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Table 208
Bacterial pneumonia admissions (excluding sickle cell or hemoglobin-S conditions, transfers from other institutions, and obstetric and neonatal admissions) per 100,000 population, by race/ethnicity, United States, 2002
Population group Total Non-Hispanic Hispanic (all races)
White Black API
Ratea SE Ratea SE Ratea SE Ratea SE Ratea SE
Total   375.0 6.2 352.8 7.4 503.7 27.8 243.6 27.2 416.1 34.4
Age 0-17 194.6 9.8 164.2 7.9 258.4 26.7 99.2 12.6 235.9 23.1
18-44 89.5 2.1 82.1 2.0 177.2 11.2 21.2 2.6 61.5 5.0
45-64 317.7 6.0 290.2 6.5 579.9 34.4 111.4 12.3 302.2 26.2
65 and over 1817.9 33.0 1803.1 39.7 1869.1 111.9 1328.6 164.5 1953.8 180.2
Age 65-69 809.7 15.8 771.5 19.1 1133.1 69.6 453.2 58.6 890.2 77.8
70-74 1234.8 23.6 1205.9 28.6 1442.5 86.7 865.3 110.1 1350.6 126.4
75-79 1818.3 35.9 1760.9 41.9 2037.8 126.0 1605.5 203.8 2328.6 223.8
80-84 2715.2 53.6 2682.6 62.4 2568.7 176.0 2370.9 329.8 3289.3 318.6
85 and over 4436.8 89.3 4411.5 103.3 3889.7 264.3 4448.8 625.4 5305.3 551.0
Gender Male 426.3 7.2 402.6 8.6 559.8 31.8 298.3 35.6 461.9 37.7
Female 344.7 5.8 324.4 6.9 464.5 25.5 209.4 22.9 386.2 32.6
Median income of patient's ZIP Code Less than $25,000 571.2 44.4 584.6 52.4 596.7 73.7 339.4 91.1 515.0 107.3
$25,000-$34,999 496.6 17.6 490.2 19.8 574.6 36.9 273.9 49.5 435.5 51.4
$35,000-$44,999 384.7 13.7 367.1 14.7 470.8 33.2 329.0 80.8 411.1 46.8
$45,000 or more 309.3 10.6 290.7 10.6 454.1 38.5 218.5 25.9 393.4 38.6
Location of patient residence Metropolitan-large 356.0 14.6 313.7 14.8 527.5 45.5 232.7 29.4 422.1 41.9
Metropolitan-small 333.6 22.5 322.1 22.1 413.3 46.2 * * 361.1 74.6
Micropolitan 454.0 27.6 445.6 27.6 426.0 56.4 * * * *
Noncore 550.9 25.8 538.9 26.1 737.6 80.8 * * 561.2 143.7
Region of inpatient treatment Northeast 359.0 15.5 329.0 17.5 535.6 78.5 130.9 31.1 469.9 91.4
Midwest 396.3 12.6 384.4 14.6 570.2 87.3 136.4 21.6 133.1 27.7
South 415.4 10.6 398.0 13.0 470.6 28.6 185.4 27.0 431.1 72.0
West 298.2 10.9 254.0 13.8 510.4 95.5 297.5 40.9 433.0 37.3

a Estimates 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.

Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Center for Delivery, Organization, and Markets, Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project, State Inpatient Databases, disparities analysis file, 2002. 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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