2007 National Healthcare Disparities Report: Data Tables Appendix--Table 261

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Table 261
Hospitalizations for perforated appendix per 1,000 AI/AN^a hospitalizations with appendicitis in Indian Health Service and Tribal hospitals, 2004

Population group		Rate	SE
Total	Age adjusted^b	363.3	1.1
Total	Unadjusted	310.6	1.9
Age	18-44	268.7	20.8
	45-64	415.9	46.4
	65 and over	514.3	84.5
Gender	Male	309.2	26.0
Gender	Female	312.3	27.5

^a Service population does not include the Portland and California regions.

^b The total estimates are age adjusted using the total U.S. population for 2000 as the standard population.

Key: AI/AN: American Indian or Alaska Native; SE: standard error.

Source: Indian Health Service.