Table 111a: Race/Ethnicity - Iatrogenic pneumothorax per 1000 discharges (excluding neonates, obstetrical admissions, and patients with trauma, thoracic surgery, lung or pleural biopsy, or cardiac surgery^a), 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	0.801	0.024	0.816	0.026	0.816	0.035	0.724	0.100	0.658	0.045
Age groups for conditions affecting any age
0-17	0.526	0.057	0.510	0.067	0.522	0.098	*	*	0.541	0.101
18-44	0.385	0.072	0.389	0.080	0.374	0.086	*	*	*	*
45-64	0.472	0.067	0.469	0.072	0.560	0.083	*	*	*	*
65 and over	0.829	0.058	0.849	0.059	0.857	0.084	0.645	0.180	0.608	0.103
Age groups for conditions affecting primarily elderly
65-69	0.672	0.079	0.696	0.085	0.809	0.148	*	*	*	*
70-74	0.673	0.074	0.651	0.079	0.866	0.150	*	*	0.666	0.190
75-79	0.862	0.071	0.903	0.074	0.747	0.152	*	*	*	*
80-84	0.933	0.071	0.939	0.074	0.975	0.169	*	*	0.780	0.231
85 and over	0.993	0.069	1.021	0.072	0.931	0.161	*	*	*	*
Gender
Male	0.790	0.030	0.775	0.033	0.912	0.049	0.922	0.141	0.712	0.062
Female	1.095	0.027	1.146	0.030	0.996	0.039	0.843	0.116	0.841	0.052
Median income of patient ZIP Code
Less than $25,000	0.803	0.048	0.805	0.071	0.924	0.073	*	*	0.417	0.120
$25,000-$34,999	0.758	0.031	0.774	0.036	0.771	0.056	*	*	0.633	0.081
$35,000-$44,999	0.775	0.032	0.779	0.037	0.807	0.065	*	*	0.657	0.083
$45,000 or more	0.841	0.029	0.859	0.032	0.800	0.063	0.805	0.120	0.768	0.070
Residence location
Metropolitan	0.815	0.025	0.835	0.028	0.833	0.037	0.725	0.106	0.664	0.046
Micropolitan	0.786	0.042	0.804	0.046	0.681	0.121	*	*	*	*
Non-Core	0.689	0.045	0.688	0.049	0.701	0.125	*	*	*	*
Location of inpatient treatment
Northeast	0.775	0.036	0.800	0.040	0.766	0.072	*	*	0.626	0.103
Midwest	0.853	0.032	0.814	0.035	1.091	0.064	*	*	*	*
South	0.769	0.028	0.796	0.032	0.714	0.048	*	*	0.651	0.072
West	0.828	0.037	0.890	0.046	0.742	0.102	0.795	0.121	0.688	0.062
Expected payment source
Private insurance	0.753	0.034	0.759	0.037	0.748	0.056	0.631	0.146	0.654	0.080
Medicare	0.866	0.031	0.882	0.034	0.874	0.058	0.831	0.186	0.692	0.088
Medicaid	0.777	0.039	0.775	0.054	0.870	0.064	0.525	0.231	0.662	0.077
Other insurance	0.639	0.068	0.658	0.089	0.605	0.158	1.821	0.390	0.511	0.145
Uninsured/self pay/no charge	0.648	0.055	0.612	0.073	0.706	0.105	*	*	0.646	0.114

^aAlso excludes admissions specifically for iatrogenic pneumothorax, such as cases from earlier admissions or from other hospitals. Includes barotrauma (including acute respiratory distress syndrome) and central line placement.

^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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