Table 12_2_9-1
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 | 2.5 | 0.0 | 2.6 | 0.0 | 2.8 | 0.0 | 2.6 | 0.0 | 2.6 | 0.0 | |
Age | 18-44 | 1.6 | 0.0 | 1.3 | 0.0 | 1.3 | 0.0 | 1.1 | 0.0 | 1.1 | 0.0 |
45-64 | 2.3 | 0.1 | 2.7 | 0.1 | 2.6 | 0.1 | 2.4 | 0.1 | 2.5 | 0.1 | |
65 and over | 4.1 | 0.1 | 4.2 | 0.1 | 4.7 | 0.1 | 4.4 | 0.1 | 4.6 | 0.1 | |
65-69 | 3.3 | 0.2 | 4.2 | 0.2 | 3.9 | 0.2 | 4.2 | 0.2 | 5.2 | 0.2 | |
70-74 | 4.4 | 0.2 | 4.4 | 0.2 | 4.5 | 0.2 | 3.9 | 0.2 | 4.5 | 0.2 | |
75-79 | 5.0 | 0.2 | 4.1 | 0.2 | 5.0 | 0.2 | 4.4 | 0.2 | 4.7 | 0.2 | |
80-84 | 4.1 | 0.2 | 4.7 | 0.3 | 6.2 | 0.2 | 5.3 | 0.2 | 4.5 | 0.2 | |
85 and over | 3.9 | 0.3 | 3.7 | 0.3 | 4.2 | 0.3 | 4.3 | 0.3 | 3.7 | 0.3 | |
Gender | Male | 4.8 | 0.1 | 4.8 | 0.1 | 5.3 | 0.1 | 5.3 | 0.1 | 5.2 | 0.1 |
Female | 1.5 | 0.0 | 1.7 | 0.0 | 1.6 | 0.0 | 1.2 | 0.0 | 1.4 | 0.0 | |
Median income of patient's ZIP Code | First quartile (lowest income) | 2.8 | 0.1 | 2.6 | 0.1 | 2.8 | 0.1 | 2.9 | 0.1 | 2.8 | 0.1 |
Second quartile | 2.7 | 0.1 | 3.2 | 0.1 | 3.0 | 0.1 | 2.7 | 0.1 | 2.7 | 0.1 | |
Third quartile | 2.1 | 0.1 | 2.4 | 0.1 | 2.7 | 0.1 | 2.3 | 0.1 | 2.4 | 0.1 | |
Fourth quartile (highest income) | 2.4 | 0.1 | 2.2 | 0.1 | 2.5 | 0.1 | 2.2 | 0.1 | 2.5 | 0.1 | |
Location of patient residence | Large central metropolitan | 2.4 | 0.1 | 2.9 | 0.1 | 2.9 | 0.1 | 2.5 | 0.1 | 2.2 | 0.1 |
Large fringe metropolitan | 2.5 | 0.1 | 2.3 | 0.1 | 2.9 | 0.1 | 2.3 | 0.1 | 2.7 | 0.1 | |
Medium metropolitan | 2.7 | 0.1 | 2.7 | 0.1 | 2.5 | 0.1 | 2.7 | 0.1 | 2.8 | 0.1 | |
Small metropolitan | 2.5 | 0.1 | 2.3 | 0.1 | 3.0 | 0.1 | 2.7 | 0.1 | 2.5 | 0.1 | |
Micropolitan (nonmetropolitan) | 2.4 | 0.1 | 2.8 | 0.1 | 2.4 | 0.1 | 2.5 | 0.1 | 3.0 | 0.1 | |
Noncore (nonmetropolitan) | 2.6 | 0.1 | 2.5 | 0.1 | 2.9 | 0.1 | 2.8 | 0.1 | 2.7 | 0.1 | |
Expected payment source | Private | 2.2 | 0.1 | 2.5 | 0.1 | 2.6 | 0.1 | 2.2 | 0.1 | 2.5 | 0.1 |
Medicare | 2.4 | 0.1 | 2.5 | 0.1 | 2.7 | 0.1 | 2.6 | 0.1 | 2.7 | 0.1 | |
Medicaid | 4.1 | 0.2 | 4.5 | 0.2 | 3.9 | 0.2 | 3.6 | 0.2 | 3.0 | 0.2 | |
Other | 3.0 | 0.2 | 1.9 | 0.2 | 2.9 | 0.2 | 1.8 | 0.2 | 2.6 | 0.2 | |
Uninsured/self-pay/no charge | 3.1 | 0.2 | 2.9 | 0.2 | 2.8 | 0.2 | 3.0 | 0.2 | 2.0 | 0.2 | |
