Table 107a: Complications of anesthesia per 1000 surgical discharges (excluding patients with such complications who also have substance use disorders), by race/ethnicity, 2001

			Non-Hispanic						Hispanic
	Total		White		Black		API		(of any race)
Population group	Ratea	SE	Ratea	SE	Ratea	SE	Ratea	SE	Ratea	SE
Total	0.740	0.019	0.793	0.022	0.616	0.049	0.630	0.118	0.565	0.053
Age groups for conditions affecting any age
0-17	0.923	0.088	0.974	0.110	0.755	0.224	*	*	1.037	0.186
18-44	0.534	0.045	0.617	0.051	0.440	0.081	*	*	0.385	0.079
45-64	0.618	0.048	0.647	0.051	0.539	0.102	0.910	0.249	0.455	0.131
65 and over	0.873	0.045	0.895	0.047	0.792	0.113	*	*	0.704	0.143
Age groups for conditions affecting primarily elderly
65-69	0.726	0.072	0.680	0.079	1.027	0.211	*	*	*	*
70-74	0.902	0.069	0.962	0.074	*	*	*	*	*	*
75-79	0.942	0.070	0.996	0.074	*	*	*	*	*	*
80-84	1.057	0.081	1.101	0.085	*	*	*	*	*	*
85 and over	0.712	0.090	0.672	0.096	*	*	*	*	*	*
Gender
Male	0.745	0.029	0.775	0.033	0.582	0.082	1.070	0.197	0.688	0.090
Female	0.871	0.025	0.944	0.028	0.768	0.055	0.526	0.129	0.622	0.059
Median income of patient ZIP Code
Less than $25,000	0.639	0.069	0.649	0.101	0.846	0.122	*	*	*	*
$25,000-$34,999	0.678	0.037	0.743	0.044	0.494	0.089	*	*	0.521	0.105
$35,000-$44,999	0.728	0.035	0.793	0.041	0.661	0.096	*	*	0.515	0.100
$45,000 or more	0.788	0.026	0.826	0.030	0.576	0.089	0.752	0.137	0.702	0.083
Residence location
Metropolitan	0.742	0.021	0.798	0.024	0.658	0.052	0.657	0.124	0.566	0.054
Micropolitan	0.689	0.055	0.725	0.060	*	*	*	*	*	*
Non-Core	0.783	0.062	0.843	0.067	*	*	*	*	*	*
Location of inpatient treatment
Northeast	0.634	0.040	0.663	0.045	0.554	0.117	*	*	*	*
Midwest	0.936	0.036	0.955	0.038	0.757	0.101	*	*	1.504	0.297
South	0.657	0.029	0.704	0.035	0.595	0.068	*	*	0.498	0.083
West	0.770	0.039	0.893	0.051	*	*	0.620	0.147	0.583	0.076
Expected payment source
Private insurance	0.698	0.027	0.735	0.030	0.620	0.076	*	*	0.619	0.089
Medicare	0.874	0.033	0.905	0.036	0.769	0.096	*	*	0.611	0.138
Medicaid	0.576	0.049	0.547	0.074	0.462	0.101	1.164	0.297	0.672	0.090
Other insurance	0.873	0.081	1.010	0.101	0.746	0.225	*	*	*	*
Uninsured/self pay/no charge	0.336	0.080	0.445	0.113	*	*	*	*	*	*

^aRates 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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