National Healthcare Disparities Report, 2006: Table 48

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Table 48
Deaths per 1,000 admissions with congestive heart failure (CHF) as principal diagnosis, age 18 and older (excluding obstetric and neonatal admissions and transfers to another hospital), by race/ethnicity, United States, 2003

				Non-Hispanic						Hispanic, all races
		Total		White		Black		API		Hispanic, all races
Population group		Rate^a	SE	Rate^a	SE	Rate^a	SE	Rate^a	SE	Rate^a	SE
Total		35.8	0.3	37.6	0.4	31.1	0.7	33.7	2.5	31.7	1.1
Age	18-44	15.5	1.5	15.6	2.7	16.7	2.1	*	*	*	*
	45-64	19.0	0.7	20.5	0.9	17.3	1.1	*	*	18.0	2.1
	65 and over	41.2	0.4	44.8	0.4	25.0	1.0	37.4	2.9	31.8	1.3
Age	65-69	28.5	1.0	31.0	1.3	21.8	2.2	29.8	7.7	26.3	3.1
	70-74	22.5	0.9	25.1	1.1	14.2	2.2	*	*	19.4	2.9
	75-79	30.8	0.8	33.6	0.9	17.9	2.3	30.6	6.0	22.5	2.8
	80-84	43.2	0.8	45.5	0.9	31.0	2.5	37.4	6.1	34.2	3.1
	85 and over	63.9	0.7	66.0	0.7	44.7	2.4	68.9	6.0	57.1	2.9
Gender	Male	38.5	0.5	40.3	0.5	34.5	1.1	36.6	3.5	33.0	1.6
Gender	Female	33.8	0.4	34.9	0.5	30.8	1.0	32.0	3.5	32.1	1.5
Median income of patient's ZIP Code	Less than $25,000	34.8	1.4	40.5	2.9	32.8	1.8	*	*	33.2	3.2
	$25,000-$34,999	37.0	0.6	40.8	0.8	31.8	1.2	27.2	7.6	28.9	1.9
	$35,000-$44,999	35.9	0.6	37.6	0.7	29.8	1.4	31.3	4.8	33.9	2.2
	$45,000 or more	35.2	0.5	36.1	0.5	30.4	1.5	36.0	3.2	32.3	2.0
Location of patient residence	Metropolitan-large	33.3	0.4	34.9	0.5	30.4	0.9	29.6	3.0	31.0	1.3
	Metropolitan-small	35.9	0.6	37.3	0.7	29.1	1.6	41.9	4.9	31.1	2.3
	Micropolitan	40.9	1.0	41.3	1.1	38.8	2.9	38.5	8.7	35.3	5.1
	Noncore	46.0	1.1	47.3	1.2	38.5	3.2	*	*	47.5	7.2
Expected payment source	Private insurance	42.2	0.9	45.6	1.1	35.0	1.8	34.4	6.9	43.9	3.5
	Medicare	33.5	0.4	35.5	0.4	26.5	0.9	31.6	3.0	27.3	1.3
	Medicaid	41.3	1.1	45.4	1.9	39.7	1.8	40.5	5.9	37.7	2.7
	Other insurance	65.5	2.6	89.4	3.7	44.5	5.2	*	*	41.6	5.4
	Uninsured/self pay/no charge	44.5	1.9	48.6	3.0	42.3	3.0	*	*	37.8	5.2
Region of inpatient treatment	Northeast	39.3	0.7	40.5	0.8	34.3	1.7	54.4	8.2	37.8	2.7
	Midwest	33.3	0.7	35.3	0.8	25.1	1.6	*	*	31.6	7.7
	South	35.8	0.5	37.6	0.6	32.7	1.0	34.6	7.4	30.1	1.6
	West	35.2	0.8	37.4	1.0	32.0	2.2	31.9	2.8	30.9	1.9
Ownership/control of hospital	Private, not-for-profit	34.8	0.4	36.6	0.4	28.8	0.9	36.0	3.0	31.7	1.4
	Private, for-profit	36.2	0.8	38.6	1.0	33.5	1.9	*	*	30.2	2.1
	Public	41.4	0.9	43.3	1.2	39.2	1.8	39.6	6.5	34.5	2.9
Teaching status of hospital	Teaching	32.6	0.6	33.6	0.8	29.6	1.2	42.9	4.0	33.1	2.0
Teaching status of hospital	Non-teaching	37.1	0.4	38.9	0.4	32.1	0.9	28.3	3.1	31.2	1.3
Location of hospital	Metropolitan-large	33.2	0.4	34.8	0.5	30.5	0.9	29.3	3.0	30.8	1.3
	Metropolitan-small	35.6	0.6	37.1	0.6	28.4	1.6	41.2	4.9	31.3	2.3
	Micropolitan	43.4	1.0	43.6	1.1	40.9	3.0	41.3	9.0	43.7	5.5
	Noncore	49.7	1.5	51.0	1.6	42.2	4.0	*	*	45.4	12.3
Bed size of hospital	Less than 100	45.6	0.8	46.6	0.9	40.2	2.6	36.6	9.1	40.8	3.6
	100-299	36.5	0.5	38.0	0.6	32.3	1.2	31.7	3.4	32.2	1.6
	300-499	30.9	0.6	31.6	0.8	28.8	1.3	34.6	4.7	29.7	2.5
	500 or more	33.1	0.7	35.6	0.9	29.6	1.4	37.2	6.4	28.8	2.1

^a Rates are adjusted by age, gender, age-gender interactions, and APR-DRG risk of mortality score. When reporting is by age, the adjustment is by gender and APR-DRG risk of mortality score; when reporting is by gender, the adjustment is by age and APR-DRG risk of mortality score.

* 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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