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Table 14
Deaths per 1,000 admissions with esophageal resection for cancer (excluding obstetric and neonatal admissions and transfers to another hospital), age 18 and over, by race/ethnicity, United States, 2004
Population group Total Non-Hispanic Hispanic, all races
White Black API
Ratea SE Ratea SE Ratea SE Ratea SE Ratea SE
Total   60.6 5.6 57.5 6.1 95.9 18.4 * * * *
Age 18-44 * * * * * * * * * *
45-64 47.1 7.2 45.0 7.9 98.8 20.9 * * * *
65 and over 77.4 9.0 71.7 9.8 * * * * * *
Age 65-69 52.5 13.0 49.1 14.4 * * * * * *
70-74 60.4 16.9 66.0 17.6 * * * * * *
75-79 120.5 21.6 76.7 22.9 * * * * * *
80-84 139.4 32.9 162.4 35.3 * * * * * *
85 and over * * * * * * * * * *
Gender Male 56.0 6.2 55.4 6.8 * * * * * *
Female 80.9 14.1 66.9 15.5 153.5 39.1 * * * *
Median income of patient's ZIP Code Less than $25,000 * * * * * * * * * *
$25,000-$34,999 50.4 14.0 * * * * * * * *
$35,000-$44,999 76.6 11.9 74.1 12.8 131.7 38.2 * * * *
$45,000 or more 54.8 7.3 54.0 7.7 114.2 31.5 * * * *
Location of patient residence Metropolitan-large 62.0 7.5 54.2 8.2 100.3 20.8 * * * *
Metropolitan-small 66.4 11.1 76.0 11.9 * * * * * *
Micropolitan * * * * * * * * * *
Noncore * * * * * * * * * *
Expected payment source Private insurance 47.0 10.2 48.3 10.7 * * * * * *
Medicare 64.5 7.2 61.1 7.7 78.6 22.0 * * 205.7 53.3
Medicaid 95.8 23.2 * * 188.6 45.1 * * * *
Other insurance * * * * * * * * * *
Uninsured/self-pay/no charge * * * * * * * * * *
Region of inpatient treatment Northeast 55.5 10.2 46.0 11.0 * * * * 239.3 56.9
Midwest 49.6 11.4 55.0 11.9 * * * * * *
South 72.5 10.0 69.4 11.2 111.5 25.9 * * * *
West 64.0 15.6 61.8 16.6 * * * * * *
Ownership/control of hospital Private, not-for-profit 57.3 6.2 54.4 6.7 85.3 20.7 * * * *
Private, for-profit * * * * * * * * * *
Public 78.0 14.8 79.4 16.2 * * * * * *
Teaching status of hospital Teaching 54.5 7.5 49.2 8.1 94.6 25.1 * * 174.8 50.2
Non-teaching 68.9 8.6 68.6 9.3 97.5 26.9 * * * *
Location of hospital Metropolitan-large 53.0 6.8 46.7 7.4 93.1 19.9 * * * *
Metropolitan-small 75.9 10.9 82.7 11.3 * * * * * *
Micropolitan * * * * * * * * * *
Noncore * * * * * * * * * *
Bed size of hospital Less than 100 * * * * * * * * * *
100-299 87.7 10.5 80.9 11.2 168.5 31.7 * * * *
300-499 45.4 11.7 * * * * * * * *
500 or more 53.8 8.2 52.7 8.8 * * * * * *

a Rates are adjusted by age, gender, age-gender interactions, and all patients refined (APR)-diagnosis related group (DRG) risk of mortality score. When reporting is by age, the adjustment is by gender and APR-DRG risk of mortality score; when reporting is by gender, the adjustment is by age and APR-DRG risk of mortality score.

* 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, 2004. This file is designed to provide national estimates on disparities using weighted records from a sample of hospitals from the following 23 States: AR, AZ, CA, CO, CT, FL, GA, HI, KS, MD, MA, MI, MO, NH, NJ, NY, RI, SC, TN, TX, VA, VT, and WI.

 

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