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Table 160
Failure to rescue or deaths per 1000 discharges having developed specified complications of care during hospitalization (excluding patients transferred in or out, patients admitted from long-term-care facilities, neonates, and patients over 74 years old), by race/ethnicity, United States, 2002
Population group Total Non-Hispanic Hispanic (all races)
All races White Black
Ratea SE Ratea SE Ratea SE Ratea SE Ratea SE
Total   142.6 0.9 141.6 1.1 141.3 1.5 155.6 5.1 146.3 2.3
Age 0-17 32.0 4.7 30.1 6.4 * * * * 35.9 9.6
18-44 72.5 2.0 70.4 2.5 76.8 3.1 87.0 12.7 67.3 5.0
45-64 105.2 1.5 103.8 1.7 104.0 2.5 121.4 8.9 111.7 4.0
65-74 136.4 1.6 137.8 1.7 128.1 3.2 139.1 8.8 135.4 4.7
Gender Male 140.3 1.1 140.1 1.3 135.7 2.1 147.0 7.0 146.3 3.1
Female 141.9 1.1 140.2 1.3 143.3 2.0 162.2 7.2 142.5 3.1
Median income of patient's ZIP Code Less than $25,000 140.1 2.4 136.9 4.2 136.5 3.4 167.0 31.0 153.8 6.2
$25,000-$34,999 143.0 1.5 141.0 1.9 144.9 2.6 125.4 16.8 145.4 4.5
$35,000-$44,999 142.5 1.5 139.7 1.8 145.5 2.9 176.6 11.6 150.0 4.6
$45,000 or more 143.0 1.2 143.3 1.4 137.2 2.6 153.2 6.0 142.1 3.5
Location of patient residence Metropolitan-large 143.3 1.1 143.1 1.4 140.8 1.8 152.0 5.8 144.5 2.6
Metropolitan-small 143.9 1.5 142.0 1.7 144.7 3.3 163.2 11.9 155.4 4.7
Micropolitan 141.5 2.3 140.4 2.5 143.7 6.6 176.6 20.0 136.5 11.2
Noncore 133.5 2.6 133.5 2.9 133.1 6.8 264.5 78.4 137.6 15.4
Expected payment source Private insurance 135.4 1.4 133.8 1.6 135.5 2.8 153.8 9.0 142.7 4.6
Medicare 143.9 1.3 145.5 1.4 137.5 2.4 149.2 8.6 143.7 4.0
Medicaid 148.4 1.7 144.7 2.5 147.5 2.7 159.2 9.8 153.8 3.8
Other insurance 136.0 3.7 136.6 4.8 138.6 8.1 171.7 22.5 117.9 8.9
Uninsured/self pay/no charge 161.4 3.1 158.0 4.2 166.1 5.5 188.4 25.6 154.6 7.7
Region of inpatient treatment Northeast 148.1 1.7 145.7 2.1 153.2 3.4 129.5 16.4 152.7 5.7
Midwest 140.7 1.4 141.2 1.6 137.6 2.7 136.3 20.6 157.0 11.8
South 135.1 1.3 134.2 1.5 136.8 2.1 159.7 14.3 130.2 3.7
West 157.0 1.7 156.5 2.3 151.5 4.6 160.1 5.9 156.9 3.2
Ownership/control of hospital Private, not-for-profit 142.4 1.0 141.6 1.1 139.7 1.8 161.6 6.5 149.1 2.9
Private, for-profit 139.2 2.0 137.1 2.6 140.9 4.0 144.7 12.6 139.1 5.5
Public 146.8 1.9 145.9 2.5 148.8 3.5 147.9 10.3 143.7 4.5
Teaching status of hospital Teaching 144.8 1.3 143.8 1.6 143.0 2.1 155.5 8.1 150.1 3.4
Non-teaching 141.3 1.1 140.5 1.2 139.6 2.0 155.7 6.4 143.4 2.9
Location of hospital Metropolitan-large 143.1 1.1 142.6 1.3 140.7 1.7 152.6 5.8 144.9 2.6
Metropolitan-small 146.2 1.4 144.6 1.6 146.7 3.1 159.4 11.8 156.3 4.7
Micropolitan 132.6 2.6 132.4 2.8 133.5 7.3 183.3 20.2 106.6 13.1
Noncore 120.8 3.9 120.6 4.3 120.1 9.3 * * 143.6 27.1
Bed size of hospital Less than 100 123.5 2.2 123.6 2.4 112.2 6.2 174.7 19.2 123.4 7.7
100 - 299 143.1 1.3 141.7 1.5 141.1 2.7 160.1 7.2 149.1 3.3
300 - 499 144.7 1.4 144.0 1.8 141.9 2.4 151.1 9.4 151.2 4.2
500+ 146.7 1.5 147.7 1.9 144.6 2.6 143.7 12.7 142.2 4.9

a Estimates are adjusted by age, gender, age-gender interactions, comorbidities, and DRG clusters. When reporting is by age, the adjustment is by gender, comorbidities, and DRG clusters; when reporting is by gender, the adjustment is by age, comorbidities, and DRG clusters.

* 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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