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Table 172
Iatrogenic pneumothorax per 1,000 discharges (excluding obstetrical admissions and patients with trauma, thoracic surgery, lung or pleural biopsy, or cardiac surgerya), age 18 and over, by race/ethnicity, United States, 2004
Population group Total Non-Hispanic Hispanic, all races
White Black API
Rateb SE Rateb SE Rateb SE Rateb SE Rateb SE
Total   0.63 0.01 0.65 0.01 0.61 0.01 0.57 0.03 0.46 0.02
Age 18-44 0.40 0.01 0.41 0.01 0.40 0.02 0.36 0.06 0.29 0.02
45-64 0.57 0.01 0.58 0.01 0.57 0.02 0.52 0.06 0.43 0.03
65 and over 0.78 0.01 0.80 0.01 0.71 0.02 0.72 0.05 0.55 0.03
   65-69 0.71 0.02 0.73 0.02 0.67 0.05 0.57 0.12 0.57 0.07
   70-74 0.79 0.02 0.83 0.02 0.62 0.05 1.01 0.12 0.48 0.07
   75-79 0.85 0.02 0.88 0.02 0.77 0.06 0.65 0.12 0.55 0.07
   80-84 0.86 0.02 0.88 0.02 0.86 0.06 0.54 0.12 0.69 0.08
   85 and over 0.66 0.02 0.67 0.02 0.67 0.05 0.80 0.11 0.48 0.07
Gender Male 0.58 0.01 0.60 0.01 0.56 0.02 0.71 0.05 0.47 0.02
Female 0.67 0.01 0.72 0.01 0.57 0.02 0.48 0.05 0.40 0.02
Median income of patient's ZIP Code Less than $25,000 0.52 0.02 0.60 0.04 0.59 0.03 * * 0.33 0.05
$25,000-$34,999 0.62 0.01 0.62 0.01 0.68 0.02 0.54 0.09 0.47 0.03
$35,000-$44,999 0.63 0.01 0.65 0.01 0.57 0.03 0.51 0.07 0.46 0.04
$45,000 or more 0.64 0.01 0.65 0.01 0.56 0.03 0.65 0.04 0.49 0.03
Location of patient residence Metropolitan-large 0.63 0.01 0.66 0.01 0.65 0.02 0.60 0.04 0.40 0.02
Metropolitan-small 0.64 0.01 0.66 0.01 0.54 0.03 0.50 0.07 0.65 0.04
Micropolitan 0.59 0.02 0.60 0.02 0.46 0.05 0.65 0.12 0.45 0.08
Noncore 0.59 0.02 0.59 0.02 0.54 0.06 * * 0.46 0.11
Expected payment source Private insurance 0.64 0.01 0.66 0.01 0.57 0.03 0.65 0.07 0.47 0.04
Medicare 0.63 0.01 0.64 0.01 0.61 0.02 0.53 0.05 0.45 0.03
Medicaid 0.66 0.02 0.72 0.02 0.69 0.03 0.65 0.09 0.47 0.04
Other insurance 0.57 0.03 0.55 0.04 0.70 0.08 * * 0.38 0.09
Uninsured/self-pay/no charge 0.52 0.02 0.55 0.03 0.51 0.05 0.54 0.16 0.48 0.06
Region of inpatient treatment Northeast 0.61 0.01 0.63 0.01 0.52 0.03 0.85 0.09 0.48 0.04
Midwest 0.68 0.01 0.65 0.01 0.82 0.03 * * 0.75 0.10
South 0.60 0.01 0.63 0.01 0.56 0.02 0.54 0.09 0.38 0.03
West 0.64 0.01 0.69 0.01 0.49 0.04 0.54 0.04 0.50 0.03
Ownership/control of hospital Private, not-for-profit 0.64 0.01 0.65 0.01 0.65 0.02 0.61 0.04 0.45 0.02
Private, for-profit 0.55 0.01 0.61 0.02 0.50 0.03 0.31 0.08 0.32 0.04
Public 0.65 0.01 0.65 0.02 0.55 0.03 0.71 0.09 0.74 0.05
Teaching status of hospital Teaching 0.73 0.01 0.76 0.01 0.71 0.02 0.57 0.06 0.57 0.03
Non-teaching 0.58 0.01 0.60 0.01 0.54 0.02 0.58 0.04 0.40 0.02
Location of hospital Metropolitan-large 0.64 0.01 0.68 0.01 0.64 0.02 0.59 0.04 0.41 0.02
Metropolitan-small 0.68 0.01 0.69 0.01 0.61 0.03 0.53 0.07 0.63 0.04
Micropolitan 0.50 0.02 0.51 0.02 0.42 0.05 0.63 0.12 0.39 0.08
Noncore 0.28 0.02 0.29 0.03 0.29 0.07 * * * *
Bed size of hospital Less than 100 0.37 0.01 0.38 0.02 0.32 0.05 0.45 0.12 0.27 0.06
100-299 0.57 0.01 0.59 0.01 0.48 0.02 0.62 0.05 0.38 0.03
300-499 0.65 0.01 0.69 0.01 0.53 0.02 0.53 0.07 0.53 0.04
500 or more 0.85 0.01 0.87 0.01 0.91 0.02 0.57 0.08 0.55 0.03

a Includes barotrauma (including acute respiratory distress syndrome) and central line placement.

b 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.

 

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