Table 103a: Race/Ethnicity - Postoperative hemorrhage or hematoma with surgical drainage or evacuation, not verifiable as following surgery^a, per 1000 surgical discharges (excluding obstetrical admissions), by race/ethnicity, 2001

			Non-Hispanic						Hispanic
	Total		White		Black		API		(of any race)
Population group	Rateb	SE	Rateb	SE	Rateb	SE	Rateb	SE	Rateb	SE
Total	2.257	0.074	2.229	0.078	2.628	0.113	2.885	0.247	1.776	0.120
Age groups for conditions affecting any age
0-17	1.458	0.236	1.480	0.256	1.993	0.477	*	*	*	*
18-44	1.920	0.159	1.944	0.164	2.096	0.239	2.099	0.523	1.382	0.230
45-64	2.110	0.151	2.000	0.153	2.809	0.221	3.480	0.449	1.694	0.256
65 and over	2.426	0.146	2.422	0.147	2.573	0.235	2.823	0.437	1.960	0.269
Age groups for conditions affecting primarily elderly
65-69	2.174	0.179	2.062	0.185	3.045	0.385	3.313	0.864	2.066	0.463
70-74	2.387	0.175	2.359	0.180	3.045	0.399	3.078	0.826	1.771	0.473
75-79	2.652	0.175	2.653	0.180	2.450	0.426	*	*	2.488	0.522
80-84	2.764	0.179	2.802	0.184	2.638	0.508	*	*	*	*
85 and over	2.088	0.172	2.217	0.177	*	*	*	*	*	*
Gender
Male	2.334	0.106	2.281	0.113	2.831	0.172	3.450	0.374	1.866	0.174
Female	2.054	0.093	2.044	0.096	2.348	0.158	2.261	0.343	1.582	0.173
Median income of patient ZIP Code
Less than $25,000	2.405	0.145	2.370	0.191	2.876	0.242	*	*	1.591	0.338
$25,000-$34,999	2.215	0.091	2.242	0.101	2.308	0.183	2.952	0.852	1.553	0.223
$35,000-$44,999	2.132	0.090	2.092	0.097	2.589	0.197	2.941	0.581	1.739	0.217
$45,000 or more	2.323	0.081	2.278	0.086	2.849	0.184	2.885	0.288	1.997	0.178
Residence location
Metropolitan	2.251	0.076	2.205	0.081	2.691	0.118	2.947	0.259	1.807	0.123
Micropolitan	2.280	0.113	2.325	0.119	1.967	0.394	*	*	*	*
Non-Core	2.295	0.126	2.318	0.132	2.234	0.431	*	*	*	*
Location of inpatient treatment
Northeast	1.949	0.092	1.925	0.099	2.072	0.226	*	*	1.720	0.304
Midwest	2.604	0.099	2.552	0.103	3.168	0.201	*	*	*	*
South	2.110	0.082	2.038	0.089	2.538	0.149	3.387	0.624	1.660	0.189
West	2.437	0.094	2.508	0.111	2.858	0.316	3.010	0.301	1.943	0.161
Expected payment source
Private insurance	2.105	0.080	2.075	0.084	2.521	0.157	2.885	0.340	1.593	0.187
Medicare	2.402	0.101	2.383	0.105	2.758	0.193	2.298	0.499	1.911	0.256
Medicaid	2.655	0.125	2.495	0.167	2.950	0.243	4.693	0.618	2.130	0.237
Other insurance	1.998	0.142	1.985	0.170	2.893	0.395	*	*	1.520	0.326
Uninsured/self pay/no charge	1.980	0.156	2.073	0.207	1.690	0.346	*	*	1.636	0.300

^a Postoperative hemorrhage or hematoma is not verifiable as following surgery because information on day of procedure is not available for all discharges. Also, excludes admissions specifically for such problems, such as cases from earlier admissions, from other hospitals, or from other settings.

^bRates 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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