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National Healthcare Disparities Report, 2007

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Table 173
Deaths per 1,000 admissions in low mortality DRGs (DRGs with an NIS 1997 benchmark of less than 0.5% mortality, excluding trauma, immunocompromised, and cancer patients), age 18 and over or obstetric admissions, by race/ethnicity, United States, 2004
Population group Total Non-Hispanic Hispanic, all races
White Black API
Ratea SE Ratea SE Ratea SE Ratea SE Ratea SE
Total   0.54 0.02 0.61 0.02 0.56 0.04 0.33 0.06 0.30 0.02
Age 18-44 0.15 0.01 0.11 0.01 0.30 0.03 0.12 0.04 0.13 0.02
45-64 0.50 0.03 0.48 0.03 0.68 0.07 * * 0.38 0.07
65 and over 2.32 0.07 2.33 0.08 2.42 0.23 2.02 0.46 2.18 0.21
   65-69 0.97 0.09 0.93 0.10 1.44 0.32 * * 1.13 0.28
   70-74 1.59 0.11 1.53 0.12 1.97 0.39 * * 1.56 0.35
   75-79 2.10 0.13 2.11 0.15 2.15 0.47 * * 2.15 0.51
   80-84 2.88 0.18 2.88 0.19 3.24 0.71 * * 2.09 0.54
   85 and over 5.44 0.29 5.37 0.32 4.92 0.84 * * 6.64 1.13
Gender Male 1.03 0.04 1.08 0.05 0.94 0.10 1.21 0.26 0.81 0.09
Female 0.39 0.01 0.44 0.02 0.45 0.04 0.20 0.05 0.21 0.02
Median income of patient's ZIP Code Less than $25,000 0.51 0.06 0.51 0.10 0.59 0.10 * * 0.45 0.09
$25,000-$34,999 0.56 0.03 0.69 0.04 0.61 0.06 * * 0.24 0.04
$35,000-$44,999 0.59 0.03 0.66 0.03 0.56 0.06 * * 0.36 0.05
$45,000 or more 0.50 0.02 0.56 0.03 0.47 0.07 0.33 0.06 0.26 0.03
Location of patient residence Metropolitan-large 0.53 0.02 0.64 0.03 0.54 0.04 0.31 0.07 0.29 0.03
Metropolitan-small 0.52 0.03 0.58 0.04 0.48 0.07 * * 0.32 0.05
Micropolitan 0.56 0.04 0.59 0.05 0.61 0.12 * * * *
Noncore 0.64 0.05 0.60 0.05 1.16 0.25 * * * *
Expected payment source Private insurance 0.22 0.02 0.20 0.01 0.43 0.05 * * 0.17 0.04
Medicare 1.86 0.06 1.91 0.07 1.62 0.15 2.08 0.50 1.75 0.19
Medicaid 0.22 0.02 0.21 0.02 0.29 0.03 * * 0.16 0.02
Other insurance 0.26 0.06 0.23 0.06 * * * * * *
Uninsured/self-pay/no charge 0.43 0.05 0.47 0.08 0.63 0.12 * * 0.26 0.07
Region of inpatient treatment Northeast 0.54 0.03 0.62 0.04 0.56 0.07 * * 0.36 0.07
Midwest 0.53 0.03 0.57 0.04 0.51 0.07 * * * *
South 0.57 0.03 0.63 0.04 0.60 0.06 * * 0.37 0.04
West 0.48 0.03 0.64 0.05 0.39 0.08 0.44 0.10 0.23 0.03
Ownership/control of hospital Private, not-for-profit 0.53 0.02 0.60 0.02 0.50 0.04 0.34 0.07 0.30 0.03
Private, for-profit 0.57 0.04 0.67 0.05 0.64 0.10 * * 0.35 0.05
Public 0.54 0.04 0.62 0.05 0.73 0.12 * * 0.22 0.04
Teaching status of hospital Teaching 0.51 0.03 0.63 0.04 0.49 0.05 * * 0.29 0.04
Non-teaching 0.55 0.02 0.60 0.02 0.61 0.05 0.45 0.09 0.30 0.03
Location of hospital Metropolitan-large 0.53 0.02 0.63 0.03 0.54 0.04 0.31 0.07 0.30 0.03
Metropolitan-small 0.54 0.03 0.60 0.03 0.53 0.07 * * 0.29 0.05
Micropolitan 0.56 0.05 0.60 0.05 0.57 0.11 * * * *
Noncore 0.62 0.09 0.56 0.08 * * * * * *
Bed size of hospital Less than 100 0.51 0.04 0.52 0.05 0.68 0.17 * * 0.33 0.09
100-299 0.54 0.03 0.61 0.03 0.57 0.06 0.45 0.11 0.28 0.03
300-499 0.55 0.03 0.65 0.04 0.52 0.05 * * 0.27 0.05
500 or more 0.54 0.04 0.63 0.05 0.56 0.08 * * 0.35 0.05

a No risk adjustment is performed for this outcome of interest.

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

Key: DRG: diagnosis related group; NIS: Nationwide Inpatient Sample; 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, 2004. This file is designed to provide national estimates on disparities using weighted records from a sample of hospitals from the following 23 States: AR, AZ, CA, CO, CT, FL, GA, HI, KS, MD, MA, MI, MO, NH, NJ, NY, RI, SC, TN, TX, VA, VT, and WI.

 

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