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Table 26B
Admissions for diabetes with short-term complicationsa (excluding obstetric admissions and transfers from other institutions) per 100,000 population, age 18 and over, 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   57.4 1.1 46.0 0.9 154.3 7.4 19.3 2.0 55.7 3.4
Age 18-44 64.5 1.3 56.7 1.3 142.9 6.9 11.2 1.5 45.7 2.7
45-64 54.2 1.3 36.1 0.8 187.7 9.9 17.2 2.2 60.7 4.3
65 and over 40.3 1.0 28.9 0.7 130.4 7.8 43.1 5.5 73.6 5.6
Age 65-69 39.6 1.3 26.8 1.1 142.1 9.4 21.1 4.5 53.5 5.7
70-74 38.3 1.4 26.5 1.2 123.9 9.3 29.6 5.7 82.6 8.0
75-79 41.4 1.5 29.3 1.3 140.9 12.2 54.3 10.8 84.8 9.4
80-84 43.1 1.9 32.1 1.6 128.3 15.9 86.9 23.1 100.2 14.3
85 and over 40.1 1.8 32.4 1.7 95.0 10.6 85.1 17.3 71.4 11.5
Gender Male 58.8 1.2 44.8 1.0 173.0 8.5 21.7 2.6 61.4 3.8
Female 56.0 1.1 47.2 1.1 136.6 6.8 16.8 2.0 50.5 3.2
Median income of patient's ZIP Code Less than $25,000 116.8 8.6 76.7 6.5 174.1 16.0 * * 91.2 17.3
$25,000-$34,999 89.2 3.2 69.7 2.8 187.7 11.6 31.1 4.7 67.5 6.0
$35,000-$44,999 59.6 1.8 51.5 1.7 145.9 9.1 24.0 3.9 50.7 3.4
$45,000 or more 40.3 1.1 36.0 1.1 120.4 7.1 15.1 2.1 43.9 2.9
Location of patient residence Metropolitan-large 58.6 2.3 43.2 1.6 159.6 11.7 15.7 1.7 55.8 4.2
Metropolitan-small 53.1 2.9 44.4 2.4 140.6 12.2 24.6 7.2 55.3 8.0
Micropolitan 62.3 3.0 56.4 3.0 145.3 14.2 61.4 18.3 63.2 9.7
Noncore 63.6 3.2 55.9 3.1 175.0 18.3 * * 48.3 9.1
Region of inpatient treatment Northeast 52.9 2.2 39.0 1.8 143.6 13.2 20.3 4.9 86.1 12.2
Midwest 58.5 2.6 46.5 1.9 198.6 26.7 11.2 3.2 28.2 4.5
South 66.5 1.9 53.0 1.7 142.3 8.7 16.3 3.2 50.7 5.6
West 45.7 1.9 40.1 1.8 158.3 16.4 22.0 3.2 54.6 4.7

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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