Admissions for pediatric gastroenteritis (excluding obstetric and neonatal admissions and transfers from other institutions) per 100,000 population, age less than 18 years, by race/ethnicity, United States, 2002 |
| Population group | Total | Non-Hispanic | Hispanic (all races) | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| White | Black | API | |||||||||
| Ratea | SE | Ratea | SE | Ratea | SE | Ratea | SE | Ratea | SE | ||
| Total | 98.1 | 6.8 | 90.4 | 6.4 | 103.4 | 14.0 | 49.4 | 8.2 | 112.5 | 14.6 | |
| Age | 0-4 | 262.9 | 20.1 | 234.8 | 18.4 | 291.2 | 42.1 | 128.7 | 21.9 | 306.9 | 42.0 |
| 5-9 | 53.9 | 3.5 | 52.4 | 3.6 | 46.3 | 5.9 | 35.3 | 7.3 | 62.7 | 8.4 | |
| 10-14 | 30.2 | 1.9 | 30.0 | 2.1 | 28.6 | 3.8 | 12.8 | 3.4 | 34.0 | 4.1 | |
| 15-17 | 26.9 | 1.4 | 28.4 | 1.7 | 29.4 | 4.3 | * | * | 21.8 | 2.9 | |
| Gender | Male | 102.4 | 7.2 | 92.1 | 6.4 | 107.8 | 14.8 | 55.3 | 9.7 | 122.5 | 15.9 |
| Female | 93.6 | 6.6 | 88.6 | 6.6 | 98.8 | 13.4 | 43.2 | 7.6 | 102.0 | 13.4 | |
| Median income of patient's ZIP Code | Less than $25,000 | 167.7 | 30.9 | 194.8 | 35.9 | 133.2 | 35.6 | * | * | * | * |
| $25,000-$34,999 | 147.1 | 13.0 | 155.8 | 15.9 | 140.2 | 19.8 | 51.2 | 13.2 | 133.3 | 27.3 | |
| $35,000-$44,999 | 100.5 | 7.3 | 102.5 | 8.6 | 88.1 | 10.9 | 62.0 | 16.1 | 97.0 | 13.2 | |
| $45,000 or more | 73.1 | 6.8 | 63.0 | 5.1 | 76.6 | 12.3 | 46.3 | 9.2 | 98.7 | 16.4 | |
| Location of patient residence | Metropolitan-large | 86.7 | 10.2 | 65.3 | 7.5 | 100.3 | 21.0 | 46.6 | 9.7 | 112.0 | 16.1 |
| Metropolitan-small | 93.4 | 12.2 | 91.3 | 12.6 | 85.9 | 15.0 | 33.3 | 9.0 | * | * | |
| Micropolitan | 135.3 | 14.2 | 139.6 | 14.4 | 124.0 | 27.6 | * | * | 109.9 | 32.1 | |
| Noncore | 160.1 | 14.8 | 158.2 | 14.6 | 217.7 | 41.0 | * | * | * | * | |
| Region of inpatient treatment | Northeast | 121.8 | 24.3 | 85.3 | 15.5 | * | * | * | * | * | * |
| Midwest | 89.6 | 11.8 | 88.3 | 7.6 | * | * | * | * | 23.1 | 4.5 | |
| South | 105.8 | 11.1 | 113.4 | 14.4 | 78.1 | 8.4 | 32.9 | 7.6 | 119.1 | 32.5 | |
| West | 77.3 | 10.1 | 57.8 | 10.3 | 87.1 | 21.3 | 52.2 | 10.6 | 102.9 | 15.0 | |
a 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, 2002. This file is designed to provide national estimates on disparities using weighted records from a sample of hospitals from the following 22 States: AZ, CA, CO, CT, FL, GA, HI, KS, MD, MA, MI, MO, NJ, NY, PA, RI, SC, TN, TX, VA, VT, and WI.