National Healthcare Disparities Report 2004

Table 28a: Deaths per 1000 admissions with acute myocardial infarction (AMI) as principal diagnosis, age 18 and older (excluding obstetric and neonatal admissions and transfers to another hospital), by race/ethnicity, 2001

			Non-Hispanic
	Total		White		Black		API		Hispanic (of any race)
Population group	Rate^a	SE	Rate^a	SE	Rate^a	SE	Rate^a	SE	Rate^a	SE

Total	97.811	0.754	98.776	0.840	90.496	2.431	89.013	5.813	99.597	3.244

Age groups for conditions affecting any age
18-44	72.360	3.212	72.999	3.807	73.980	8.029	*	*	66.918	12.094
45-64	79.974	1.358	79.653	1.558	77.389	3.963	76.451	10.281	87.413	5.213
65 and over	109.658	0.944	111.888	1.033	94.926	3.331	97.890	7.335	104.152	4.409

Age groups for conditions affecting primarily elderly
65-69	90.399	2.356	90.030	2.661	85.708	7.238	66.567	17.445	106.041	9.600
70-74	98.492	2.161	101.239	2.394	85.075	7.353	79.427	16.040	85.410	9.255
75-79	101.922	2.061	103.263	2.264	94.035	7.256	87.083	15.644	112.019	9.284
80-84	111.791	2.110	114.558	2.277	88.983	7.946	92.093	16.989	100.103	10.931
85 and over	136.561	1.930	138.031	2.066	121.623	7.513	159.121	16.083	119.880	10.576

Gender
Male	98.560	0.992	99.471	1.102	89.689	3.456	90.874	7.441	104.764	4.163
Female	96.464	1.158	97.112	1.297	91.991	3.419	86.839	9.307	93.262	5.176

Median income of patient ZIP Code
Less than $25,000	96.218	2.898	105.889	3.858	74.245	5.348	*	*	111.807	9.114
$25,000-$34,999	103.214	1.511	104.065	1.694	104.180	4.359	77.901	19.356	93.444	6.227
$35,000-$44,999	97.614	1.505	98.705	1.668	88.708	4.845	80.739	13.046	103.717	6.492
$45,000 or more	95.074	1.146	95.214	1.247	88.535	5.061	93.822	7.058	97.024	5.466

Residence location
Metropolitan	95.533	0.839	96.388	0.949	88.137	2.569	90.559	6.120	97.816	3.369
Micropolitan	105.555	2.330	106.737	2.454	107.881	10.923	69.655	18.668	99.120	15.529
Non-Core	109.619	2.534	108.336	2.663	113.747	10.384	*	*	155.612	19.084

Location of inpatient treatment
Northeast	98.188	1.653	97.695	1.778	95.565	6.221	113.290	18.787	107.045	9.408
Midwest	96.163	1.445	98.420	1.551	80.923	4.347	*	*	87.841	19.248
South	98.699	1.269	99.940	1.438	95.328	3.655	85.844	16.621	93.744	4.980
West	98.014	1.836	98.457	2.216	89.694	7.979	88.053	6.728	104.174	4.954

Expected payment source
Private insurance	98.255	1.411	99.235	1.571	89.379	4.698	98.831	10.609	101.218	6.478
Medicare	96.603	0.964	97.977	1.052	87.278	3.246	75.359	8.509	98.708	4.753
Medicaid	94.509	3.507	91.422	4.799	98.840	7.989	90.976	14.645	94.606	8.702
Other insurance	110.845	5.569	107.261	6.817	111.371	16.551	*	*	116.544	15.241
Uninsured/self pay/no charge	111.021	3.794	113.720	4.718	105.540	10.145	102.551	28.370	99.087	10.300

^aRates are adjusted by age, gender, age-gender interactions, and APR-DRG risk of mortality score. When reporting is by age, the adjustment is by gender and APR-DRG risk of mortality score; when reporting is by gender, the adjustment is by age and APR-DRG risk of mortality score.

^* 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.