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Table 16_2_2.2
Admissions with perforated appendix per 1,000 admissions, age 18 and over, with appendicitis (excluding obstetric admissions and transfers from other institutions), by race/ethnicity, United States, 2005
Population group Total Non-Hispanic Hispanic, all races
White Black API
Ratea SE Ratea SE Ratea SE Ratea SE Ratea SE
Total 287.2 1.6 282.7 1.9 317.3 5.9 270.1 8.2 283.2 4.0
Age 18–44 209.5 2.5 202.6 2.9 230.8 7.0 211.1 10.9 219.9 4.6
45–64 395.2 3.7 402.0 4.2 426.2 13.2 342.6 15.9 347.4 10.1
65 and over 537.3 5.5 538.4 5.9 606.6 22.1 500.3 24.9 503.0 19.3
Age 65–69 502.1 9.4 503.3 10.4 576.1 38.6 424.0 46.8 494.1 29.2
70–74 515.9 10.8 521.5 12.2 575.4 43.6 482.1 46.0 451.8 39.9
75–79 567.5 11.7 566.4 12.6 688.7 50.5 528.5 58.2 523.5 45.1
80–84 570.7 14.6 567.2 16.1 621.0 68.6 619.3 65.3 538.0 58.0
85 and over 602.4 17.8 595.0 18.9 630.9 81.9 592.4 108.4 658.2 85.1
Gender Male 308.0 2.2 300.8 2.7 338.5 8.4 291.6 11.6 314.4 5.6
Female 260.1 2.3 258.9 2.7 289.5 8.0 244.8 11.4 243.5 5.8
Median income of patient's ZIP Code First quartile (lowest income) 308.8 3.3 304.4 4.4 321.9 8.7 312.1 22.2 302.2 6.6
Second quartile 294.2 3.2 289.7 3.9 310.3 12.1 302.7 20.2 276.3 7.7
Third quartile 284.3 3.0 282.0 3.5 318.6 13.6 255.4 15.2 273.8 8.0
Fourth quartile (highest income) 265.8 2.9 266.7 3.3 294.7 15.6 248.3 11.8 257.7 9.3
Location of patient residence Large central metropolitan 282.7 2.7 274.8 3.7 307.8 8.4 265.1 10.7 280.9 5.3
Large fringe metropolitan 275.8 3.2 272.4 3.6 321.4 12.5 267.0 20.0 253.6 9.3
Medium metropolitan 289.0 3.6 284.7 4.2 339.6 15.2 272.8 19.3 283.8 9.3
Small metropolitan 305.5 5.9 296.3 6.5 316.5 23.0 247.9 42.2 312.5 21.2
Micropolitan (nonmetro) 301.2 5.1 297.5 5.6 303.6 24.0 255.0 27.1 358.6 18.7
Noncore (nonmetro) 306.4 6.7 301.8 7.2 319.2 28.8 * * 355.5 26.8
Expected payment source Private insurance 273.6 2.6 275.3 2.9 292.7 9.0 255.9 10.8 242.9 7.4
Medicare 313.8 13.1 308.2 15.3 287.1 24.3 157.5 23.2 316.1 33.7
Medicaid 308.3 6.3 320.0 9.4 312.2 16.7 290.7 24.8 294.4 10.0
Other insurance 312.6 8.9 294.7 11.3 257.8 23.0 310.3 34.4 330.1 16.0
Uninsured/self-pay/no charge 324.0 6.5 325.2 9.7 310.0 13.3 318.2 24.1 307.5 8.9
Region of inpatient treatment Northeast 265.3 3.2 265.9 3.8 303.3 12.1 234.1 16.7 235.4 9.2
Midwest 294.4 3.8 292.2 4.1 326.5 14.8 246.6 28.7 266.9 18.9
South 299.4 2.8 292.3 3.3 326.5 8.3 254.6 20.5 297.1 6.6
West 282.3 3.2 273.0 4.3 296.0 16.2 276.4 10.9 293.2 6.2
Ownership/control of hospital Private, not for profit 281.7 1.9 279.4 2.2 310.6 7.0 263.5 9.3 269.2 5.0
Private, for profit 294.8 4.2 286.5 5.2 323.1 15.0 276.0 24.8 292.1 8.7
Public 311.9 4.8 302.3 6.1 344.8 14.8 302.1 21.9 328.1 10.0
Teaching status of hospital Teaching 279.3 3.1 274.0 4.1 318.6 9.5 270.0 14.0 264.7 7.0
Nonteaching 289.9 1.9 285.2 2.2 315.8 7.5 270.9 10.1 290.7 4.8
Location of hospital Large central metropolitan 280.9 2.7 269.6 3.5 314.8 8.6 268.4 10.5 281.3 5.2
Large fringe metropolitan 274.8 3.4 272.4 3.8 309.6 12.3 251.6 22.2 251.7 9.5
Medium metropolitan 292.0 3.6 288.9 4.2 331.2 14.8 262.9 18.9 288.5 9.3
Small metropolitan 314.2 5.7 304.1 6.2 329.4 21.9 306.0 42.9 335.9 21.5
Micropolitan (nonmetro) 299.6 5.0 298.4 5.5 286.1 22.3 269.5 27.9 327.4 18.5
Noncore (nonmetro) 298.5 9.0 294.8 9.7 296.9 36.0 * * 284.6 33.3
Bed size of hospital Less than 100 294.8 4.1 292.6 4.6 326.6 20.7 286.5 34.5 306.0 13.6
100–299 280.0 2.4 277.1 2.9 299.7 9.4 268.6 10.9 274.8 6.1
300–499 296.4 3.2 286.8 3.9 333.7 10.3 273.2 16.7 300.0 7.1
500 or more 284.2 4.1 280.2 5.1 320.5 12.3 258.9 20.0 263.4 9.2

a Rates are adjusted by age and gender using the total U.S. population for 2000 as the standard population; when reporting is by age, the adjustment is by gender only; when reporting is by gender, the adjustment is by age only.

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

Key: API: Asian or Pacific Islander; SE: standard error.

Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Center for Delivery, Organization, and Markets, Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project, State Inpatient Databases, disparities analysis file, 2005. This file is designed to provide national estimates on disparities using weighted records from a sample of hospitals from the following 23 States: AR, AZ, CA, CO, CT, FL, GA, HI, KS, MA, MD, MI, MO, NH, NJ, NY, OK, RI, SC, TN, TX, VT, and WI.

 

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