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Short-stay nursing home residents with pressure sores, by race/ethnicity, United States, 2004a
        Non-Hispanic Hispanic, all races
    Total White Black AI/AN API
Population groupb Percent SE Percent SE Percent SE Percent SE Percent SE Percent SE
Total 21.2 0.0 20.6 0.0 25.0 0.1 22.4 0.7 22.7 0.4 24.7 0.2
Age 0-64 21.4 0.2 21.1 0.2 22.2 0.4 22.3 1.8 22.2 1.7 22.1 0.7
65-74 20.1 0.1 19.5 0.1 22.9 0.3 20.3 1.4 19.9 0.9 21.5 0.5
75-84 20.5 0.1 20.0 0.1 24.9 0.2 22.9 1.2 21.9 0.7 24.6 0.4
85 and over 22.1 0.1 21.5 0.1 28.3 0.3 23.8 1.5 25.3 0.8 29.3 0.5
Gender Male 23.4 0.1 23.3 0.1 23.7 0.2 21.6 1.1 23.9 0.7 24.8 0.4
Female 20.1 0.1 19.3 0.1 25.8 0.2 23.0 0.9 22.0 0.5 24.7 0.3

a Full-year estimates.

b Age, gender, and race/ethnicity categories exclude records with missing values.

Key: AI/AN: American Indian or Alaska Native; API: Asian or Pacific Islander; SE: standard error.

Source: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Minimum Data Set.

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