2007 National Healthcare Disparities Report: Data Tables Appendix--Table 158

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Table 158
Postoperative respiratory failure per 1,000 elective-surgery discharges with an operating room procedure (excluding patients with respiratory disease, circulatory disease, neuromuscular disorders, obstetric conditions, and admissions specifically for acute respiratory failure), age 18 and over, by race/ethnicity, United States, 2004

Population group		Total		Non-Hispanic						Hispanic, all races
		Total		White		Black		API		Hispanic, all races
		Rate^a	SE	Rate^a	SE	Rate^a	SE	Rate^a	SE	Rate^a	SE
Total		8.30	0.04	8.13	0.05	9.05	0.13	9.02	0.31	8.84	0.16
Age	18-44	3.63	0.05	3.39	0.06	3.96	0.12	3.91	0.36	4.06	0.17
	45-64	7.81	0.06	7.81	0.07	7.78	0.16	7.37	0.43	7.58	0.23
	65 and over	12.85	0.09	12.65	0.09	13.49	0.30	14.73	0.67	14.11	0.35
	65-69	10.63	0.15	10.33	0.16	12.56	0.46	12.72	1.17	11.20	0.58
	70-74	11.19	0.15	10.99	0.17	11.27	0.55	10.54	1.19	12.67	0.63
	75-79	13.91	0.19	13.70	0.20	15.09	0.72	16.03	1.46	15.67	0.83
	80-84	15.49	0.24	15.24	0.25	15.55	0.92	23.43	2.04	18.21	1.12
	85 and over	18.20	0.36	17.80	0.39	19.38	1.39	18.06	2.95	24.10	1.71
Gender	Male	12.21	0.08	12.06	0.09	12.28	0.25	13.48	0.62	12.66	0.29
Gender	Female	6.58	0.05	6.78	0.05	5.77	0.11	6.41	0.31	5.55	0.15
Median income of patient's ZIP Code	Less than $25,000	10.03	0.24	9.40	0.39	10.07	0.37	7.71	1.85	11.43	0.56
	$25,000-$34,999	9.15	0.09	9.02	0.11	9.58	0.21	10.06	0.99	8.98	0.28
	$35,000-$44,999	8.34	0.08	8.26	0.09	8.47	0.25	9.84	0.68	8.83	0.33
	$45,000 or more	7.82	0.06	7.72	0.06	8.49	0.24	8.65	0.39	8.11	0.28
Location of patient residence	Metropolitan-large	8.78	0.06	8.67	0.07	9.39	0.16	9.05	0.38	8.78	0.20
	Metropolitan-small	7.64	0.08	7.53	0.08	7.41	0.28	9.41	0.67	8.74	0.33
	Micropolitan	8.07	0.12	7.70	0.13	11.40	0.50	8.39	1.11	9.92	0.63
	Noncore	7.86	0.14	7.77	0.15	8.40	0.53	*	*	8.74	0.80
Expected payment source	Private insurance	7.01	0.07	7.00	0.08	7.03	0.21	7.05	0.49	6.81	0.28
	Medicare	8.84	0.06	8.61	0.06	10.01	0.18	10.28	0.47	9.76	0.24
	Medicaid	11.93	0.19	11.64	0.25	12.56	0.39	13.19	1.03	11.77	0.47
	Other insurance	7.90	0.26	8.09	0.30	7.52	0.74	6.52	1.91	7.69	0.74
	Uninsured/self-pay/no charge	8.92	0.31	9.12	0.38	9.01	0.80	7.84	1.88	8.36	0.85
Region of inpatient treatment	Northeast	7.72	0.10	7.73	0.11	8.00	0.34	9.05	0.87	7.00	0.41
	Midwest	8.18	0.08	7.94	0.08	10.35	0.26	7.36	1.56	7.75	0.76
	South	8.88	0.07	8.79	0.08	8.86	0.17	8.38	0.78	9.86	0.25
	West	7.81	0.10	7.44	0.11	8.62	0.41	9.26	0.38	8.57	0.27
Ownership/control of hospital	Private, not-for-profit	7.82	0.05	7.72	0.05	8.36	0.15	8.62	0.37	7.91	0.20
	Private, for-profit	9.88	0.11	9.61	0.13	10.42	0.33	7.75	0.80	11.18	0.34
	Public	9.74	0.12	9.43	0.14	11.23	0.35	12.90	0.91	9.61	0.46
Teaching status of hospital	Teaching	8.62	0.07	8.51	0.08	9.18	0.20	10.27	0.53	8.20	0.28
Teaching status of hospital	Non-teaching	8.14	0.05	7.95	0.06	8.95	0.17	8.34	0.39	9.18	0.20
Location of hospital	Metropolitan-large	9.03	0.05	8.96	0.06	9.37	0.15	9.24	0.37	8.96	0.19
	Metropolitan-small	7.42	0.07	7.30	0.08	7.82	0.26	8.21	0.67	8.65	0.32
	Micropolitan	7.13	0.14	6.70	0.15	11.23	0.55	9.71	1.39	8.84	0.75
	Noncore	6.43	0.29	6.56	0.31	5.34	1.04	*	*	*	*
Bed size of hospital	Less than 100	6.11	0.14	5.91	0.15	6.36	0.56	5.47	1.18	8.78	0.54
	100-299	7.72	0.07	7.53	0.08	9.04	0.23	8.61	0.48	7.72	0.27
	300-499	9.12	0.08	8.95	0.08	9.63	0.22	9.25	0.61	9.95	0.31
	500 or more	8.94	0.08	8.88	0.09	8.85	0.23	10.56	0.66	9.25	0.31

^a Rates are adjusted by age, gender, age-gender interactions, comorbidities, and diagnosis related group (DRG) clusters. When reporting is by age, the adjustment is by gender, comorbidities, and DRG clusters; when reporting is by gender, the adjustment is by age, comorbidities, and DRG clusters.

^* 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.