2007 National Healthcare Disparities Report: Data Tables Appendix--Table 237

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Table 237
Hospitalizations per 100 population,^a by race, United States, 2005

Population group		Total		White		Black		Asian		NHOPI		AI/AN		Other
		Rate	SE	Rate	SE	Rate	SE	Rate	SE	Rate	SE	Rate	SE	Rate	SE
		Total		11.7	0.3	8.5	0.3	12.2	0.4	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
Age, not age adjusted	0-17	4.1	0.5	3.3	0.5	3.8	0.5	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
	18-44	9.0	0.4	6.2	0.4	9.7	0.5	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
	45-64	11.5	0.4	8.1	0.4	15.0	0.8	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
	65 and over	36.0	1.5	27.1	1.6	32.0	2.3	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
Gender	Male	10.1	0.3	7.3	0.3	11.2	0.4	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
Gender	Female	13.3	0.3	9.7	0.3	13.2	0.5	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*

^a Estimates are age adjusted to the 2000 standard population, except where indicated. Rates were computed using estimates of the civilian population of the United States, including institutionalized persons, as of July 1, 2005. Data are postcensal estimates based on Census 2000.

^* Data do not meet the criteria for statistical reliability, data quality, or confidentiality.

Key: AI/AN: American Indian or Alaska Native; NHOPI: Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander; SE: standard error.

Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Health Statistics, National Hospital Discharge Survey.