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2011 National Healthcare Quality & Disparities Reports
Data Tables Appendix

Table 12_3_7.2_1
Admissions for transfusion reactionsa per 100,000 population,b age 18 and over, United States, 2000, 2004, 2005, 2007, and 2008
    2008 2007 2005 2004 2000
Population group Rate SE Rate SE Rate SE Rate SE Rate SE
Total   0.06 0.02 0.06 0.01 0.07 0.02 0.06 0.01 0.07 0.01
Age 18-44 DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU
45-64 0.12 0.03 DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU
65 and over DSU DSU 0.18 0.05 0.19 0.06 0.18 0.05 0.19 0.05
Gender Male DSU DSU 0.08 0.02 0.09 0.02 DSU DSU DSU DSU
Female DSU DSU 0.05 0.02 DSU DSU 0.08 0.02 0.06 0.02
Median income of patient's ZIP Code First quartile (lowest income) 0.11 0.03 DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU 0.14 0.04
Second quartile DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU
Third quartile DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU
Fourth quartile (highest income) DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU
Location of patient residence Large central metropolitan DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU
Large fringe metropolitan 0.08 0.02 DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU
Medium metropolitan DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU
Small metropolitan DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU
Micropolitan DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU
Noncore DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU
Region of inpatient treatment Northeast DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU
Midwest DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU
South DSU DSU DSU DSU 0.08 0.02 DSU DSU DSU DSU
West DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU

a. Consistent with the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) Patient Safety Indicators (PSI) software, admissions are identified using all procedures.

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: SE: standard error.

Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), Center for Delivery, Organization, and Markets, Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project, Nationwide Inpatient Sample and AHRQ Quality Indicators, modified version 4.1.

 
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