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Table 162
Failure to rescue or deaths per 1,000 discharges having developed specified complications of care during hospitalization (excluding patients transferred in or out, patients admitted from long-term care facilities, neonates, and patients over 74 years old), 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 134.2 0.8 132.7 0.9 132.6 1.2 154.5 3.5 140.3 1.6
Age 0-17 21.3 3.7 24.4 4.9 * * * * 23.4 6.8
18-44 66.6 1.6 64.8 1.9 67.0 2.4 88.3 8.5 69.2 3.4
45-64 96.5 1.3 95.2 1.4 94.3 2.0 119.4 6.2 102.8 2.8
65-74 126.8 1.3 127.0 1.4 121.4 2.5 144.3 6.0 129.7 3.2
Gender Male 131.4 0.9 130.8 1.0 125.8 1.6 154.5 4.8 139.0 2.1
Female 134.0 0.9 131.7 1.0 136.0 1.5 150.8 4.9 138.1 2.1
Median income of patient's ZIP Code Less than $25,000 140.8 2.1 139.2 4.2 134.9 2.7 166.0 19.6 153.9 4.4
$25,000-$34,999 135.3 1.2 135.8 1.5 132.9 1.9 139.0 9.6 135.8 2.6
$35,000-$44,999 132.8 1.1 130.7 1.3 132.3 2.0 156.0 7.0 141.4 2.9
$45,000 or more 133.5 1.0 132.4 1.1 131.0 2.1 156.5 4.4 139.2 2.6
Location of patient residence Metropolitan-large 135.2 0.9 134.0 1.1 131.6 1.4 147.7 4.1 142.9 1.8
Metropolitan-small 135.0 1.1 133.0 1.3 135.9 2.4 176.6 7.0 140.6 3.2
Micropolitan 130.5 1.7 131.2 1.9 134.1 4.7 144.4 14.2 105.7 7.0
Noncore 126.8 2.0 125.6 2.2 132.4 5.2 176.5 43.3 122.5 10.2
Expected payment source Private insurance 128.2 1.1 126.4 1.2 128.9 2.1 153.4 6.1 134.4 3.2
Medicare 134.8 1.0 134.8 1.1 131.5 1.8 153.2 5.8 137.6 2.6
Medicaid 139.7 1.3 138.0 1.9 134.9 2.1 153.2 6.8 147.9 2.7
Other insurance 129.5 2.6 130.7 3.5 123.8 5.7 149.7 17.6 129.0 5.3
Uninsured/self pay/no charge 148.9 2.1 146.8 2.9 147.6 3.8 188.0 17.1 148.8 4.9
Region of inpatient treatment Northeast 137.4 1.3 134.2 1.5 142.6 2.6 132.7 10.1 149.3 3.9
Midwest 131.1 1.2 132.9 1.4 125.8 2.2 118.3 15.3 130.2 8.5
South 125.7 1.0 124.7 1.1 129.1 1.6 132.2 9.5 118.7 2.3
West 154.8 1.3 152.0 1.6 150.8 3.1 165.7 4.1 159.1 2.3
Ownership/control of hospital Private, not-for-profit 133.9 0.9 132.4 0.9 131.7 1.4 156.8 4.2 143.6 2.0
Private, for-profit 133.3 1.5 132.2 1.8 135.0 3.0 144.0 9.0 130.2 3.3
Public 136.5 1.4 134.8 1.8 134.5 2.5 153.6 8.2 139.9 3.2
Teaching status of hospital Teaching 134.5 1.0 132.3 1.3 130.1 1.7 157.9 5.0 148.3 2.4
Non-teaching 134.0 0.9 132.9 1.0 134.6 1.5 151.4 4.7 135.4 1.9
Location of hospital Metropolitan-large 135.3 0.9 134.1 1.0 131.9 1.4 149.1 4.1 142.5 1.8
Metropolitan-small 134.4 1.1 132.5 1.2 135.7 2.3 171.4 6.8 140.4 3.1
Micropolitan 130.8 1.9 132.2 2.1 134.6 5.0 145.9 16.1 94.9 8.2
Noncore 115.7 3.1 113.8 3.4 122.0 7.6 * * 118.4 18.2
Bed size of hospital Less than 100 119.9 1.7 118.5 1.9 128.0 4.7 155.3 16.2 115.8 5.7
100-299 138.3 1.0 137.3 1.2 135.7 1.9 165.2 5.2 141.0 2.4
300-499 132.6 1.1 131.7 1.3 128.6 1.9 146.6 6.3 143.6 3.0
500 or more 135.2 1.1 133.1 1.4 134.5 1.9 145.3 7.3 142.3 2.7

a Estimates are adjusted by age, gender, age-gender interactions, comorbidities, and 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, 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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