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Table 26A
Admissions for diabetes with short-term complicationsa (excluding transfers from other institutions) per 100,000 population, ages 6-17, by race/ethnicity, United States, 2004
Population group Total Non-Hispanic Hispanic, all races
White Black API
Rateb SE Rateb SE Rateb SE Rateb SE Rateb SE
Total   27.2 2.1 26.5 2.0 44.2 5.8 6.0 1.7 17.5 2.0
Age 6-9 11.3 1.3 13.0 1.6 12.1 2.4 * * 5.2 0.8
10-14 32.5 2.9 30.9 2.5 55.7 9.2 * * 20.3 2.9
15-17 39.9 2.4 37.4 2.4 68.3 7.0 6.3 1.8 29.3 3.4
Gender Male 23.1 1.9 23.4 1.8 34.8 4.7 6.0 1.6 15.1 1.9
Female 31.5 2.5 29.8 2.3 54.1 7.5 * * 20.0 2.5
Median income of patient's ZIP Code Less than $25,000 34.2 4.8 38.1 7.9 39.1 7.4 * * 28.9 8.3
$25,000-$34,999 37.6 3.2 40.7 3.3 53.7 8.1 * * 18.9 2.8
$35,000-$44,999 28.4 2.1 28.3 2.1 43.5 6.6 * * 17.4 2.4
$45,000 or more 21.8 2.2 21.8 2.3 35.6 5.4 * * 14.2 2.2
Location of patient residence Metropolitan-large 24.0 3.3 21.6 3.0 42.0 8.2 3.4 0.9 17.5 2.7
Metropolitan-small 29.5 2.8 28.4 2.6 50.4 8.6 * * 17.8 3.5
Micropolitan 32.8 2.8 34.3 3.1 39.2 8.0 * * * *
Noncore 33.5 2.8 33.8 3.1 47.7 10.0 * * 22.2 6.2
Region of inpatient treatment Northeast 22.3 3.2 20.5 3.6 31.2 4.6 * * 26.6 5.8
Midwest 37.4 6.1 33.1 4.6 * * * * * *
South 30.1 4.0 29.5 3.8 38.1 5.7 * * 21.2 4.8
West 16.9 2.0 17.7 2.1 30.2 8.8 * * 13.6 2.2

a Ketoacidosis, hyperosmolarity, or coma.

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.

* 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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