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Table 53
Deaths per 1,000 admissions with acute myocardial infarction (AMI) as principal diagnosis (excluding 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   82.4 0.3 83.3 0.4 74.5 1.0 85.4 2.1 80.5 1.3
Age 18-44 19.9 0.7 19.1 0.9 21.7 1.6 16.4 4.8 25.2 2.1
45-64 36.6 0.4 37.3 0.5 34.8 1.0 34.1 2.6 35.4 1.3
65 and over 113.2 0.5 115.9 0.6 95.1 1.5 118.6 3.0 102.1 1.8
  65-69 66.9 0.9 69.0 1.1 60.2 2.4 61.3 5.7 60.8 3.1
  70-74 83.6 1.0 84.2 1.1 76.3 2.9 76.5 5.8 86.1 3.5
  75-79 104.7 1.0 105.3 1.2 96.8 3.2 120.5 6.4 100.0 3.9
  80-84 125.1 1.2 126.3 1.3 105.4 4.0 128.9 7.4 130.0 4.8
  85 and over 163.0 1.2 164.9 1.3 141.8 4.3 183.8 7.6 148.4 5.3
Gender Male 70.4 0.4 74.0 0.5 49.6 1.1 74.3 2.5 61.8 1.3
Female 98.9 0.6 103.3 0.7 77.1 1.3 105.7 3.6 86.2 2.0
Median income of patient's ZIP Code Less than $25,000 77.7 1.6 80.9 2.7 77.6 2.7 73.3 11.4 74.9 3.4
$25,000-$34,999 87.6 0.7 90.9 0.8 76.8 1.6 87.1 5.7 83.2 2.1
$35,000-$44,999 84.4 0.6 85.5 0.7 72.4 2.0 82.4 4.1 82.7 2.7
$45,000 or more 78.8 0.5 78.8 0.5 71.1 2.1 87.0 2.7 78.2 2.4
Location of patient residence Metropolitan-large 78.1 0.4 79.0 0.5 71.5 1.2 80.4 2.6 77.5 1.5
Metropolitan-small 83.9 0.6 83.7 0.7 74.4 2.4 97.4 4.3 90.1 2.6
Micropolitan 91.5 1.0 92.5 1.1 88.9 4.3 79.4 6.1 74.5 5.5
Noncore 94.1 1.2 93.5 1.2 97.6 4.2 169.9 19.2 84.4 8.4
Expected payment source Private insurance 81.1 1.0 81.9 1.1 71.9 3.2 86.1 5.9 82.6 4.0
Medicare 81.5 0.4 82.5 0.4 73.2 1.1 82.8 2.4 79.8 1.5
Medicaid 87.3 1.7 93.4 2.4 79.0 3.7 87.7 6.4 84.2 3.7
Other insurance 101.4 3.1 105.8 3.6 103.1 9.5 102.5 16.4 68.7 10.8
Uninsured/self-pay/no charge 101.7 2.3 106.2 3.0 95.5 6.2 122.2 11.8 80.4 5.9
Region of inpatient treatment Northeast 83.2 0.7 82.7 0.8 79.5 2.8 114.0 6.2 83.4 3.4
Midwest 78.9 0.7 81.4 0.7 58.7 1.9 157.4 12.8 92.4 8.3
South 84.7 0.5 85.9 0.6 80.6 1.4 81.3 6.2 79.1 1.8
West 81.2 0.8 81.3 1.0 83.5 3.5 79.0 2.4 80.4 2.2
Ownership/control of hospital Private, not-for-profit 81.2 0.4 82.4 0.4 70.6 1.2 87.6 2.5 78.7 1.6
Private, for-profit 84.6 0.9 84.0 1.0 85.4 2.6 84.3 5.4 86.0 2.3
Public 87.4 1.0 89.4 1.1 83.4 2.8 76.1 5.4 75.0 4.1
Teaching status of hospital Teaching 76.7 0.6 77.0 0.7 68.5 1.6 90.6 4.1 79.8 2.3
Non-teaching 84.8 0.4 85.9 0.4 78.5 1.3 83.5 2.4 80.8 1.5
Location of hospital Metropolitan-large 78.0 0.4 78.9 0.5 71.5 1.2 79.7 2.6 77.4 1.5
Metropolitan-small 84.2 0.6 84.0 0.6 75.6 2.2 101.2 4.2 89.1 2.5
Micropolitan 94.3 1.1 95.4 1.2 97.2 4.7 74.0 6.3 79.0 7.3
Noncore 110.9 2.0 110.3 2.1 109.4 6.4 188.4 20.7 * *
Bed size of hospital Less than 100 95.6 1.1 96.2 1.2 96.9 4.8 108.9 8.9 82.0 4.2
100-299 84.0 0.5 84.2 0.6 81.4 1.8 81.3 2.8 84.8 2.1
300-499 79.1 0.6 80.1 0.7 69.4 1.7 91.3 4.4 76.0 2.5
500 or more 78.4 0.7 79.8 0.8 69.6 1.9 82.2 5.0 79.1 2.4

aRates 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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