Table 106a: Race/Ethnicity - Postoperative physiologic and metabolic derangements per 1000 elective surgical discharges (excluding some serious disease^a and obstetric admissions), by race/ethnicity, 2001

			Non-Hispanic
	Total		White		Black		API		Hispanic (of any race)
Population group	Rateb	SE	Rateb	SE	Rateb	SE	Rateb	SE	Rateb	SE
Total	1.161	0.036	1.081	0.038	1.553	0.121	1.609	0.318	1.254	0.137
Age groups for conditions affecting any age
0-17	0.948	0.195	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
18-44	0.607	0.091	0.523	0.096	1.194	0.207	0.000	0.643	*	*
45-64	0.848	0.085	0.836	0.082	0.806	0.244	*	*	*	*
65 and over	1.346	0.083	1.245	0.080	1.893	0.315	3.135	0.678	1.751	0.338
Age groups for conditions affecting primarily elderly
65-69	1.226	0.126	1.216	0.124	*	*	*	*	*	*
70-74	1.295	0.121	1.103	0.121	3.249	0.562	*	*	*	*
75-79	1.465	0.126	1.393	0.127	*	*	*	*	*	*
80-84	1.460	0.157	1.253	0.159	*	*	14.196	2.186	*	*
85 and over	1.342	0.205	1.358	0.209	*	*	*	*	*	*
Gender
Male	1.261	0.067	1.155	0.068	1.842	0.260	2.358	0.615	1.239	0.268
Female	0.901	0.046	0.856	0.047	1.124	0.145	*	*	1.037	0.166
Median income of patient ZIP Code
Less than $25,000	1.163	0.159	1.216	0.193	1.268	0.345	*	*	*	*
$25,000-$34,999	1.285	0.072	1.180	0.077	1.501	0.233	3.968	1.131	1.419	0.277
$35,000-$44,999	1.209	0.065	1.126	0.070	1.472	0.228	*	*	1.447	0.261
$45,000 or more	1.085	0.047	1.011	0.049	1.779	0.195	1.204	0.372	1.120	0.213
Residence location
Metropolitan	1.186	0.039	1.096	0.041	1.621	0.127	1.651	0.329	1.249	0.142
Micropolitan	1.053	0.098	0.974	0.101	1.803	0.484	*	*	*	*
Non-Core	1.028	0.109	1.063	0.111	*	*	*	*	*	*
Location of inpatient treatment
Northeast	0.973	0.068	0.836	0.073	2.241	0.260	*	*	1.036	0.314
Midwest	1.352	0.064	1.310	0.066	1.582	0.256	*	*	*	*
South	1.006	0.054	0.929	0.058	1.242	0.166	2.324	0.699	1.245	0.219
West	1.444	0.081	1.356	0.088	1.893	0.441	1.633	0.437	1.347	0.211
Expected payment source
Private insurance	0.982	0.040	0.930	0.044	1.403	0.124	*	*	0.880	0.158
Medicare	1.343	0.068	1.241	0.067	1.667	0.305	3.957	0.886	1.773	0.386
Medicaid	1.628	0.131	1.561	0.160	1.650	0.305	*	*	1.585	0.326
Other insurance	0.807	0.114	0.716	0.133	1.383	0.355	*	*	*	*
Uninsured/self pay/no charge	1.425	0.178	1.219	0.223	2.523	0.471	0.000	1.391	1.593	0.410

^aThat is, excluding patients with diabetic coma and patients with renal failure who also were diagnosed with AMI, cardiac arrhythmia, cardiac arrest, shock, hemorrhage, or gastrointestinal hemorrhage.

^bRates 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.

Note: The population categories used in this table are as reported from the source of the data (see below).

Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project, State Inpatient Databases, disparities analysis file, 2001. 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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