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2011 National Healthcare Quality & Disparities Reports
Data Tables Appendix

Table 12_2_10.2_2
Admissions for foreign body accidentally left in during procedurea per 100,000 population,b age 18 and over, by race/ethnicity, United States, 2008
        Non-Hispanic    
    Total White Black API Hispanic, all races
Population group Rate SE Rate SE Rate SE Rate SE Rate SE
Total   1.44 0.06 1.38 0.06 1.93 0.18 0.85 0.15 1.23 0.12
Age 18-44 0.85 0.05 0.77 0.06 1.33 0.19 0.56 0.17 0.69 0.10
45-64 1.56 0.08 1.49 0.09 2.09 0.27 0.99 0.28 1.53 0.23
65 and over 3.20 0.17 3.24 0.19 3.55 0.61 DSU DSU 2.52 0.50
  65-69 3.17 0.28 3.28 0.34 DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU
  70-74 3.44 0.35 3.53 0.40 4.42 1.29 DSU DSU DSU DSU
  75-79 3.13 0.34 3.15 0.38 DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU
  80-84 3.67 0.42 3.64 0.46 DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU
  85 and over 2.68 0.42 2.63 0.45 DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU
Gender Male 1.32 0.07 1.28 0.08 1.83 0.24 0.76 0.23 1.17 0.19
Female 1.59 0.07 1.51 0.08 2.03 0.23 0.98 0.22 1.37 0.17
Median income of patient's ZIP code First quartile (lowest income) 1.59 0.11 1.51 0.13 1.97 0.25 DSU DSU 1.40 0.22
Second quartile 1.46 0.09 1.46 0.10 1.72 0.29 DSU DSU 1.08 0.22
Third quartile 1.37 0.10 1.35 0.11 1.81 0.38 DSU DSU 0.98 0.24
Fourth quartile (highest income) 1.36 0.10 1.26 0.11 2.51 0.56 1.03 0.24 1.43 0.30
Location of patient residence Large central metropolitan 1.47 0.11 1.38 0.13 2.13 0.30 1.00 0.22 1.16 0.17
Large fringe metropolitan 1.54 0.12 1.46 0.13 2.67 0.46 DSU DSU 1.18 0.28
Medium metropolitan 1.43 0.15 1.40 0.16 1.45 0.35 DSU DSU 1.44 0.34
Small metropolitan 1.30 0.17 1.30 0.18 DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU
Micropolitan 1.18 0.12 1.17 0.13 DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU
Noncore 1.41 0.17 1.48 0.18 DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU
Region of inpatient treatment Northeast 1.41 0.13 1.34 0.14 2.06 0.42 DSU DSU DSU DSU
Midwest 1.53 0.14 1.44 0.14 2.77 0.57 DSU DSU DSU DSU
South 1.36 0.09 1.33 0.10 1.63 0.21 DSU DSU 1.19 0.21
West 1.50 0.10 1.43 0.13 1.85 0.45 1.11 0.24 1.58 0.21

a. Consistent with the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) Patient Safety Indicators (PSI) software, admissions are identified using all diagnoses, including those present on admission.

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

DSU - 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 (AHRQ), Center for Delivery, Organization, and Markets, Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project, State Inpatient Databases, disparities analysis file, 2007, and AHRQ Quality Indicators, modified version 4.1. The analysis file is designed to provide national estimates on disparities using weighted records from a sample of hospitals from the following 31 States: Arkansas, Arizona, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Kansas, Kentucky, Massachusetts, Maryland, Maine, Michigan, Missouri, New Hampshire, New Jersey, Nevada, New York, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Virginia, Vermont, Wisconsin, and Wyoming.

 
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