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Table 228
Hospitalizations for perforated appendix per 1,000 hospitalizations with appendicitis in Indian Health Service and Tribal hospitals, 2003 |
| Population group |
Rate |
SE |
| |
|
|
|
| Total |
Age-adjusteda |
374.7 |
0.48 |
| Unadjusted |
318.7 |
14.4 |
| |
|
|
|
| Age |
0-17 |
321.4 |
22.8 |
| 18-44 |
263.0 |
20.5 |
| 45-64 |
450.0 |
42.0 |
| 65 and over |
560.0 |
99.3 |
| |
|
|
|
| Gender |
Female |
309.5 |
21.5 |
| Male |
325.9 |
19.4 |
| |
|
|
|
a Estimates are age adjusted using the total U.S. population for 2000 as the standard population.
Key: SE: Standard error.
Source: Indian Health Service. Service population does not include the Portland and California regions.
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