National Healthcare Disparities Report 2004

Table 33a: Deaths per 1000 pediatric heart surgery admissions, patients age less than 18 years (excluding obstetric admissions, patients with patent ductus arteriosus (PDA) ligation as a single cardiac procedure, patients with prosthetic closures of septal defects without bypass, patients with only PDA closure with catheterization, and patients with occlusion of thoracic vessel without congenital heart defect, and transfers to another hospital), by race/ethnicity, 2001

			Non-Hispanic
	Total		White		Black		API		Hispanic (of any race)
Population group	Rate^a	SE	Rate^a	SE	Rate^a	SE	Rate^a	SE	Rate^a	SE

Total	49.672	3.218	49.500	4.249	65.524	9.693	73.841	16.332	34.581	6.887

Age Groups for Pediatric Conditions
0-4	54.325	3.617	52.674	4.782	78.047	10.993	87.409	18.861	36.948	7.730
5-9	37.902	10.401	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
10-14	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
15-17	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*

Gender
Male	52.288	4.284	46.236	5.610	79.342	12.790	99.644	22.293	43.281	9.341
Female	45.826	4.857	53.131	6.482	*	*	*	*	*	*

Median income of patient ZIP Code
Less than $25,000	54.551	12.286	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
$25,000-$34,999	54.582	6.719	66.382	9.024	*	*	*	*	*	*
$35,000-$44,999	36.418	6.706	*	*	83.681	20.116	*	*	*	*
$45,000 or more	53.018	4.680	52.354	5.962	*	*	69.754	18.552	46.865	11.282

Residence location
Metropolitan	51.602	3.471	52.019	4.696	69.675	10.116	75.403	16.545	33.609	7.190
Micropolitan	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
Non-Core	44.936	13.425	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*

Location of inpatient treatment
Northeast	61.320	9.966	55.829	13.413	*	*	*	*	*	*
Midwest	44.928	5.999	39.303	6.915	90.225	17.768	*	*	*	*
South	40.252	5.380	51.393	7.837	*	*	*	*	*	*
West	65.206	6.397	61.939	8.836	*	*	81.148	22.119	57.906	11.720

Expected payment source
Private insurance	45.871	4.264	46.122	5.089	*	*	64.801	19.371	*	*
Medicare	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
Medicaid	57.402	5.290	63.711	8.332	74.691	12.881	*	*	33.437	8.966
Other insurance	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
Uninsured/self pay/no charge	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*

^a Rates are adjusted by age, gender, age-gender interactions, and APR-DRG risk of mortality score. When reporting is by age, the adjustment is by gender and APR-DRG risk of mortality score; when reporting is by gender, the adjustment is by age and APR-DRG risk of mortality score.

^* 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.