National Healthcare Disparities Report, 2006: Table 223

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Table 223
Hospitalizations per 100 population,^a by race, United States, 2004

		Total		White		Black		Asian		NHOPI		AI/AN		Other
Population group		Rate	SE	Rate	SE	Rate	SE	Rate	SE	Rate	SE	Rate	SE	Rate	SE
Total		11.9	0.3	8.6	0.3	12.4	0.5	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
Age, not age adjusted	0-17	4.3	0.5	3.3	0.5	4.1	0.6	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
	18-44	9.1	0.4	6.4	0.4	9.8	0.5	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
	45-64	11.8	0.4	8.3	0.4	15.1	0.9	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
	65 and over	36.3	1.5	27.1	1.7	32.9	2.5	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
Gender	Female	13.6	0.3	9.9	0.3	13.5	0.5	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
Gender	Male	10.2	0.3	7.4	0.3	11.3	0.5	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*

^a Estimates are age adjusted to the 2000 standard population, except where indicated. Rates were computed using estimates of the civilian population of the United States, including institutionalized persons, as of July 1, 2004. Data are postcensal estimates based on the 2000 census.

* Data do not meet the criteria for statistical reliability, data quality or confidentiality.

Key: AI/AN: American Indian or Alaska Native; NHOPI: Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander; SE: standard error.

Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Health Statistics, National Hospital Discharge Survey.

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