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Table 4_2_8.2
Deaths per 1,000 adult hospital admissions with acute myocardial infarction (AMI) as principal diagnosis (excluding transfers to another hospital), 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 78.5 0.3 79.5 0.4 67.7 1.0 78.3 2.1 78.6 1.2
Age 18–44 16.8 0.7 15.2 0.9 19.4 1.7 26.3 4.4 16.7 2.2
45–64 35.5 0.4 35.2 0.5 34.7 1.0 40.5 2.3 37.5 1.3
65 and over 109.2 0.5 112.7 0.6 84.9 1.6 101.8 3.2 100.5 1.8
Age 65–69 62.7 0.9 64.6 1.1 54.7 2.7 51.8 5.4 58.8 2.9
70–74 78.4 1.0 81.4 1.2 60.4 3.1 71.2 6.2 79.2 3.6
75–79 103.2 1.1 105.6 1.2 77.2 3.4 100.3 6.6 106.9 3.8
80–84 123.1 1.2 124.8 1.3 100.7 4.2 123.3 8.2 122.4 4.7
85 and over 155.3 1.2 156.7 1.3 137.5 4.4 156.2 8.4 146.6 5.1
Gender Male 67.9 0.4 70.8 0.5 48.2 1.1 73.2 2.5 61.5 1.3
Female 94.8 0.6 100.6 0.7 66.5 1.4 81.7 3.7 83.7 2.0
Median income of patient's ZIP Code First quartile (lowest income) 82.3 0.6 85.3 0.7 69.9 1.4 85.0 5.3 80.6 1.7
Second quartile 80.5 0.7 81.9 0.7 67.7 2.3 67.1 4.7 81.3 2.6
Third quartile 76.3 0.7 77.6 0.7 57.8 2.9 74.9 4.1 74.1 2.8
Fourth quartile (highest income) 73.3 0.7 72.9 0.8 68.6 3.6 84.5 3.6 71.9 3.8
Location of patient residence Large central metropolitan 75.7 0.6 77.5 0.7 63.4 1.4 76.0 2.9 80.0 1.6
Large fringe metropolitan 72.0 0.7 72.6 0.7 60.7 2.4 82.7 6.2 71.9 3.4
Medium metropolitan 78.0 0.8 78.2 0.8 73.5 2.9 86.1 4.5 74.5 2.8
Small metropolitan 81.7 1.2 81.2 1.2 83.2 4.4 55.4 16.6 93.7 5.7
Micropolitan (nonmetro) 88.5 1.0 89.5 1.1 87.7 4.4 63.4 6.5 72.8 5.9
Noncore (nonmetro) 94.0 1.2 94.1 1.3 88.2 5.5 332.6 36.7 94.2 7.4
Expected payment source Private insurance 77.1 1.0 77.8 1.1 67.7 3.0 93.7 5.9 78.5 3.6
Medicare 77.8 0.4 79.0 0.4 66.1 1.2 73.0 2.5 77.4 1.4
Medicaid 83.8 1.8 87.0 2.6 78.2 3.9 84.9 6.9 78.4 3.9
Other insurance 83.3 3.0 91.9 3.4 47.2 9.3 67.5 18.2 65.2 11.8
Uninsured/self-pay/no charge 98.9 2.2 99.8 3.0 87.7 6.0 108.9 10.9 97.3 5.1
Region of inpatient treatment Northeast 78.4 0.7 79.4 0.8 69.8 2.8 69.8 5.9 73.9 3.2
Midwest 75.1 0.7 78.2 0.7 55.2 1.8 93.3 13.7 71.1 8.2
South 80.0 0.5 80.4 0.6 76.3 1.6 69.9 5.8 76.0 1.7
West 80.1 0.8 80.0 1.0 67.2 3.3 80.8 2.5 85.3 2.1
Ownership/control of hospital Private, not for profit 77.1 0.4 78.1 0.4 64.9 1.2 80.5 2.5 76.9 1.6
Private, for profit 81.5 0.8 81.8 1.0 77.7 2.7 82.1 6.7 81.1 2.3
Public 85.6 1.1 89.3 1.3 72.7 3.2 65.0 5.5 82.8 3.8
Teaching status of hospital Teaching 72.1 0.6 73.3 0.7 61.4 1.6 78.7 4.2 75.3 2.3
Nonteaching 81.0 0.4 81.8 0.4 72.0 1.4 78.2 2.5 79.9 1.4
Location of hospital Large central metropolitan 75.2 0.5 76.0 0.7 64.0 1.4 75.7 2.8 78.9 1.6
Large fringe metropolitan 71.6 0.7 73.0 0.8 58.0 2.4 82.0 7.2 73.1 3.7
Medium metropolitan 77.7 0.7 77.6 0.8 71.9 2.8 88.6 4.4 76.6 2.7
Small metropolitan 85.1 1.0 84.8 1.1 88.6 4.0 * * 93.8 5.5
Micropolitan (nonmetro) 92.3 1.1 93.1 1.2 96.7 4.8 64.8 6.6 74.9 7.6
Noncore (nonmetro) 119.9 2.2 119.7 2.3 105.5 10.4 * * 130.5 20.5
Bed size of hospital Less than 100 99.4 1.1 100.6 1.2 94.3 5.0 72.4 10.0 79.1 5.4
100–299 79.9 0.5 80.3 0.6 74.7 2.0 78.3 2.8 81.4 1.9
300–499 75.5 0.6 76.6 0.7 62.2 1.7 75.4 4.5 81.1 2.2
500 or more 71.8 0.7 72.4 0.8 64.1 2.0 85.1 5.8 70.8 2.5

a Rates are adjusted by age, gender, age-gender interactions, and All Patient Refined-Diagnosis Related Group (APR-DRG) risk of mortality score. When reporting is by age, the adjustment is by gender and APR-DRG risk of mortality score; when reporting is by gender, the adjustment is by age and APR-DRG risk of mortality score.

* - 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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