Table T7_2_1_1-1

2012 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports

This appendix provides detailed data tables for all measures analyzed for the 2012 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports. Tables are included for measures discussed in the main text of the reports as well as for other measures that were examined but not included in the main text.

Table 7_2_1_1.1
All emergency department visits per 100,000 population,^a adults age 18 and over, United States, 2007–2009
		2009		2008		2007
Population group		Rate^b	SE	Rate^b	SE	Rate^b	SE
Total		3,681	77	3,642	81	3,621	76
Age	18–44	2,574	62	2,467	62	2,443	60
	45–64	3,235	78	3,135	75	3,091	70
	65 and over	8,364	182	8,667	202	8,690	187
	65–69	5,215	110	5,358	124	5,218	112
	70–74	6,627	142	6,755	157	6,712	143
	75–79	8,455	189	8,685	207	8,782	194
	80–84	11,323	267	11,774	294	11,805	272
	85 and over	14,830	387	15,590	408	15,973	392
Gender	Male	2,903	62	2,918	65	2,928	61
Gender	Female	4,463	94	4,375	99	4,325	93
Median income of patient's ZIP Code	First quartile (lowest income)	5,180	228	5,097	195	4,924	189
	Second quartile	4,073	136	4,037	141	3,888	137
	Third quartile	3,149	130	3,068	127	3,233	129
	Fourth quartile (highest income)	2,377	134	2,443	134	2,451	131
Location of patient residence	Large central metropolitan	3,484	222	3,241	200	3,218	196
	Large fringe metropolitan	3,118	196	3,230	209	3,341	185
	Medium metropolitan	3,850	260	3,871	258	3,783	249
	Small metropolitan	3,789	351	3,865	370	3,758	350
	Micropolitan	4,364	179	4,374	192	4,368	194
	Nonmetropolitan	4,876	207	4,715	195	4,515	181
Region of inpatient treatment	Northeast	3,636	178	3,642	202	3,679	171
	Midwest	3,745	167	3,636	166	3,645	175
	South	4,164	133	4,096	146	4,069	135
	West	2,893	147	2,937	142	2,841	130

^a Includes emergency department visits that resulted in an inpatient admission.

^b Rates are adjusted by age and gender using the total U.S. resident 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 Nationwide Emergency Department Sample, and AHRQ Quality Indicators, modified version 4.1.

Page last reviewed June 2013

Internet Citation: Table T7_2_1_1-1: 2012 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports. June 2013. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. http://archive.ahrq.gov/research/findings/nhqrdr/nhqrdr12/7_efficiency/T7_2_1_1-1.html