Table 113a: Race/Ethnicity - Foreign body accidentally left in during procedure per 1000 medical and surgical discharges (excluding neonates^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	0.081	0.004	0.082	0.005	0.077	0.009	0.128	0.026	0.074	0.011
Age groups for conditions affecting any age
0-17	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
18-44	0.059	0.012	0.054	0.014	*	*	*	*	*	*
45-64	0.096	0.011	0.094	0.013	0.104	0.019	0.218	0.060	*	*
65 and over	0.084	0.008	0.089	0.009	0.067	0.018	*	*	*	*
Age groups for conditions affecting primarily elderly
65-69	0.100	0.016	0.111	0.018	*	*	*	*	*	*
70-74	0.104	0.014	0.111	0.016	*	*	*	*	*	*
75-79	0.081	0.013	0.093	0.015	*	*	*	*	*	*
80-84	0.082	0.014	0.090	0.015	*	*	*	*	*	*
85 and over	0.053	0.013	0.046	0.014	*	*	*	*	*	*
Gender
Male	0.077	0.007	0.080	0.008	0.081	0.016	*	*	*	*
Female	0.081	0.006	0.080	0.007	0.071	0.012	0.154	0.033	0.077	0.015
Median income of patient ZIP Code
Less than $25,000	0.055	0.013	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
$25,000-$34,999	0.087	0.007	0.092	0.009	0.067	0.016	*	*	*	*
$35,000-$44,999	0.076	0.008	0.072	0.009	0.086	0.019	*	*	0.079	0.022
$45,000 or more	0.086	0.006	0.085	0.007	0.098	0.019	0.130	0.031	0.083	0.018
Residence location
Metropolitan	0.080	0.005	0.081	0.005	0.079	0.010	0.126	0.027	0.077	0.012
Micropolitan	0.093	0.011	0.092	0.013	*	*	*	*	*	*
Non-Core	0.077	0.013	0.081	0.014	*	*	*	*	*	*
Location of inpatient treatment
Northeast	0.075	0.008	0.079	0.010	*	*	*	*	0.100	0.030
Midwest	0.083	0.008	0.083	0.009	0.082	0.019	*	*	*	*
South	0.078	0.006	0.076	0.008	0.093	0.014	*	*	0.064	0.018
West	0.094	0.009	0.100	0.012	*	*	0.141	0.031	0.076	0.016
Expected payment source
Private insurance	0.080	0.007	0.079	0.008	0.087	0.018	0.164	0.039	*	*
Medicare	0.088	0.006	0.091	0.007	0.082	0.016	*	*	*	*
Medicaid	0.065	0.009	0.069	0.014	0.059	0.017	*	*	0.057	0.017
Other insurance	0.096	0.022	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
Uninsured/self pay/no charge	0.081	0.016	*	*	*	*	*	*	0.161	0.034

^aAlso excludes admissions specifically for treatment of foreign body left, 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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