2005 National Healthcare Disparities Report, Appendix D: Data Tables. Table 130a

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Table 130a
Home health care patients who have less shortness of breath, by race^a, United States, 2003

Population group		Total		Single race										Multiple races
		Total		White		Black		Asian		NHOPI		AI/AN		Multiple races
		Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE
Total		55.1	0.0	55.2	0.1	55.4	0.1	58.0	0.3	56.9	1.1	52.4	0.6	54.6	1.2
Age	0-64	53.3	0.1	52.6	0.1	55.2	0.2	61.4	1.2	57.1	2.6	49.7	1.3	55.0	2.7
	65-74	56.6	0.1	56.8	0.1	56.4	0.2	58.6	0.6	57.9	1.9	52.7	1.1	58.3	2.4
	75-84	55.7	0.1	55.9	0.1	55.4	0.2	58.1	0.5	56.8	1.8	53.3	1.0	53.5	2.1
	85 and over	53.5	0.1	53.5	0.1	53.9	0.3	55.4	0.8	55.3	2.5	53.6	1.4	51.1	2.8
Gender	Male	54.9	0.1	54.9	0.1	56.0	0.2	58.4	0.5	55.2	1.7	51.7	1.0	52.7	2.1
Gender	Female	55.2	0.1	55.3	0.1	55.1	0.2	57.7	0.4	58.1	1.3	52.8	0.7	55.6	1.5

^a Excluded records with missing values.

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

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