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National Healthcare Disparities Report, 2006

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Table 152
Postoperative hip fracture for adults per 1,000 surgical patients age 18 years and older who were not susceptible to fallinga (excluding obstetrical admissions), by race/ethnicity, United States, 2003
        Non-Hispanic Hispanic, all races
    Total White Black API
Population group Rateb SE Rateb SE Rateb SE Rateb SE Rateb SE
Total 0.28 0.03 0.30 0.03 0.20 0.05 * * 0.26 0.04
Age 18-44 0.22 0.02 0.22 0.02 0.19 0.04 * * 0.25 0.04
45-64 0.28 0.02 0.28 0.02 0.26 0.04 * * 0.30 0.05
65 and over 0.80 0.02 0.82 0.02 0.69 0.05 0.62 0.10 0.64 0.05
Age 65-69 0.44 0.03 0.44 0.03 0.45 0.09 * * 0.41 0.09
70-74 0.54 0.03 0.54 0.03 0.42 0.10 * * 0.70 0.10
75-79 0.73 0.03 0.74 0.03 0.92 0.12 0.74 0.20 0.39 0.11
80-84 1.06 0.04 1.07 0.04 0.90 0.14 * * 1.08 0.14
85 and over 2.00 0.05 2.10 0.05 1.23 0.17 3.03 0.34 1.25 0.19
Gender Male 0.33 0.02 0.33 0.02 0.33 0.06 * * 0.25 0.05
Female 0.37 0.02 0.40 0.02 0.22 0.04 * * 0.34 0.04
Median income of patient's ZIP Code Less than $25,000 0.31 0.08 0.56 0.14 * * * * * *
$25,000-$34,999 0.28 0.04 0.31 0.05 * * * * 0.25 0.07
$35,000-$44,999 0.30 0.04 0.31 0.04 * * * * 0.36 0.07
$45,000 or more 0.27 0.03 0.28 0.04 * * * * * *
Location of patient residence Metropolitan-large 0.30 0.04 0.32 0.04 0.19 0.05 * * 0.24 0.05
Metropolitan-small 0.24 0.04 0.24 0.04 * * * * * *
Micropolitan 0.30 0.05 0.30 0.05 * * * * * *
Noncore 0.31 0.06 0.33 0.06 * * * * * *
Expected payment source Private insurance 0.22 0.02 0.23 0.02 0.19 0.04 * * 0.20 0.04
Medicare 0.34 0.06 0.36 0.06 * * * * * *
Medicaid 0.28 0.04 0.32 0.05 * * * * 0.35 0.07
Other insurance 0.34 0.06 0.41 0.07 * * * * * *
Uninsured/self pay/no charge 0.25 0.04 0.29 0.06 * * * * * *
Region of inpatient treatment Northeast 0.29 0.04 0.31 0.05 * * * * * *
Midwest 0.25 0.04 0.25 0.04 * * * * * *
South 0.32 0.03 0.34 0.04 0.20 0.06 * * 0.25 0.06
West 0.25 0.04 0.26 0.05 * * * * 0.28 0.06
Ownership/control of hospital Private, not-for-profit 0.28 0.03 0.29 0.03 * * * * 0.24 0.05
Private, for-profit 0.31 0.05 0.30 0.05 0.38 0.11 * * * *
Public 0.30 0.04 0.31 0.05 * * * * 0.29 0.07
Teaching status of hospital Teaching 0.32 0.03 0.33 0.04 0.23 0.06 0.41 0.12 0.29 0.06
Non-teaching 0.26 0.03 0.28 0.04 * * * * 0.24 0.05
Location of hospital Metropolitan-large 0.30 0.03 0.33 0.04 0.19 0.05 * * 0.25 0.05
Metropolitan-small 0.25 0.04 0.26 0.04 * * * * 0.26 0.08
Micropolitan 0.26 0.06 0.28 0.06 * * * * * *
Noncore * * * * * * * * * *
Bed size of hospital Less than 100 0.24 0.06 0.26 0.06 * * * * * *
100-299 0.26 0.04 0.26 0.04 * * * * 0.34 0.06
300-499 0.29 0.04 0.30 0.04 0.28 0.07 * * * *
500 or more 0.31 0.03 0.35 0.04 * * * * * *

a That is, excluding patients with musculoskeletal disease; those admitted for seizures, syncope, stroke, coma, cardiac arrest, poisoning, trauma, delirium, psychoses, anoxic brain injury; patients with metastatic cancer, lymphoid malignancy, bone malignancy, and self-inflicted injury.

b Estimates are adjusted by age, gender, age-gender interactions, comorbidities, and 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.

* Data do not meet the criteria for statistical reliability, data quality or confidentiality.

Key: API: Asian or Pacific Islander; SE: standard error.

Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Center for Delivery, Organization, and Markets, Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project, State Inpatient Databases, disparities analysis file, 2003. This file is designed to provide national estimates on disparities using weighted records from a sample of hospitals from the following 23 States: AZ, CA, CO, CT, FL, GA, HI, KS, MD, MA, MI, MO, NH, NJ, NY, PA, RI, SC, TN, TX, VA, VT, and WI.

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