T13_2_3_1

2011 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports

The National Healthcare Quality Report (NHQR) is a comprehensive national overview of quality of health care in the United States. It is organized around four dimensions of quality of care: effectiveness, patient safety, timeliness, and patient centeredness.

Table 13_2_3.1
Hospital patients with heart attack who received percutaneous coronary intervention within 90 minutes of arrival, United States,^a 2005-2009
		2009			2008		2007		2006		2005
Population group		Number	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE
Total		55,053	87.5	0.1	81.3	0.2	71.8	0.2	53.8	0.2	42.1	0.2
Gender	Male	40,052	88.7	0.2	82.7	0.2	73.6	0.2	56.2	0.3	44.4	0.3
Gender	Female	14,999	84.1	0.3	77.4	0.3	67.1	0.4	47.8	0.4	36.3	0.4
Race/ethnicity	White	43,171	88.1	0.2	82.1	0.2	73.0	0.2	55.1	0.2	43.4	0.2
	Black	4,231	81.5	0.6	74.3	0.7	62.2	0.8	42.2	0.8	29.1	0.7
	Hispanic	3,849	85.1	0.6	77.5	0.7	66.4	0.8	46.7	0.9	33.8	0.8
	AI/AN	189	84.7	2.6	69.3	3.8	66.2	4.1	53.5	4.2	43.2	4.6
	Asian	1,236	87.2	1.0	80.9	1.1	69.5	1.4	49.8	1.6	39.6	1.7
Age	Under 65	35,637	88.7	0.2	82.9	0.2	73.9	0.2	56.4	0.3	44.9	0.3
	65-74	10,523	86.6	0.3	79.8	0.4	69.9	0.5	52.0	0.5	40.4	0.5
	75-84	6,446	83.7	0.5	77.6	0.5	65.7	0.6	47.5	0.6	35.3	0.6
	85 and over	2,447	83.3	0.8	74.2	0.9	64.9	1.1	41.4	1.1	29.2	1.0

^a. 2009 data do not include data from the U.S. territories (Guam, Puerto Rico, and Virgin Islands); other years do not include Guam and U.S. Virgin Islands.

Key: AI/AN: American Indian or Alaska Native; SE: standard error.

Source: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Medicare Quality Improvement Organization Program.

Page last reviewed October 2014

Internet Citation: T13_2_3_1: 2011 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports. October 2014. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. http://archive.ahrq.gov/research/findings/nhqrdr/nhqrdr11/13_timeliness/T13_2_3_1.html