2007 National Healthcare Quality Report: Data Tables Appendix--Table 2.28b

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Table 2.28b
Iatrogenic pneumothorax cases^a per 100,000 population (excluding obstetrical admissions and patients with trauma, thoracic surgery, lung or pleural biopsy, or cardiac surgery), age 18 and over, United States, 2003 and 2004

Population group		2004		2003
Population group		Rate^b	Standard error	Rate^b	Standard error
Total		8.25	0.29	7.90	0.30
Age	18-44	2.05	0.13	2.30	0.15
	45-64	7.50	0.37	7.46	0.34
	65 and over	29.77	1.06	26.97	1.15
	65-69	17.63	1.04	16.85	1.13
	70-74	25.78	1.44	22.25	1.39
	75-79	34.88	1.83	32.57	1.84
	80-84	44.46	2.37	36.82	2.25
	85 and over	38.36	2.61	36.28	2.47
Gender	Male	7.58	0.32	7.08	0.33
Gender	Female	8.89	0.34	8.66	0.34
Median income of patient's ZIP Code	Less than $25,000	10.18	1.44	10.74	1.68
	$25,000-$34,999	8.26	0.50	8.88	0.64
	$35,000-$44,999	8.57	0.44	8.16	0.43
	$45,000 or more	8.01	0.41	7.30	0.36
Location of patient residence	Metropolitan-large	8.26	0.51	8.33	0.52
	Metropolitan-small	8.09	0.61	7.15	0.60
	Micropolitan	8.49	0.72	8.47	0.82
	Noncore	8.82	0.81	7.31	0.68
Region of inpatient treatment	Northeast	7.47	0.72	8.13	0.74
	Midwest	7.90	0.56	7.46	0.73
	South	9.29	0.50	8.49	0.45
	West	7.62	0.58	7.23	0.52

^a Also includes barotrauma (including acute respiratory distress syndrome) and central line placement.

^b 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.

Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Center for Delivery, Organization, and Markets, Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project, Nationwide Inpatient Sample, 2003 and 2004.