Region of inpatient treatment | Northeast | 2.8 | 0.1 | 2.7 | 0.1 | 2.8 | 0.1 | 2.5 | 0.1 | 3.0 | 0.1 |
Midwest | 2.6 | 0.1 | 2.8 | 0.1 | 3.3 | 0.1 | 2.9 | 0.1 | 3.0 | 0.1 | |
South | 2.3 | 0.1 | 2.6 | 0.1 | 2.7 | 0.1 | 2.6 | 0.1 | 2.4 | 0.1 | |
West | 2.5 | 0.1 | 2.4 | 0.1 | 2.2 | 0.1 | 2.0 | 0.1 | 2.1 | 0.1 | |
Ownership/control of hospital | Private, not for profit | 2.5 | 0.0 | 2.5 | 0.0 | 2.8 | 0.0 | 2.5 | 0.0 | 2.6 | 0.0 |
Private, for profit | 2.2 | 0.1 | 2.8 | 0.1 | 2.4 | 0.1 | 2.1 | 0.1 | 2.5 | 0.1 | |
Public | 2.6 | 0.1 | 3.6 | 0.1 | 2.9 | 0.1 | 3.3 | 0.1 | 2.7 | 0.1 | |
Teaching status of hospital | Teaching | 2.7 | 0.1 | 2.9 | 0.1 | 2.8 | 0.1 | 2.7 | 0.1 | 2.8 | 0.1 |
Nonteaching | 2.4 | 0.0 | 2.5 | 0.0 | 2.7 | 0.0 | 2.5 | 0.0 | 2.5 | 0.0 | |
Location of hospital | Large central metropolitan | 2.3 | 0.1 | 2.9 | 0.1 | 2.9 | 0.1 | 2.5 | 0.1 | 2.4 | 0.1 |
Large fringe metropolitan | 2.5 | 0.1 | 2.0 | 0.1 | 3.0 | 0.1 | 2.2 | 0.1 | 2.7 | 0.1 | |
Medium metropolitan | 2.7 | 0.1 | 2.7 | 0.1 | 2.7 | 0.1 | 2.9 | 0.1 | 2.7 | 0.1 | |
Small metropolitan | 2.5 | 0.1 | 2.2 | 0.1 | 2.4 | 0.1 | 2.6 | 0.1 | 2.7 | 0.1 | |
Micropolitan (nonmetropolitan) | 2.5 | 0.1 | 3.2 | 0.1 | 2.1 | 0.1 | 2.1 | 0.1 | 2.9 | 0.1 | |
Noncore (nonmetropolitan) | 3.1 | 0.3 | 2.7 | 0.2 | 3.1 | 0.2 | 3.6 | 0.2 | 3.1 | 0.2 | |
Bed size of hospital | Less than 100 | 2.7 | 0.1 | 2.7 | 0.1 | 2.7 | 0.1 | 2.7 | 0.1 | 2.9 | 0.1 |
100-299 | 2.3 | 0.1 | 2.5 | 0.1 | 2.6 | 0.1 | 2.4 | 0.1 | 2.4 | 0.1 | |
300-499 | 2.7 | 0.1 | 2.6 | 0.1 | 3.0 | 0.1 | 2.4 | 0.1 | 2.5 | 0.1 | |
500 or more | 2.5 | 0.1 | 2.8 | 0.1 | 2.7 | 0.1 | 2.9 | 0.1 | 2.9 | 0.1 |
a Excludes immunocompromised patients, stays under 2 days, and obstetric conditions.� Also excludes admissions specifically for such wound dehiscence, such as cases from earlier admissions or from other hospitals. Rates are adjusted by age, gender, age-gender interactions, comorbidities, and diagnosis-related group (DRG) clusters. When reporting is by age, the adjustment is by gender, comorbidities, and DRG clusters; when reporting is by gender, the adjustment is by age, comorbidities, and DRG clusters.
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.