Table 12_3_5-2
2010 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports
| 2007 | 2006 | 2005 | 2004 | 2000 | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Population group | Rate | SE | Rate | SE | Rate | SE | Rate | SE | Rate | SE | |
| Total | 8.2 | 0.3 | 8.1 | 0.3 | 8.2 | 0.3 | 8.3 | 0.3 | 8.6 | 0.3 | |
| Age | 18-44 | 2.2 | 0.1 | 2.2 | 0.1 | 2.4 | 0.2 | 2.1 | 0.1 | 2.5 | 0.1 |
| 45-64 | 8.1 | 0.4 | 7.8 | 0.3 | 7.0 | 0.3 | 7.5 | 0.4 | 7.7 | 0.4 | |
| 65 and over | 28.0 | 1.1 | 27.9 | 1.2 | 29.4 | 1.1 | 29.8 | 1.1 | 29.2 | 1.1 | |
| 65-69 | 18.4 | 1.1 | 18.0 | 1.0 | 18.7 | 1.1 | 17.6 | 1.0 | 17.1 | 1.1 | |
| 70-74 | 24.9 | 1.4 | 23.4 | 1.5 | 24.4 | 1.4 | 25.8 | 1.4 | 24.5 | 1.3 | |
| 75-79 | 32.7 | 2.0 | 32.0 | 2.0 | 33.5 | 1.8 | 34.9 | 1.8 | 32.5 | 1.8 | |
| 80-84 | 37.5 | 2.4 | 40.2 | 2.6 | 42.4 | 2.5 | 44.5 | 2.4 | 43.1 | 2.5 | |
| 85 and over | 37.5 | 2.4 | 38.0 | 2.3 | 41.1 | 2.8 | 38.4 | 2.6 | 48.2 | 2.9 | |
| Gender | Male | 7.7 | 0.3 | 7.6 | 0.3 | 7.7 | 0.3 | 7.6 | 0.3 | 7.7 | 0.3 |
| Female | 8.7 | 0.3 | 8.6 | 0.3 | 8.8 | 0.3 | 8.9 | 0.3 | 9.3 | 0.4 | |
| Median income of patient's ZIP code | First quartile (lowest income) | 9.3 | 0.6 | 8.6 | 0.5 | 8.7 | 0.5 | 8.8 | 0.5 | 10.3 | 0.6 |
| Second quartile | 7.5 | 0.4 | 8.3 | 0.5 | 7.8 | 0.4 | 8.4 | 0.5 | 9.0 | 0.5 | |
| Third quartile | 8.1 | 0.4 | 7.7 | 0.4 | 8.6 | 0.5 | 7.9 | 0.4 | 8.4 | 0.5 | |
| Fourth quartile (highest income) | 8.1 | 0.6 | 8.1 | 0.6 | 8.2 | 0.6 | 8.2 | 0.6 | 7.3 | 0.6 | |
| Location of patient residence | Large central metropolitan | 8.3 | 0.7 | 7.4 | 0.6 | 8.1 | 0.7 | 7.8 | 0.6 | 8.4 | 0.6 |
| Large fringe metropolitan | 8.4 | 0.8 | 8.0 | 0.7 | 8.7 | 0.7 | 8.8 | 0.8 | 10.2 | 0.9 | |
| Medium metropolitan | 8.0 | 0.9 | 8.5 | 0.9 | 8.0 | 0.8 | 8.1 | 0.8 | 7.4 | 0.9 | |
| Small metropolitan | 7.9 | 0.9 | 8.4 | 1.1 | 6.7 | 0.9 | 8.2 | 1.0 | 8.8 | 1.0 | |
| Micropolitan (nonmetropolitan) | 8.2 | 0.8 | 9.0 | 0.7 | 8.8 | 0.7 | 8.4 | 0.7 | 8.3 | 0.7 | |
| Noncore (nonmetropolitan) | 8.3 | 0.8 | 8.4 | 0.8 | 9.3 | 0.8 | 8.9 | 0.8 | 7.9 | 0.7 | |
| Region of inpatient treatment | Northeast | 9.2 | 0.8 | 8.4 | 0.7 | 8.1 | 0.6 | 7.5 | 0.7 | 9.1 | 0.7 |
| Midwest | 7.6 | 0.7 | 7.5 | 0.7 | 8.1 | 0.6 | 7.9 | 0.6 | 8.2 | 0.6 | |
| South | 8.6 | 0.5 | 9.4 | 0.5 | 8.8 | 0.6 | 9.3 | 0.5 | 8.8 | 0.5 | |
| West | 7.5 | 0.5 | 6.4 | 0.5 | 7.5 | 0.5 | 7.6 | 0.6 | 8.2 | 0.6 | |
a Includes admissions specifically for iatrogenic pneumothorax, such as cases from earlier admissions or from other hospitals.� Also includes barotrauma (including acute respiratory distress syndrome) and central line placement.� Excludes obstetric admissions and patients with trauma, thoracic surgery, lung or pleural biopsy, or cardiac surgery.� Rates are adjusted by age and gender using the total U.S. 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 AHRQ Quality Indicators, version 3.1.
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