Table 15a: Admissions for uncontrolled diabetes without complicationa (excluding obstetric and neonatal admissions and transfers from other institutions) per 100,000 population, age 18 years and older, 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 26.187 1.112 16.872 0.531 84.711 5.559 13.567 2.202 43.533 6.346
                     
Age groups for conditions affecting any age                    
    18-44 14.056 0.752 8.417 0.352 41.985 3.015 1.620 0.450 17.033 2.814
    45-64 32.152 1.668 18.415 0.723 119.408 8.492 13.098 2.065 52.776 8.427
    65 and over 53.923 1.977 41.665 1.499 148.257 10.631 48.728 8.974 102.922 15.915
                     
Age groups for conditions affecting primarily elderly                    
    65-69 43.605 2.150 28.745 1.456 144.030 11.840 * * 93.342 17.333
    70-74 47.455 2.344 34.264 2.015 138.908 13.357 68.361 14.492 93.022 15.366
    75-79 59.728 2.792 47.663 2.449 156.466 15.676 65.044 14.335 115.817 19.902
    80-84 72.092 3.549 62.495 3.388 160.822 18.393 * * 117.436 24.594
    85 and over 65.093 4.111 55.431 3.954 148.749 23.326 * * 127.662 30.719
                     
Gender                    
    Male 27.084 1.186 17.538 0.604 90.559 6.176 15.179 2.839 41.560 5.843
    Female 25.353 1.107 16.386 0.578 78.546 5.379 12.173 2.281 44.523 6.780
                     
Median income of patient ZIP Code                    
    Less than $25,000 70.124 11.705 35.444 5.224 130.993 21.739 * * * *
    $25,000-$34,999 42.621 2.116 28.596 1.457 109.781 8.352 * * 57.782 9.758
    $35,000-$44,999 24.175 1.249 16.966 0.890 67.937 5.108 * * 35.868 5.858
    $45,000 or more 15.310 0.823 10.874 0.569 55.704 5.662 12.391 2.184 28.360 3.759
                     
Residence location                    
    Metropolitan 23.761 1.291 13.831 0.543 76.730 5.969 13.098 2.232 42.846 6.732
    Micropolitan 31.763 2.830 24.104 2.061 123.261 20.446 * * 47.931 13.191
    Non-Core 45.039 3.223 35.035 2.860 176.252 22.460 * * * *
                     
Location of inpatient treatment                    
    Northeast 29.610 3.906 18.229 1.431 99.782 20.535 * * * *
    Midwest 20.525 1.222 15.152 0.874 80.735 12.591 * * 11.358 2.572
    South 32.679 1.491 20.942 1.014 83.859 5.870 9.859 2.932 44.540 8.617
    West 18.182 2.405 10.297 0.762 67.557 13.501 16.388 3.348 39.195 9.192
                     

a Without short-term (ketoacidosis, hyperosmolarity, coma) or long-term (renal, eye, neurological, circulatory, other unspecified) complications.

b Rates are adjusted by age and gender using the total U.S. population for 2000 as the standard population; when reporting is by age, the adjustment is by gender only; when reporting is by gender, the adjustment is by age only.

* 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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