Table 4_4_2-1
2010 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports
2007 | 2006 | 2005 | 2004 | 2000 | |||||||
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Population group | Rate | SE | Rate | SE | Rate | SE | Rate | SE | Rate | SE | |
Total | 22.3 | 0.3 | 24.4 | 0.3 | 26.7 | 0.3 | 30.0 | 0.3 | 41.9 | 0.3 | |
Age | 40-44 | DSU | DSU | 9.0 | 1.4 | 9.5 | 1.5 | 20.9 | 1.5 | 11.1 | 1.4 |
45-64 | 12.1 | 0.3 | 12.9 | 0.3 | 12.7 | 0.3 | 13.3 | 0.3 | 21.1 | 0.3 | |
65 and over | 30.3 | 0.5 | 33.0 | 0.4 | 37.1 | 0.5 | 42.1 | 0.5 | 56.6 | 0.4 | |
65-69 | 17.8 | 0.7 | 19.3 | 0.6 | 20.5 | 0.7 | 25.7 | 0.7 | 36.3 | 0.7 | |
70-74 | 22.9 | 0.8 | 25.8 | 0.8 | 30.9 | 0.8 | 33.3 | 0.8 | 48.6 | 0.8 | |
75-79 | 36.6 | 1.0 | 38.3 | 0.9 | 44.9 | 1.0 | 48.5 | 1.0 | 65.0 | 1.0 | |
80-84 | 46.5 | 1.5 | 52.5 | 1.4 | 57.4 | 1.5 | 64.1 | 1.5 | 93.1 | 1.6 | |
85 and over | 64.6 | 3.1 | 73.9 | 2.9 | 72.9 | 3.1 | 99.6 | 3.3 | 106.7 | 3.3 | |
Gender | Male | 18.4 | 0.3 | 20.2 | 0.3 | 21.5 | 0.3 | 24.3 | 0.3 | 33.7 | 0.3 |
Female | 32.7 | 0.7 | 34.5 | 0.6 | 40.0 | 0.7 | 44.1 | 0.7 | 59.3 | 0.6 | |
Median income of patient's ZIP Code | First quartile (lowest income) | 24.7 | 0.6 | 25.8 | 0.6 | 28.6 | 0.6 | 32.9 | 0.6 | 42.3 | 0.6 |
Second quartile | 23.1 | 0.6 | 25.8 | 0.6 | 25.2 | 0.6 | 29.8 | 0.6 | 43.9 | 0.5 | |
Third quartile | 21.4 | 0.6 | 24.3 | 0.6 | 27.7 | 0.6 | 29.4 | 0.6 | 42.2 | 0.6 | |
Fourth quartile (highest income) | 20.0 | 0.6 | 21.4 | 0.6 | 24.7 | 0.6 | 27.6 | 0.6 | 38.3 | 0.6 | |
Location of patient residence | Large central metropolitan | 21.3 | 0.6 | 24.5 | 0.6 | 26.6 | 0.6 | 31.6 | 0.6 | 43.0 | 0.6 |
Large fringe metropolitan | 19.5 | 0.6 | 22.7 | 0.6 | 23.5 | 0.6 | 26.4 | 0.6 | 38.1 | 0.6 | |
Medium metropolitan | 21.1 | 0.6 | 22.3 | 0.7 | 28.0 | 0.6 | 28.8 | 0.7 | 39.1 | 0.7 | |
Small metropolitan | 29.7 | 1.0 | 27.2 | 0.9 | 27.6 | 1.0 | 30.3 | 0.9 | 54.3 | 1.0 | |
Micropolitan (nonmetropolitan) | 25.3 | 0.9 | 27.7 | 0.8 | 29.6 | 1.0 | 32.2 | 0.9 | 42.5 | 0.9 | |
Noncore (nonmetropolitan) | 26.4 | 1.2 | 25.7 | 1.0 | 27.6 | 1.0 | 34.8 | 1.1 | 40.9 | 1.0 | |
Expected payment source | Private | 20.9 | 0.7 | 23.6 | 0.7 | 24.2 | 0.7 | 23.0 | 0.7 | 37.0 | 0.6 |
