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Table 143a
Home health care patients who had to be admitted to the hospital, by race,a 2005
Population group Total Single race Multiple races
White Black Asian NHOPI AI/AN
Percent SE Percent SE Percent SE Percent SE Percent SE Percent SE Percent SE
Total   28.0 0.0 26.9 0.0 33.9 0.1 23.0 0.2 33.6 0.4 25.6 0.5 29.1 0.7
Age 0-64 34.3 0.1 33.9 0.1 35.9 0.1 26.7 0.6 39.1 0.7 31.4 1.3 34.4 1.5
65-74 27.3 0.1 26.3 0.1 32.7 0.1 21.8 0.3 33.3 0.7 24.5 1.0 26.0 1.3
75-84 26.6 0.0 25.8 0.0 32.6 0.1 22.5 0.3 31.9 0.6 24.6 0.9 29.8 1.2
85 and over 26.5 0.1 25.7 0.1 33.9 0.2 23.8 0.4 27.7 0.9 23.2 1.2 25.2 1.5
Gender Male 29.8 0.0 28.9 0.0 35.1 0.1 26.2 0.3 33.9 0.6 27.1 0.9 30.5 1.1
Female 26.9 0.0 25.8 0.0 33.2 0.1 20.9 0.2 33.4 0.5 24.7 0.7 28.3 0.8

a Excludes records with missing values.

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

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

 

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