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Table 57
Deaths per 1,000 admissions with abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) repair (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   75.4 1.3 75.6 1.3 58.0 5.7 82.7 9.6 91.8 7.1
Age 18-44 * * * * * * * * * *
45-64 28.7 2.1 28.0 2.3 * * * * 55.3 10.4
65 and over 88.7 1.5 88.7 1.6 71.5 7.2 96.7 11.7 94.0 8.2
  65-69 51.2 2.8 49.2 3.0 59.7 11.3 116.8 32.6 67.6 14.7
  70-74 71.7 2.5 71.0 2.7 71.7 11.9 81.0 21.0 90.4 12.0
  75-79 95.0 3.2 98.5 3.4 * * * * 72.2 19.3
  80-84 99.2 3.6 99.3 3.8 116.3 19.3 112.6 22.7 * *
  85 and over 191.4 6.7 188.2 7.1 188.4 35.4 * * 286.7 36.2
Gender Male 68.8 1.4 68.7 1.5 59.8 6.6 99.1 11.0 70.4 7.5
Female 115.9 3.2 118.3 3.4 63.0 11.1 * * 158.3 17.7
Median income of patient's ZIP Code Less than $25,000 88.6 7.5 80.9 9.2 70.3 19.5 330.6 64.1 142.4 22.9
$25,000-$34,999 80.4 2.7 85.6 3.0 53.2 8.5 * * 68.6 12.6
$35,000-$44,999 75.8 2.4 77.7 2.5 * * * * 98.8 14.8
$45,000 or more 72.4 1.8 70.4 1.9 84.1 10.9 104.6 13.1 95.6 11.7
Location of patient residence Metropolitan-large 74.9 1.8 73.4 1.9 57.7 6.9 107.0 12.7 104.5 8.1
Metropolitan-small 71.2 2.4 74.0 2.5 55.3 12.6 * * * *
Micropolitan 84.4 3.7 82.5 3.9 166.7 33.9 * * 131.4 26.8
Noncore 80.7 4.2 84.0 4.3 * * * * * *
Expected payment source Private insurance 63.2 3.7 63.5 3.9 * * * * 88.0 21.8
Medicare 77.4 1.4 77.9 1.4 62.3 6.3 82.0 10.7 87.3 8.3
Medicaid 69.5 9.6 55.2 13.0 * * * * 108.3 18.7
Other insurance * * * * * * * * * *
Uninsured/self-pay/no charge 92.3 10.7 80.2 12.2 139.5 40.3 * * 139.0 38.7
Region of inpatient treatment Northeast 91.5 2.9 90.7 3.1 85.9 12.8 116.1 28.8 117.9 16.1
Midwest 76.6 2.4 78.1 2.4 58.8 11.1 * * * *
South 69.2 2.1 70.1 2.3 46.2 8.1 * * 83.1 10.7
West 69.3 3.1 65.7 3.4 * * 80.4 10.5 90.9 12.4
Ownership/control of hospital Private, not-for-profit 75.1 1.4 75.1 1.5 59.2 6.4 88.5 10.7 93.2 9.0
Private, for-profit 78.1 3.8 78.4 4.1 * * * * 90.2 14.4
Public 75.2 3.9 76.6 4.2 59.9 17.0 * * 88.1 18.7
Teaching status of hospital Teaching 74.8 2.2 75.0 2.4 48.3 7.9 88.1 18.0 119.2 11.1
Non-teaching 75.8 1.5 75.9 1.6 68.2 8.3 80.4 11.3 75.1 9.1
Location of hospital Metropolitan-large 75.6 1.7 75.3 1.9 50.3 6.8 103.7 12.5 100.9 7.8
Metropolitan-small 70.6 2.0 71.2 2.1 74.9 10.9 * * 56.1 16.4
Micropolitan 99.1 5.1 99.5 5.2 * * * * * *
Noncore 118.6 14.1 118.6 14.1 * * * * * *
Bed size of hospital Less than 100 95.7 6.5 102.6 6.8 * * * * * *
100-299 81.6 2.1 80.3 2.2 63.7 11.4 97.9 13.3 133.6 13.0
300-499 66.1 2.3 65.8 2.4 54.6 9.0 * * 104.7 13.8
500 or more 75.3 2.3 76.7 2.5 55.1 9.8 84.6 17.7 66.2 11.4

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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