Table 12_1_6-2
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 | 28.3 | 0.9 | 29.8 | 1.0 | 30.2 | 1.1 | 30.5 | 1.0 | 24.5 | 0.8 | |
Age | 18-44 | 13.8 | 0.7 | 15.5 | 0.7 | 15.3 | 0.7 | 15.4 | 0.7 | 12.1 | 0.5 |
45-64 | 30.3 | 1.0 | 32.7 | 1.2 | 32.9 | 1.3 | 34.4 | 1.3 | 26.5 | 1.0 | |
65 and over | 72.3 | 2.5 | 71.6 | 2.7 | 74.9 | 2.8 | 73.5 | 2.6 | 61.7 | 2.2 | |
65-69 | 54.6 | 2.4 | 56.2 | 2.6 | 56.3 | 2.5 | 59.7 | 2.7 | 49.9 | 2.4 | |
70-74 | 68.6 | 3.0 | 69.1 | 3.2 | 68.2 | 3.1 | 71.4 | 2.9 | 58.3 | 2.7 | |
75-79 | 85.1 | 3.8 | 78.6 | 3.6 | 85.4 | 3.8 | 82.3 | 3.8 | 68.7 | 3.2 | |
80-84 | 88.4 | 4.4 | 92.7 | 4.5 | 96.3 | 4.6 | 87.8 | 4.2 | 76.8 | 4.0 | |
85 and over | 81.2 | 4.2 | 75.5 | 3.9 | 87.4 | 5.0 | 77.6 | 4.4 | 68.5 | 3.9 | |
Gender | Male | 29.5 | 1.0 | 29.3 | 1.0 | 30.0 | 1.1 | 30.2 | 1.1 | 25.4 | 0.9 |
Female | 27.6 | 0.9 | 30.6 | 1.1 | 30.9 | 1.1 | 31.3 | 1.1 | 24.1 | 0.8 | |
Median income of patient's ZIP code | First quartile (lowest income) | 34.4 | 1.8 | 35.5 | 1.8 | 36.4 | 1.8 | 35.9 | 2.0 | 30.7 | 1.7 |
Second quartile | 29.1 | 1.4 | 30.4 | 1.5 | 28.9 | 1.4 | 30.9 | 1.5 | 26.5 | 1.2 | |
Third quartile | 25.8 | 1.2 | 27.5 | 1.3 | 29.5 | 1.4 | 29.1 | 1.4 | 24.5 | 1.3 | |
Fourth quartile (highest income) | 24.4 | 1.8 | 27.1 | 1.7 | 27.6 | 1.7 | 27.0 | 1.9 | 19.2 | 1.4 | |
Location of patient residence | Large central metropolitan | 32.6 | 2.6 | 33.6 | 2.6 | 35.9 | 2.7 | 35.1 | 2.7 | 28.9 | 2.2 |
Large fringe metropolitan | 29.8 | 2.4 | 30.1 | 2.4 | 31.2 | 2.5 | 31.1 | 2.6 | 27.7 | 2.3 | |
Medium metropolitan | 25.9 | 2.9 | 30.3 | 3.1 | 29.1 | 2.9 | 27.3 | 3.0 | 20.2 | 2.4 | |
Small metropolitan | 26.6 | 3.1 | 24.8 | 2.6 | 22.4 | 2.5 | 25.9 | 2.9 | 21.3 | 2.3 | |
Micropolitan (nonmetropolitan) | 24.0 | 1.9 | 28.1 | 2.1 | 26.7 | 2.0 | 31.4 | 2.6 | 20.1 | 1.6 | |
Noncore (nonmetropolitan) | 23.1 | 1.9 | 24.3 | 2.0 | 25.7 | 2.1 | 26.2 | 2.2 | 20.2 | 1.8 | |
Region of inpatient treatment | Northeast | 29.4 | 2.4 | 30.5 | 2.4 | 28.6 | 1.8 | 31.8 | 2.7 | 23.4 | 2.0 |
Midwest | 26.7 | 1.6 | 28.0 | 1.9 | 30.3 | 2.5 | 29.5 | 2.3 | 23.7 | 1.7 | |
South | 31.7 | 1.7 | 33.3 | 1.9 | 33.2 | 1.9 | 34.0 | 1.7 | 26.7 | 1.3 | |
West | 23.4 | 1.6 | 25.6 | 1.7 | 26.8 | 2.0 | 24.6 | 2.0 | 22.6 | 1.9 |
a Includes admissions specifically for such infections, such as cases from earlier admissions, from other hospitals, or from other settings. Excludes immunocompromised and cancer patients. 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.