2011 National Healthcare Quality & Disparities Reports: Data Tables Appendix, Table 8_2

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2011 National Healthcare Quality & Disparities Reports
Data Tables Appendix

Table 8_2_3.1
Hospital patients with pneumonia who received the initial antibiotic dose within 6 hours of hospital arrival, United States,^a 2007-2009
		2009			2008		2007
Population group		Number	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE
Total		551,011	94.8	0.03	93.5	0.03	93.3	0.04
Gender	Male	264,404	95.1	0.04	93.9	0.05	93.6	0.06
Gender	Female	286,562	94.4	0.04	93.1	0.05	93.0	0.06
Race/ethnicity	White	421,884	95.3	0.03	94.3	0.04	94.2	0.04
	Black	65,967	92.4	0.10	91.0	0.11	90.7	0.14
	Hispanic	35,275	92.9	0.14	88.4	0.17	88.1	0.21
	American Indian/Alaska Native	3,752	91.4	0.46	90.5	0.48	90.1	0.60
	Asian	9,842	95.3	0.21	93.1	0.26	93.4	0.32
Age	Under 65	208,596	94.0	0.05	92.5	0.06	92.1	0.07
	65-74	108,434	95.0	0.07	93.7	0.07	93.5	0.09
	75-84	134,044	95.4	0.06	94.1	0.06	94.0	0.07
	85 and over	99,937	95.4	0.07	94.2	0.07	94.3	0.09

^a. 2009 data do not include data from the U.S. territories (Guam, Puerto Rico, and Virgin Islands); other years do not include Guam and U.S. Virgin Islands.

Key: SE: standard error.

Source: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Medicare Quality Improvement Organization Program.