	68.8	0.9	74.6	0.9	79.9	0.9	86.0	0.9	105.8	0.9
	Public	72.1	1.0	82.7	1.1	88.7	1.0	93.1	1.0	117.6	1.1
Teaching status of hospital	Teaching	64.1	0.6	68.3	0.6	70.6	0.6	76.7	0.6	99.9	0.6
Teaching status of hospital	Nonteaching	69.0	0.4	75.7	0.4	81.0	0.4	85.9	0.4	108.2	0.4
Location of hospital	Large central metropolitan	65.3	0.6	69.1	0.6	71.5	0.6	77.5	0.6	102.1	0.6
	Large fringe metropolitan	60.9	0.7	71.0	0.8	70.1	0.7	76.5	0.7	102.0	0.7
	Medium metropolitan	64.6	0.7	70.5	0.7	78.4	0.7	82.2	0.7	103.6	0.7
	Small metropolitan	73.6	0.9	77.9	1.1	84.1	1.1	88.8	0.9	113.1	1.0
	Micropolitan (nonmetropolitan)	78.6	1.1	87.8	1.2	98.2	1.1	104.6	1.2	117.1	1.2
	Noncore (nonmetropolitan)	102.5	2.3	109.5	2.3	122.3	2.3	112.2	2.0	131.2	1.9
Bed size of hospital	Less than 100	87.3	1.2	87.9	1.1	101.1	1.2	102.0	1.1	119.6	1.0
	100-299	66.8	0.5	75.4	0.6	77.5	0.5	86.6	0.5	105.0	0.5
	300-499	67.3	0.6	70.1	0.6	76.7	0.6	74.8	0.6	105.4	0.6
	500 or more	60.4	0.8	67.8	0.7	70.3	0.7	80.3	0.7	100.4	0.8

^a Excludes transfers to another hospital. Rates are adjusted by age, gender, age-gender interactions, and All Patient Refined-Diagnosis Related Group (APR-DRG) risk of mortality score.� When reporting is by age, the adjustment is by gender and APR-DRG risk of mortality score; when reporting is by gender, the adjustment is by age and APR-DRG risk of mortality score.

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 4_2_2-1: 2010 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports. February 2011. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. http://www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/nhqrdr/nhqrdr10/4_heartdiseases/T4_2_2-1.html