Table 22
Admissions for diabetes with long-term complicationsa (excluding obstetric admissions and transfers from other institutions) per 100,000 population, age 18 years and older, 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 121.6 2.2 89.1 1.8 306.5 13.8 84.1 8.7 245.6 15.9
Age 18-44 36.7 0.9 27.6 0.9 94.0 4.2 8.2 1.3 33.0 2.3
45-64 156.7 3.2 111.5 2.4 394.9 17.6 69.7 7.9 287.8 20.3
65 and over 337.6 6.3 259.1 5.5 792.1 40.9 319.5 34.0 804.9 54.8
Age 65-69 292.8 6.1 210.2 5.1 705.9 34.6 166.2 21.0 705.0 47.1
70-74 332.3 7.2 248.2 6.2 824.0 44.1 291.3 33.4 746.3 51.9
75-79 381.1 8.3 297.1 7.6 876.0 53.6 414.3 49.3 927.7 72.0
80-84 395.5 8.6 316.2 7.9 875.7 54.5 542.2 71.7 1055.4 88.1
85 and over 317.3 8.4 259.0 7.9 718.3 52.1 500.6 67.7 773.7 80.0
Gender Male 139.1 2.6 107.0 2.2 319.2 14.9 88.4 9.4 278.1 17.9
Female 107.4 2.0 75.0 1.6 292.9 13.2 78.9 8.5 217.4 14.7
Median income of patient's ZIP Code Less than $25,000 255.0 21.1 127.4 9.7 340.6 32.3 85.5 23.9 359.9 75.6
$25,000-$34,999 175.5 5.9 118.6 4.4 330.5 18.8 109.9 19.2 302.2 28.2
$35,000-$44,999 128.2 3.4 98.0 2.9 315.6 16.2 91.2 13.4 233.8 15.4
$45,000 or more 92.7 2.9 76.7 2.6 267.7 16.8 78.9 9.8 188.5 13.9
Location of patient residence Metropolitan-large 136.6 5.0 93.5 3.7 328.2 22.0 73.2 7.5 251.7 19.8
Metropolitan-small 102.7 5.6 80.0 4.4 256.1 20.9 101.7 29.2 228.9 36.0
Micropolitan 112.1 5.5 92.9 4.6 275.4 28.4 * * 264.0 49.3
Noncore 114.1 4.8 95.4 4.1 328.5 31.4 * * 205.2 32.4
Region of inpatient treatment Northeast 132.8 6.3 101.6 5.2 364.7 47.8 68.1 17.2 248.6 44.9
Midwest 109.4 4.2 88.8 3.6 338.7 41.2 32.7 6.0 97.2 19.3
South 133.3 3.4 95.4 2.7 274.2 12.5 48.9 7.0 254.3 29.9
West 104.7 4.4 64.6 2.9 321.7 36.1 104.5 13.4 262.6 21.2

a Renal, eye, neurological, circulatory, or other unspecified complications.

b Estimates 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.

* 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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