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Table 241
Bacterial pneumonia admissions (excluding sickle cell or hemoglobin-S conditions, transfers from other institutions, and obstetric admissions) per 100,000 population, age 18 and over, by race/ethnicity, United States, 2004
Population group Total Non-Hispanic Hispanic, all races
White Black API
Ratea SE Ratea SE Ratea SE Ratea SE Ratea SE
Total   410.0 5.2 393.4 6.1 525.5 23.1 306.0 27.9 456.4 28.5
Age 18-44 82.5 1.4 77.5 1.4 154.2 7.2 24.5 2.4 56.5 2.9
45-64 312.1 4.5 292.2 4.9 539.6 25.1 120.3 11.2 269.4 15.7
65 and over 1699.5 23.5 1686.4 27.5 1665.2 76.6 1390.7 131.3 1864.9 124.8
   65-69 789.7 11.7 768.9 13.9 988.4 44.4 476.1 44.8 804.7 51.0
   70-74 1153.7 16.8 1114.0 19.5 1371.6 62.8 922.5 84.4 1344.9 86.4
   75-79 1694.7 25.0 1646.2 28.7 1826.7 94.4 1568.2 148.2 2167.5 148.4
   80-84 2499.5 37.9 2453.9 42.9 2237.3 117.9 2590.5 263.7 3436.9 242.0
   85 and over 3897.1 59.6 3881.3 67.2 3282.6 173.0 4251.3 470.9 4634.0 374.2
Gender Male 459.3 6.0 440.8 7.0 591.8 26.8 362.0 35.4 493.7 31.1
Female 381.9 5.0 367.6 5.8 480.1 21.1 268.6 24.0 431.3 27.2
Median income of patient's ZIP Code Less than $25,000 536.0 34.1 532.8 41.1 535.1 44.8 350.7 79.8 615.4 108.4
$25,000-$34,999 548.4 14.6 542.4 16.7 605.8 32.8 458.0 73.9 528.8 46.3
$35,000-$44,999 400.7 10.0 389.1 10.7 503.1 30.3 338.3 51.2 420.6 30.2
$45,000 or more 352.7 8.9 345.0 9.2 473.9 28.4 266.3 27.8 380.4 25.9
Location of patient residence Metropolitan-large 395.3 12.3 366.8 12.9 542.8 36.7 278.4 28.5 454.2 36.0
Metropolitan-small 356.0 17.1 344.7 16.9 428.4 34.0 306.1 71.3 405.5 55.8
Micropolitan 477.5 18.3 466.6 18.8 517.3 49.6 * * 667.5 130.7
Noncore 609.4 20.6 601.5 21.3 757.1 64.8 * * 605.8 104.0
Region of inpatient treatment Northeast 419.4 11.8 393.1 13.4 508.3 49.5 310.2 66.2 605.4 79.4
Midwest 422.7 12.1 408.6 13.2 634.0 88.4 156.5 31.4 186.8 30.1
South 447.5 8.8 436.3 10.8 493.9 23.4 277.3 63.3 469.9 58.6
West 323.6 9.3 295.8 11.2 536.1 59.2 333.3 39.2 428.5 27.4

a Rates 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, 2004. This file is designed to provide national estimates on disparities using weighted records from a sample of hospitals from the following 23 States: AR, AZ, CA, CO, CT, FL, GA, HI, KS, MD, MA, MI, MO, NH, NJ, NY, RI, SC, TN, TX, VA, VT, and WI.

 

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