2007 National Healthcare Disparities Report: Data Tables Appendix--Table 179

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Table 179
Birth trauma - injury to neonate per 1,000 live births (excluding preterm and osteogenesis imperfecta births), 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		2.62	0.04	2.77	0.05	2.89	0.10	2.55	0.18	2.07	0.08
Gender	Male	2.85	0.06	3.00	0.08	3.10	0.15	2.88	0.26	2.29	0.12
Gender	Female	2.38	0.05	2.54	0.07	2.67	0.14	2.20	0.24	1.83	0.11
Median income of patient's ZIP Code	Less than $25,000	2.75	0.19	3.48	0.46	2.97	0.30	*	*	2.29	0.30
	$25,000-$34,999	2.39	0.08	2.92	0.13	2.66	0.17	*	*	1.55	0.15
	$35,000-$44,999	2.29	0.08	2.38	0.10	2.41	0.20	2.72	0.39	1.90	0.15
	$45,000 or more	2.90	0.06	2.90	0.07	3.65	0.20	2.66	0.22	2.61	0.14
Location of patient residence	Metropolitan-large	2.87	0.05	3.06	0.07	3.26	0.12	2.47	0.21	2.36	0.10
	Metropolitan-small	2.13	0.07	2.39	0.10	1.92	0.22	2.44	0.38	1.38	0.16
	Micropolitan	2.76	0.13	2.80	0.16	3.15	0.42	3.93	0.70	1.93	0.36
	Noncore	2.13	0.16	2.36	0.19	*	*	*	*	*	*
Expected payment source	Private insurance	2.69	0.05	2.83	0.07	2.94	0.18	2.73	0.22	1.79	0.15
	Medicare	4.87	1.30	*	*	*	*	39.54	10.22	*	*
	Medicaid	2.51	0.06	2.61	0.10	2.82	0.13	2.37	0.33	2.15	0.10
	Other insurance	2.99	0.27	2.89	0.35	3.81	0.74	*	*	3.06	0.62
	Uninsured/self-pay/no charge	2.56	0.19	3.03	0.31	3.10	0.51	*	*	2.08	0.31
Region of inpatient treatment	Northeast	2.85	0.09	3.03	0.12	3.03	0.26	1.92	0.39	2.47	0.23
	Midwest	2.16	0.08	2.16	0.10	2.24	0.22	*	*	1.60	0.35
	South	3.15	0.06	3.35	0.09	3.29	0.14	4.93	0.45	2.36	0.13
	West	2.05	0.08	2.36	0.13	1.62	0.38	2.28	0.24	1.78	0.12
Ownership/control of hospital	Private, not-for-profit	2.82	0.05	2.89	0.06	3.24	0.12	2.66	0.20	2.25	0.10
	Private, for-profit	1.38	0.10	1.67	0.15	*	*	*	*	1.20	0.17
	Public	2.94	0.11	3.17	0.16	2.99	0.26	3.09	0.48	2.65	0.20
Teaching status of hospital	Teaching	3.25	0.07	3.67	0.10	3.27	0.16	2.72	0.27	2.54	0.14
Teaching status of hospital	Non-teaching	2.33	0.05	2.43	0.06	2.63	0.13	2.42	0.24	1.85	0.10
Location of hospital	Metropolitan-large	2.92	0.05	3.15	0.07	3.26	0.12	2.52	0.21	2.37	0.10
	Metropolitan-small	2.07	0.07	2.28	0.09	2.02	0.22	2.28	0.38	1.32	0.16
	Micropolitan	2.68	0.13	2.75	0.16	2.82	0.40	3.85	0.70	2.03	0.37
	Noncore	1.83	0.24	2.13	0.27	*	*	*	*	*	*
Bed size of hospital	Less than 100	1.88	0.12	1.94	0.15	1.83	0.46	*	*	1.54	0.26
	100-299	2.40	0.06	2.66	0.08	2.55	0.18	2.69	0.26	1.65	0.13
	300-499	3.10	0.07	3.26	0.10	3.55	0.18	2.67	0.34	2.51	0.16
	500 or more	2.77	0.08	2.90	0.12	2.73	0.19	2.25	0.39	2.53	0.17

^a Rates are adjusted by gender. When reporting is by gender, there is no adjustment.

^* 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.