Table 9_2

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Table 9_2_8.2a
Home health care patients who had to be admitted to the hospital, by race,^a United States, 2006
Population group		Total		Single race										Multiple races
		Total		White		Black		Asian		NHOPI		AI/AN		Multiple races
		Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE
Total		28.3	0.0	27.3	0.0	33.9	0.1	23.1	0.2	27.1	0.5	34.2	0.4	30.7	0.7
Age	0–64	34.6	0.1	34.2	0.1	36.0	0.1	28.1	0.6	33.4	1.3	38.1	0.7	36.5	1.4
	65–74	27.5	0.1	26.6	0.1	32.6	0.1	21.5	0.3	26.0	1.0	33.7	0.7	30.6	1.3
	75–84	27.0	0.0	26.3	0.0	32.8	0.1	22.4	0.3	25.0	0.9	32.2	0.7	28.8	1.2
	85 and over	26.7	0.1	25.9	0.1	33.9	0.2	24.4	0.4	25.6	1.2	31.5	0.9	26.6	1.4
Gender	Male	30.1	0.0	29.2	0.0	35.1	0.1	25.3	0.3	29.1	0.9	34.6	0.6	32.8	1.1
Gender	Female	27.2	0.0	26.1	0.0	33.3	0.1	21.6	0.2	25.7	0.7	33.9	0.5	29.5	0.8

^a Excludes records with missing values.

Key: AI/AN: American Indian or Alaska Native; NHOPI: Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander; SE: standard error.

Source: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Outcome and Assessment Information Set.