Table 8_1_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 8_1_3.1
Immunization-preventable influenza admissions per 100,000 population,^a age 65 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		21.9	1.4	59.4	3.6	101.5	5.1	44.8	3.1	76.9	3.6
Age	65-69	13.4	1.1	26.6	1.9	43.1	2.7	21.5	2.0	39.7	1.9
	70-74	14.6	1.2	41.3	2.8	70.0	3.8	31.8	2.4	54.5	2.8
	75-79	24.0	1.8	65.4	4.4	102.4	5.8	46.6	3.9	77.9	4.2
	80-84	31.7	2.7	94.2	6.1	164.3	8.9	65.3	5.3	117.3	6.7
	85 and over	42.5	3.5	127.2	9.3	232.5	12.9	99.7	7.4	164.3	10.2
Gender	Male	22.7	1.7	66.6	4.5	109.0	5.7	46.5	3.6	80.0	4.2
Gender	Female	21.6	1.4	55.8	3.3	98.0	4.9	44.1	3.0	75.9	3.5
Median income of patient's ZIP Code	First quartile (lowest income)	22.1	2.1	58.6	3.8	107.1	7.7	39.6	3.5	114.4	6.8
	Second quartile	20.4	1.7	59.6	4.9	100.5	6.1	49.8	5.2	76.9	4.3
	Third quartile	22.6	2.4	56.8	4.9	99.9	7.1	44.3	4.7	62.2	5.4
	Fourth quartile (highest income)	22.6	2.9	63.5	8.0	98.9	11.2	46.0	5.5	56.5	7.7
Location of patient residence	Large central metropolitan	19.1	3.1	40.2	5.9	72.9	9.2	31.2	5.2	49.3	6.3
	Large fringe metropolitan	20.4	3.0	64.4	10.3	97.2	11.3	56.9	9.8	62.4	6.2
	Medium metropolitan	19.9	3.1	59.3	10.0	107.0	16.8	34.9	4.7	68.3	12.9
	Small metropolitan	19.5	3.0	64.2	10.9	94.3	13.3	41.9	5.8	91.6	11.9
	Micropolitan (nonmetropolitan)	26.2	3.4	59.6	5.0	119.0	9.8	51.2	5.7	103.6	8.6
	Noncore (nonmetropolitan)	37.0	4.1	101.3	8.5	173.6	15.9	74.1	9.3	168.1	13.2
Region of inpatient treatment	Northeast	20.4	3.9	50.0	9.6	81.0	12.7	43.6	6.8	71.2	11.2
	Midwest	27.9	3.6	83.8	8.7	168.1	12.9	71.0	9.3	119.3	8.9
	South	21.6	1.8	66.3	5.8	99.9	8.3	44.6	4.8	72.1	4.0
	West	17.0	1.9	29.3	5.0	47.5	4.7	16.1	2.7	38.9	3.7

^aExcludes transfers from other institutions.� Rates 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 8_1_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/nhqrdr10/8_respiratorydiseases/T8_1_3-1.html