Table 4_4_1-2

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_4_1.2
Deaths per 1,000 hospital admissions with abdominal aortic aneurysm repair,^a age 18 and over, 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		58.9	1.2	59.4	1.2	41.7	5.3	64.1	8.5	62.7	6.1
Age	18-44	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	45-64	25.6	1.9	24.9	2.0	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	65 and over	69.5	1.4	69.9	1.5	50.9	6.6	79.2	11.3	70.9	7.1
	65-69	34.3	2.4	34.9	2.6	DSU	DSU	78.4	20.5	DSU	DSU
	70-74	51.6	2.5	53.4	2.7	38.3	11.1	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	75-79	74.7	3.1	71.7	3.3	100.0	15.7	DSU	DSU	94.8	17.9
	80-84	88.1	3.4	91.4	3.5	DSU	DSU	78.5	21.7	97.1	17.8
	85 and over	138.3	5.6	138.0	5.9	106.7	29.0	137.0	33.9	164.3	28.2
Gender	Male	55.1	1.3	54.9	1.4	37.2	5.7	64.7	10.7	60.1	6.3
Gender	Female	89.1	3.0	91.7	3.2	63.6	12.1	95.4	23.8	75.9	17.3
Median income of patient's ZIP Code	First quartile (lowest income)	61.3	2.3	63.7	2.6	39.3	7.1	DSU	DSU	67.5	10.1
	Second quartile	59.9	2.4	60.0	2.5	DSU	DSU	72.9	15.8	47.9	13.8
	Third quartile	59.3	2.2	59.7	2.3	61.2	12.1	DSU	DSU	59.1	12.4
	Fourth quartile (highest income)	54.7	2.4	54.3	2.5	DSU	DSU	68.8	14.7	72.0	13.3
Location of residence	Large central metropolitan	58.2	2.4	60.0	2.7	34.5	7.9	66.9	10.7	63.2	8.8
	Large fringe metropolitan	54.4	2.2	54.3	2.4	55.2	9.9	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	Medium metropolitan	60.5	2.7	61.3	2.8	DSU	DSU	245.2	53.7	49.7	12.8
	Small metropolitan	67.3	3.6	67.6	3.8	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	79.0	21.9
	Micropolitan (nonmetropolitan)	63.9	3.4	63.3	3.6	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	149.4	25.7
	Noncore (nonmetropolitan)	54.7	4.1	54.9	4.2	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Expected payment source	Private	46.2	3.2	45.8	3.4	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	69.3	19.3
	Medicare	60.8	1.3	61.5	1.4	41.6	5.8	77.8	10.6	62.5	6.8
	Medicaid	58.4	9.2	59.1	12.6	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	Other	51.3	10.2	54.8	11.1	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	Uninsured/self-pay/no charge	83.3	9.8	88.4	11.4	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Region of inpatient treatment	Northeast	64.7	2.6	65.4	2.8	90.1	15.2	DSU	DSU	51.9	10.6
	Midwest	57.5	2.2	60.3	2.3	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	210.6	36.5
	South	54.1	2.0	54.6	2.1	50.6	8.1	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	West	64.9	2.9	61.5	3.2	DSU	DSU	75.1	11.0	95.0	11.0
Ownership/control of hospital	Private, not for profit	57.0	1.3	57.7	1.4	37.8	6.0	64.3	8.9	59.0	7.5
	Private, for profit	66.7	3.4	65.8	3.7	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	75.7	11.9
	Public	64.1	3.5	65.1	3.8	59.6	15.7	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Teaching status of hospital	Teaching	54.0	1.9	53.7	2.1	43.0	7.0	47.4	13.4	77.0	9.6
Teaching status of hospital	Nonteaching	61.7	1.5	62.5	1.5	40.0	8.1	76.1	11.0	53.3	7.8
Location of hospital	Large central metropolitan	53.8	1.9	53.7	2.1	40.5	6.8	62.2	10.3	66.4	8.3
	Large fringe metropolitan	59.8	2.6	59.9	2.7	59.3	12.3	76.5	22.1	DSU	DSU
	Medium metropolitan	58.9	2.4	59.2	2.5	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	66.0	12.3
	Small metropolitan	65.4	3.2	66.3	3.3	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	75.7	21.7
	Micropolitan (nonmetropolitan)	72.1	4.9	72.3	5.0	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	Noncore (nonmetropolitan)	79.8	16.1	79.8	16.1	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Bed size of hospital	Less than 100	64.7	5.6	66.3	5.7	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	100-299	63.9	2.1	63.8	2.2	54.1	13.1	78.1	13.9	67.2	11.1
	300-499	57.4	2.0	57.9	2.2	30.5	8.2	82.1	13.8	67.4	11.8
	500 or more	54.7	2.1	55.3	2.3	47.8	8.2	DSU	DSU	59.4	9.6

^aExcludes obstetric admissions and 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.

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 4_4_1-2: 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_4_1-2.html