Percent of surgical discharges with postoperative urinary tract infections, United States, 2002 and 2003a |
2003b | 2002b | ||||||||
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Population group | Exposed | Adverse events | Percent | Standard error | Exposed | Adverse events | Percent | Standard error | |
Total | 5,200 | 199 | 4.00 | 0.38 | 9,154 | 337 | 3.81 | 0.29 | |
Age | Under 65 | 701 | 19 | 2.32 | 0.69 | 1,102 | 32 | 2.52 | 0.62 |
65-74 | 2,177 | 64 | 3.10 | 0.53 | 3,915 | 106 | 2.53 | 0.35 | |
75-84 | 1,804 | 76 | 4.42 | 0.66 | 3,239 | 151 | 5.09 | 0.57 | |
85 and over | 518 | 40 | 8.42 | 1.65 | 898 | 48 | 6.36 | 1.29 | |
Gender | Female | 2,889 | 123 | 4.47 | 0.52 | 5,095 | 221 | 4.31 | 0.41 |
Male | 2,311 | 76 | 3.39 | 0.53 | 4,059 | 116 | 3.20 | 0.42 | |
Race | Black | 368 | 16 | 5.88 | 1.62 | 603 | 26 | 5.56 | 1.33 |
Other | DSU | DSU | DSU | DSU | DSU | DSU | DSU | DSU | |
White | 4,578 | 173 | 3.75 | 0.38 | 8,117 | 295 | 3.63 | 0.30 | |
Diabetes | No | 3,869 | 138 | 3.88 | 0.43 | 6,917 | 227 | 3.56 | 0.34 |
Yes | 1,331 | 61 | 4.32 | 0.74 | 2,237 | 110 | 4.54 | 0.58 | |
CHF/pulmonary edema | No | 4,337 | 141 | 3.42 | 0.39 | 7,714 | 214 | 3.03 | 0.30 |
Yes | 863 | 58 | 6.61 | 1.09 | 1,440 | 123 | 7.79 | 0.93 | |
Corticosteroids | No | 4,935 | 186 | 3.99 | 0.39 | 8,715 | 315 | 3.80 | 0.30 |
Yes | DSU | DSU | DSU | DSU | DSU | DSU | DSU | DSU | |
Cancer | No | 3,735 | 134 | 3.78 | 0.42 | 6,592 | 241 | 3.88 | 0.34 |
Yes | 1,465 | 65 | 4.56 | 0.77 | 2,562 | 96 | 3.64 | 0.57 |
a Data include Medicare beneficiaries discharged from January 2003 to December 2003 for 2003 data, from January 2002 to December 2002 for 2002 data.
b Per specifications revised 6/22/2005, percents and standard errors are calculated based on data weighted to reflect the contribution of each State's sample to national estimates.
DSU - Data do not meet the criteria for statistical reliability, data quality or confidentiality.
Key: CHF: congestive heart failure.
Source: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Medicare Patient Safety Monitoring System.