Table 101a: Race/Ethnicity - Selected infections due to medical care per 1000 discharges^a, by race/ethnicity, 2001

			Non-Hispanic
	Total		White		Black		API		Hispanic (of any race)
Population group	Rateb	SE	Rateb	SE	Rateb	SE	Rateb	SE	Rateb	SE
Total	2.061	0.032	1.848	0.035	2.988	0.062	*	*	2.002	0.058
Age groups for conditions affecting any age
0-17	2.132	0.084	2.085	0.099	2.317	0.132	2.299	0.418	1.962	0.135
18-44	1.910	0.061	1.731	0.064	2.780	0.097	1.790	0.141	1.631	0.077
45-64	2.635	0.100	2.253	0.102	4.062	0.150	3.645	0.354	2.782	0.183
65 and over	1.998	0.097	1.782	0.096	3.056	0.164	3.059	0.304	2.602	0.181
Age groups for conditions affecting primarily elderly
65-69	2.459	0.125	2.167	0.130	3.786	0.275	2.399	0.661	3.044	0.340
70-74	2.492	0.120	2.235	0.124	3.406	0.282	4.259	0.615	3.391	0.335
75-79	2.325	0.118	2.128	0.120	3.043	0.291	3.769	0.606	2.841	0.344
80-84	1.838	0.121	1.697	0.123	2.782	0.322	3.115	0.694	1.872	0.396
85 and over	0.958	0.120	0.823	0.122	1.984	0.309	*	*	1.326	0.389
Gender
Male	2.016	0.059	1.812	0.061	2.947	0.115	3.265	0.270	1.912	0.126
Female	2.014	0.040	1.802	0.044	2.929	0.074	2.054	0.145	1.957	0.065
Median income of patient ZIP Code
Less than $25,000	2.405	0.079	1.763	0.111	3.441	0.133	3.051	0.778	1.769	0.175
$25,000-$34,999	1.921	0.046	1.680	0.053	2.703	0.099	2.955	0.432	1.887	0.109
$35,000-$44,999	1.944	0.046	1.706	0.053	2.930	0.111	1.833	0.311	2.046	0.106
$45,000 or more	2.150	0.038	2.023	0.043	3.068	0.104	2.610	0.153	2.126	0.087
Residence location
Metropolitan	2.188	0.034	1.964	0.037	3.129	0.065	2.520	0.136	2.031	0.060
Micropolitan	1.592	0.064	1.508	0.069	2.262	0.212	2.574	0.417	1.593	0.246
Non-Core	1.417	0.069	1.388	0.074	1.494	0.219	*	*	1.685	0.328
Location of inpatient treatment
Northeast	1.962	0.052	1.864	0.058	2.572	0.126	1.707	0.326	1.721	0.159
Midwest	2.072	0.048	1.777	0.051	3.684	0.113	1.828	0.449	1.760	0.291
South	2.048	0.039	1.840	0.045	2.797	0.081	2.460	0.302	1.872	0.088
West	2.184	0.051	1.976	0.066	3.051	0.180	2.766	0.167	2.213	0.081
Expected payment source
Private insurance	1.686	0.040	1.585	0.044	2.247	0.089	1.932	0.157	1.622	0.098
Medicare	2.517	0.051	2.145	0.052	4.439	0.123	4.104	0.331	3.132	0.166
Medicaid	2.215	0.051	2.000	0.073	2.699	0.096	2.503	0.291	2.013	0.079
Other insurance	1.483	0.110	1.387	0.141	2.436	0.272	*	*	1.170	0.237
Uninsured/self pay/no charge	1.347	0.089	1.169	0.122	1.549	0.187	*	*	1.464	0.157

^aAlso excludes admissions specifically for such infections, such as cases from earlier admissions, from other hospitals, or from other settings.

^b Rates 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.

Note: The population categories used in this table are as reported from the source of the data (see below).

Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project, State Inpatient Databases, disparities analysis file, 2001. This file is designed to provide national estimates on disparities using weighted records from a sample of hospitals from the following 22 states: AZ, CA, CO, CT, FL, GA, HI, KS, MD, MA, MI, MO, NJ, NY, PA, RI, SC, TN, TX, VA, VT, and WI.

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