Medicare | 22.0 | 0.3 | 24.5 | 0.3 | 26.9 | 0.3 | 31.4 | 0.4 | 43.0 | 0.3 | |
Medicaid | 29.0 | 1.6 | 27.8 | 1.6 | 30.3 | 1.6 | 37.4 | 1.7 | 47.8 | 1.7 | |
Other | 15.5 | 2.2 | 23.4 | 2.3 | 26.8 | 2.5 | 20.5 | 2.6 | 43.3 | 2.6 | |
Uninsured/self-pay/no charge | 38.5 | 2.0 | 23.3 | 2.1 | 31.1 | 2.3 | 40.4 | 2.1 | 42.7 | 2.3 | |
Region where inpatient treatment was obtained | Northeast | 21.3 | 0.7 | 24.9 | 0.7 | 24.2 | 0.7 | 25.9 | 0.7 | 39.8 | 0.6 |
Midwest | 22.0 | 0.6 | 23.8 | 0.6 | 25.6 | 0.6 | 27.6 | 0.6 | 41.7 | 0.6 | |
South | 23.7 | 0.5 | 24.5 | 0.4 | 28.6 | 0.5 | 34.4 | 0.5 | 43.3 | 0.5 | |
West | 21.1 | 0.7 | 24.5 | 0.7 | 26.3 | 0.7 | 28.6 | 0.7 | 41.0 | 0.8 | |
Ownership/control of hospital | Private, not for profit | 21.9 | 0.3 | 23.7 | 0.3 | 25.8 | 0.3 | 29.1 | 0.3 | 41.0 | 0.3 |
Private, for-profit | 22.9 | 0.9 | 26.1 | 0.7 | 29.2 | 0.8 | 31.5 | 0.9 | 45.7 | 1.1 | |
Public | 25.3 | 1.0 | 27.8 | 1.1 | 30.9 | 1.1 | 35.3 | 1.0 | 48.0 | 1.1 | |
Teaching status of hospital | Teaching | 22.9 | 0.5 | 23.8 | 0.4 | 25.5 | 0.5 | 29.6 | 0.5 | 41.6 | 0.4 |
Nonteaching | 21.9 | 0.4 | 24.8 | 0.4 | 27.6 | 0.4 | 30.2 | 0.4 | 42.0 | 0.4 | |
Location of hospital | Large central metropolitan | 21.4 | 0.5 | 24.0 | 0.4 | 26.7 | 0.4 | 30.5 | 0.5 | 43.1 | 0.4 |
Large fringe metropolitan | 18.9 | 0.7 | 21.2 | 0.7 | 20.7 | 0.8 | 26.2 | 0.7 | 36.3 | 0.7 | |
Medium metropolitan | 21.8 | 0.6 | 24.3 | 0.5 | 28.8 | 0.6 | 29.8 | 0.6 | 40.8 | 0.6 | |
Small metropolitan | 31.4 | 0.9 | 30.5 | 0.9 | 26.4 | 1.0 | 33.6 | 0.9 | 50.4 | 0.9 | |
Micropolitan (nonmetropolitan) | 26.8 | 1.9 | 31.3 | 2.1 | 38.3 | 2.2 | 30.9 | 1.8 | 27.8 | 3.0 | |
Noncore (nonmetropolitan) | DSU | DSU | 37.7 | 10.7 | DSU | DSU | 51.1 | 7.0 | 494.2 | 59.8 | |
Bed size of hospital | Less than 100 | 21.9 | 1.9 | 22.0 | 1.2 | 30.4 | 3.8 | 34.2 | 2.0 | 36.9 | 4.6 |
100-299 | 22.3 | 0.6 | 24.0 | 0.6 | 28.0 | 0.6 | 33.6 | 0.6 | 41.4 | 0.6 | |
300-499 | 23.4 | 0.5 | 25.1 | 0.5 | 24.9 | 0.5 | 26.8 | 0.5 | 42.9 | 0.5 | |
500 or more | 21.0 | 0.6 | 24.3 | 0.5 | 27.3 | 0.5 | 30.5 | 0.5 | 40.9 | 0.5 |
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: 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.