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Table 143b
Home health care patients who had to be admitted to the hospital, by ethnicity,a 2005
Population group Total Non-Hispanic Hispanic, all races
White Black
Percent SE Percent SE Percent SE Percent SE
Total   28.0 0.0 26.9 0.0 33.9 0.1 31.0 0.1
Age 0-64 34.3 0.1 33.9 0.1 35.9 0.1 34.1 0.2
65-74 27.3 0.1 26.3 0.1 32.7 0.1 29.5 0.2
75-84 26.6 0.0 25.8 0.0 32.6 0.1 30.1 0.2
85 and over 26.5 0.1 25.7 0.1 33.9 0.2 31.1 0.2
Gender Male 29.8 0.0 28.9 0.0 35.1 0.1 33.2 0.2
Female 26.9 0.0 25.8 0.0 33.2 0.1 29.7 0.1

a Excludes records with missing values.

Key: SE: standard error.

Source: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Outcome and Assessment Information Set.

 

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