National Healthcare Quality Report, 2006: Table 2.2

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Table 2.2
Percent surgical discharges with postoperative pneumonia events, United States, 2004^a
		2004
Population group		Exposed	Adverse events	Percent	Standard error
Total		5542	110	2.0	0.2
Age	Under 65	783	14.00	1.8	0.5
	65-74	2258	32	1.4	0.2
	75-84	1932	52	2.7	0.4
	85 and over	569	12.00	2.1	0.6
Gender	Female	3096	50	1.6	0.2
Gender	Male	2446	60	2.5	0.3
Race	Black	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	Other	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	White	4922	97	2.0	0.2
Diabetes	No	4097	69	1.7	0.2
Diabetes	Yes	1,445	41.00	2.8	0.4
Obesity	No	4893	95	1.9	0.2
Obesity	Yes	649	15	2.3	0.6
Cerebrovascular disease	No	4572	77	1.7	0.2
Cerebrovascular disease	Yes	970	33	3.4	0.6
CHF/pulmonary edema	No	4679	63	1.3	0.2
CHF/pulmonary edema	Yes	863	47	5.4	0.8
COPD	No	4322	60	1.4	0.2
COPD	Yes	1,220	50.00	4.1	0.6
Smoking	No	4727	83	1.8	0.2
Smoking	Yes	815	27.00	3.3	0.6
Cancer	No	3986	61	1.5	0.2
Cancer	Yes	1,556	49.00	3.1	0.4
Corticosteroids	No	5309	104	2.0	0.2
Corticosteroids	Yes	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Coronary artery disease	No	3508	47	1.3	0.2
Coronary artery disease	Yes	2,034	63.00	3.1	0.4
Renal disease	No	4680	71	1.5	0.2
Renal disease	Yes	862	39	4.5	0.7

^a Data include Medicare beneficiaries discharged from January to December. Readmissions are supposed to be counted in the numerators according to the measure specifications, but were not counted because the data were not available at this time.

DSU - Data do not meet the criteria for statistical reliability, data quality or confidentiality.

Key: CHF: congestive heart failure; COPD: chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.

Source: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Medicare Patient Safety Monitoring System.

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