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Table 226
Admissions for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) (excluding obstetric admissions and transfers from other institutions) per 100,000 population, age 18 years and older, by race/ethnicity, United States, 2003
        Non-Hispanic Hispanic, all races
    Total White Black API
Population group Ratea SE Ratea SE Ratea SE Ratea SE Ratea SE
Total 246.3 3.9 254.5 4.6 253.6 12.7 101.5 10.2 217.5 22.0
Age 18-44 16.3 0.6 19.2 0.8 17.5 1.1 4.4 0.7 6.5 0.6
45-64 239.2 4.4 255.8 5.2 287.0 15.2 39.1 4.0 118.8 9.3
65 and over 1012.7 16.6 1032.1 18.8 946.9 48.5 509.5 54.2 991.1 105.1
Age 65-69 791.6 14.2 834.5 16.9 802.4 44.8 239.1 30.2 527.2 53.2
70-74 1019.0 17.6 1052.9 20.5 980.2 49.7 432.2 49.5 863.8 81.6
75-79 1190.1 20.8 1201.8 23.4 1149.6 64.3 693.0 77.1 1206.5 126.2
80-84 1228.7 22.7 1223.0 24.7 1076.2 72.5 900.3 123.3 1679.7 192.8
85 and over 1008.7 21.6 978.8 21.9 863.8 60.7 946.2 128.7 1847.0 261.2
Gender Male 255.7 4.1 256.0 4.7 299.9 15.2 152.7 16.1 249.3 24.5
Female 243.9 4.0 258.4 4.8 222.6 11.7 67.9 7.2 197.2 20.6
Median income of patient's ZIP Code Less than $25,000 351.3 29.9 434.4 56.6 313.7 32.2 * * 340.4 76.3
$25,000-$34,999 356.3 11.8 404.8 14.9 281.5 18.1 145.2 26.1 234.0 30.4
$35,000-$44,999 266.0 7.0 278.6 7.9 255.4 15.0 125.6 21.0 194.1 18.2
$45,000 or more 191.2 5.7 195.6 6.2 200.1 12.5 82.8 9.2 192.2 24.5
Location of patient residence Metropolitan-large 237.3 8.3 241.6 9.4 272.6 20.1 99.0 12.4 231.1 30.1
Metropolitan-small 215.6 11.1 223.8 11.7 201.5 16.8 78.2 17.4 163.0 29.2
Micropolitan 284.6 14.3 292.7 15.2 213.0 22.8 * * * *
Noncore 365.4 16.6 375.1 17.7 313.6 33.9 * * 268.9 50.3
Region of inpatient treatment Northeast 239.3 8.9 240.0 10.5 279.3 38.8 * * 228.5 41.9
Midwest 244.0 8.1 245.1 8.7 296.1 42.5 39.2 7.0 61.4 12.8
South 299.1 7.4 320.3 8.8 217.1 10.7 85.8 18.1 281.2 49.9
West 164.4 6.1 162.6 7.4 337.6 43.7 117.8 14.1 171.4 15.8

a Estimates are adjusted by age and gender using the total U.S. population for 2000 as the standard population; when reporting is by age, the adjustment is by gender only; when reporting is by gender, the adjustment is by age only.

* 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, 2003. This file is designed to provide national estimates on disparities using weighted records from a sample of hospitals from the following 23 States: AZ, CA, CO, CT, FL, GA, HI, KS, MD, MA, MI, MO, NH, NJ, NY, PA, RI, SC, TN, TX, VA, VT, and WI.

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