Table 247
Hospitalizations for perforated appendix per 1,000 hospitalizations with appendicitis in Indian Health Service and Tribal hospitals, 2004 |
| |
|
AI/ANb |
| Population group |
Rate |
SE |
| Total |
Age adjusteda |
358.4 |
0.0 |
| Unadjusted |
308.2 |
1.5 |
| Age |
0-17 |
304.5 |
2.4 |
| 18-44 |
268.7 |
2.1 |
| 45-64 |
415.9 |
4.6 |
| 65 and over |
514.3 |
8.4 |
| Gender |
Male |
306.7 |
2.0 |
| Female |
310.2 |
2.2 |
a The total estimates are age adjusted using the total U.S. population for 2000 as the standard population.
b Service population does not include the Portland and California regions.
Key: AI/AN: Ameirican Indian or Alaskan Native; SE: standard error.
Source: Indian Health Service.
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