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Table 2.12
Postoperative hip fracture for adults per 1000 surgical patients age 18 years and older who were not susceptible to fallinga (excluding obstetrical admissions), United States, 2001 and 2002
    2002 2001
Population group Rateb Standard error Rateb Standard error
           
Total   0.26 0.03 0.29 0.03
           
Age 18-44 0.22 0.02 0.24 0.02
45-64 0.26 0.02 0.27 0.02
65 and over 0.75 0.02 0.78 0.02
           
Age 65-69 0.36 0.04 0.41 0.04
70-74 0.54 0.04 0.46 0.04
75-79 0.76 0.04 0.78 0.04
80-84 0.98 0.04 1.24 0.05
85 and over 1.80 0.06 1.80 0.06
           
Gender Male 0.30 0.03 0.30 0.03
Female 0.35 0.02 0.41 0.02
           
Median income of patient's ZIP Code Less than $25,000 0.30 0.08 DSU DSU
$25,000-$34,999 0.25 0.05 0.33 0.05
$35,000-$44,999 0.29 0.04 0.24 0.04
$45,000 or more 0.25 0.04 0.30 0.04
           
Location of patient residence Metropolitan-large 0.28 0.04 0.31 0.04
Metropolitan-small 0.25 0.04 0.26 0.04
Micropolitan 0.23 0.06 0.30 0.06
Noncore 0.26 0.07 DSU DSU
           
Expected payment source Private insurance 0.24 0.02 0.25 0.02
Medicare 0.28 0.06 0.34 0.06
Medicaid 0.31 0.05 0.29 0.05
Other insurance 0.30 0.07 0.27 0.08
Uninsured/self pay/no charge 0.23 0.05 0.22 0.06
           
Region of inpatient treatment Northeast 0.26 0.05 0.35 0.05
Midwest 0.23 0.05 0.21 0.05
South 0.30 0.04 0.32 0.04
West 0.22 0.05 0.25 0.05
           
Ownership/control of hospital Private, not-for-profit 0.25 0.03 0.29 0.03
Private, for-profit 0.31 0.06 0.33 0.06
Public 0.27 0.05 0.23 0.06
           
Teaching status of hospital Teaching 0.28 0.04 0.31 0.04
Non-teaching 0.25 0.04 0.28 0.04
           
Location of hospital Metropolitan-large 0.27 0.04 0.31 0.04
Metropolitan-small 0.25 0.04 0.26 0.04
Micropolitan DSU DSU DSU DSU
Noncore DSU DSU DSU DSU
           
Bed size of hospital Less than 100 0.29 0.07 0.28 0.07
100 - 299 0.27 0.04 0.26 0.04
300 - 499 0.25 0.04 0.29 0.04
500+ 0.26 0.04 0.33 0.04
           

a That is, excluding patients with musculoskeletal disease; those admitted for seizures, syncope, stroke, coma, cardiac arrest, poisoning, trauma, delirium, psychoses, anoxic brain injury; patients with metastatic cancer, lymphoid malignancy, bone malignancy, and self-inflicted injury.

b Estimates 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.

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

Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Center for Delivery, Organization, and Markets, Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project, Nationwide Inpatient Sample, 2001 and 2002.

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