Table 6_2_1-1
2010 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports
2007 | 2006 | 2005 | 2004 | ||||||
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Population group | Rate | SE | Rate | SE | Rate | SE | Rate | SE | |
Total | 1.6 | 0.0 | 1.6 | 0.0 | 1.8 | 0.0 | 2.0 | 0.0 | |
Gender | Male | 1.8 | 0.0 | 1.7 | 0.0 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 2.1 | 0.0 |
Female | 1.5 | 0.0 | 1.5 | 0.0 | 1.7 | 0.0 | 1.9 | 0.0 | |
Median income of patient's ZIP Code | First quartile (lowest income) | 1.5 | 0.1 | 1.6 | 0.1 | 1.7 | 0.1 | 1.8 | 0.1 |
Second quartile | 1.7 | 0.1 | 1.7 | 0.1 | 1.7 | 0.1 | 1.8 | 0.1 | |
Third quartile | 1.6 | 0.1 | 1.6 | 0.1 | 1.9 | 0.1 | 2.0 | 0.1 | |
Fourth quartile (highest income) | 1.8 | 0.1 | 1.5 | 0.1 | 2.1 | 0.1 | 2.4 | 0.1 | |
Location of patient residence | Large central metropolitan | 1.4 | 0.0 | 1.4 | 0.1 | 1.7 | 0.1 | 2.1 | 0.1 |
Large fringe metropolitan | 1.8 | 0.1 | 1.5 | 0.1 | 2.3 | 0.1 | 2.4 | 0.1 | |
Medium metropolitan | 1.7 | 0.1 | 1.7 | 0.1 | 1.8 | 0.1 | 1.6 | 0.1 | |
Small metropolitan | 1.8 | 0.1 | 1.6 | 0.1 | 1.5 | 0.1 | 1.4 | 0.1 | |
Micropolitan (nonmetropolitan) | 1.6 | 0.1 | 1.8 | 0.1 | 1.4 | 0.1 | 2.1 | 0.1 | |
Noncore (nonmetropolitan) | 1.9 | 0.1 | 2.0 | 0.1 | 2.1 | 0.1 | 1.7 | 0.1 | |
Expected payment source | Private | 1.8 | 0.0 | 1.5 | 0.0 | 1.9 | 0.0 | 2.2 | 0.0 |
Medicare | 1.6 | 0.4 | DSU | DSU | 2.8 | 0.6 | 4.3 | 1.2 | |
Medicaid | 1.5 | 0.0 | 1.7 | 0.0 | 1.8 | 0.0 | 1.7 | 0.0 | |
Other | 1.6 | 0.2 | 1.8 | 0.2 | 1.6 | 0.2 | 2.5 | 0.2 | |
Uninsured/self-pay/no charge | 1.5 | 0.1 | 1.4 | 0.1 | 2.0 | 0.1 | 1.8 | 0.1 | |
Region of inpatient treatment | Northeast | 1.8 | 0.1 | 2.1 | 0.1 | 1.9 | 0.1 | 2.4 | 0.1 |
Midwest | 1.6 | 0.1 | 1.6 | 0.1 | 1.6 | 0.1 | 1.7 | 0.1 | |
South | 1.6 | 0.0 | 1.5 | 0.0 | 2.2 | 0.0 | 2.2 | 0.0 | |
West | 1.5 | 0.1 | 1.4 | 0.1 | 1.5 | 0.1 | 1.7 | 0.1 | |
Ownership/control of hospital | Private, not for profit | 1.7 | 0.0 | 1.6 | 0.0 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 2.3 | 0.0 |
Private, for profit | 1.2 | 0.1 | 1.1 | 0.1 | 1.4 | 0.1 | 1.1 | 0.1 | |
Public | 1.5 | 0.1 | 1.7 | 0.1 | 1.7 | 0.1 | 1.4 | 0.1 | |
Teaching status of hospital | Teaching | 1.7 | 0.0 | 1.8 | 0.1 | 2.3 | 0.1 | 2.2 | 0.1 |
Nonteaching | 1.6 | 0.0 | 1.5 | 0.0 | 1.6 | 0.0 | 1.9 | 0.0 | |
Location of hospital | Large central metropolitan | 1.5 | 0.0 | 1.5 | 0.0 | 1.7 | 0.0 | 2.3 | 0.0 |
Large fringe metropolitan | 1.8 | 0.1 | 1.4 | 0.1 | 2.5 | 0.1 | 2.1 | 0.1 | |
Medium metropolitan | 1.7 | 0.1 | 1.7 | 0.1 | 1.8 | 0.1 | 1.5 | 0.1 | |
Small metropolitan | 1.8 | 0.1 | 1.7 | 0.1 | 1.3 | 0.1 | 1.5 | 0.1 | |
Micropolitan (nonmetropolitan) | 1.6 | 0.1 | 1.7 | 0.1 | 1.4 | 0.1 | 2.0 | 0.1 | |
Noncore (nonmetropolitan) | 2.4 | 0.2 | 2.6 | 0.2 | 2.5 | 0.2 | 1.4 | 0.2 | |
Bed size of hospital | Less than 100 | 1.8 | 0.1 | 1.6 | 0.1 | 1.7 | 0.1 | 1.3 | 0.1 |
100-299 | 1.6 | 0.0 | 1.5 | 0.0 | 1.8 | 0.0 | 1.8 | 0.0 | |
300-499 | 1.5 | 0.1 | 1.6 | 0.1 | 1.9 | 0.1 | 2.1 | 0.1 | |
500 or more | 1.8 | 0.1 | 1.6 | 0.1 | 1.9 | 0.1 | 2.5 | 0.1 |
aExcludes preterm and osteogenesis imperfecta births.� Rates are adjusted by gender.� When reporting is by gender, there is no adjustment.
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.