Table 261 Hospitalizations for perforated appendix per 1,000 AI/ANa hospitalizations with appendicitis in Indian Health Service and Tribal hospitals, 2004 |
Population group |
Rate |
SE |
Total |
Age adjustedb |
363.3 |
1.1 |
Unadjusted |
310.6 |
1.9 |
Age |
18-44 |
268.7 |
20.8 |
45-64 |
415.9 |
46.4 |
65 and over |
514.3 |
84.5 |
Gender |
Male |
309.2 |
26.0 |
Female |
312.3 |
27.5 |
a Service population does not include the Portland and California regions.
b The total estimates are age adjusted using the total U.S. population for 2000 as the standard population.
Key: AI/AN: American Indian or Alaska Native; SE: standard error.
Source: Indian Health Service.