Table 110a: Race/Ethnicicty - Accidental puncture or laceration during procedures per 1000 discharges (excluding obstetric admissions^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	3.462	0.100	3.494	0.110	3.509	0.083	3.807	0.204	3.047	0.111
Age groups for conditions affecting any age
0-17	1.954	0.146	1.800	0.170	2.256	0.170	2.113	0.516	2.070	0.206
18-44	1.551	0.281	1.356	0.317	2.244	0.237	*	*	1.266	0.306
45-64	2.554	0.236	2.498	0.259	2.928	0.193	2.745	0.489	2.343	0.273
65 and over	3.405	0.157	3.450	0.165	3.287	0.146	3.856	0.299	2.890	0.191
Age groups for conditions affecting primarily elderly
65-69	3.420	0.209	3.442	0.226	3.504	0.256	3.874	0.723	3.077	0.364
70-74	3.558	0.190	3.728	0.202	2.888	0.250	4.106	0.623	2.399	0.343
75-79	3.551	0.173	3.564	0.184	3.626	0.242	4.850	0.564	3.036	0.329
80-84	3.288	0.162	3.316	0.172	3.121	0.248	2.744	0.573	3.017	0.341
85 and over	3.190	0.146	3.195	0.157	3.250	0.211	3.350	0.483	3.015	0.284
Gender
Male	3.350	0.094	3.358	0.106	3.377	0.088	3.865	0.245	3.097	0.118
Female	4.436	0.110	4.520	0.119	4.332	0.105	4.675	0.261	3.812	0.140
Median income of patient ZIP Code
Less than $25,000	3.484	0.107	3.578	0.152	3.663	0.124	3.437	0.919	2.737	0.209
$25,000-$34,999	3.324	0.100	3.399	0.115	3.294	0.107	3.410	0.541	2.794	0.161
$35,000-$44,999	3.469	0.107	3.461	0.119	3.783	0.130	2.827	0.412	3.172	0.172
$45,000 or more	3.537	0.113	3.554	0.121	3.406	0.138	4.135	0.245	3.267	0.157
Residence location
Metropolitan	3.453	0.100	3.479	0.112	3.534	0.086	3.862	0.213	3.050	0.114
Micropolitan	3.534	0.121	3.572	0.129	3.536	0.220	3.290	0.550	3.183	0.341
Non-Core	3.456	0.130	3.511	0.139	3.065	0.220	2.402	2.315	2.750	0.457
Location of inpatient treatment
Northeast	3.258	0.113	3.359	0.124	3.053	0.134	3.241	0.528	2.767	0.190
Midwest	3.839	0.114	3.854	0.123	3.677	0.122	4.756	0.852	3.814	0.488
South	3.214	0.098	3.186	0.110	3.574	0.101	3.325	0.560	2.595	0.154
West	3.726	0.117	3.793	0.137	3.722	0.182	3.942	0.227	3.476	0.137
Expected payment source
Private insurance	3.476	0.130	3.450	0.139	3.688	0.150	4.076	0.349	3.055	0.201
Medicare	3.567	0.107	3.611	0.116	3.450	0.103	3.947	0.296	3.042	0.158
Medicaid	3.251	0.085	3.337	0.114	3.378	0.104	2.829	0.374	3.007	0.141
Other insurance	3.232	0.204	3.021	0.253	4.156	0.334	4.790	0.863	3.023	0.336
Uninsured/self pay/no charge	3.020	0.114	2.942	0.143	3.204	0.179	3.473	0.796	3.150	0.216

^a Also excludes admissions specifically for such problems, such as cases from earlier admissions or from other hospitals.

^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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