Table 97a: Home health care patients who have less shortness of breath, by race, United States, 2002

  Total White Black Asian NHOPI AI/AN > 1 Race
Population group Percent SE Percent SE Percent SE Percent SE Percent SE Percent SE Percent SE
                             
Total 53.3 0.0 53.4 0.1 53.3 0.1 52.7 0.4 54.9 1.1 51.4 0.6 51.6 1.2
                             
Age                            
    0 - 64 51.8 0.1 51.1 0.2 53.5 0.2 55.1 1.3 51.0 2.8 49.7 1.2 53.0 2.7
    65 - 74 54.6 0.1 55.0 0.1 54.1 0.2 53.2 0.6 56.9 2.0 52.6 1.1 51.7 2.3
    75 - 84 53.8 0.1 54.1 0.1 53.2 0.2 52.4 0.5 54.3 1.8 51.5 1.0 49.2 2.0
    85 and over 51.8 0.1 51.8 0.1 51.3 0.3 51.7 0.8 56.1 2.6 51.4 1.4 54.8 2.9
                             
Gender                            
    Female 53.4 0.1 53.6 0.1 53.1 0.2 52.1 0.5 53.7 1.4 50.3 0.7 50.6 1.5
    Male 53.2 0.1 53.2 0.1 53.6 0.2 53.5 0.5 56.6 1.7 53.3 0.9 53.4 2.0
                             

Key: NHOPI: Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander; AI/AN: American Indian or Alaska Native; SE: Standard error

Note: The population categories used in this table are as reported from the source of the data (see below).

Source: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Outcome and Assessment Information Set.

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