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Effectiveness of Care<br />

Figure 2.7. Inpatient deaths per 1,000 adult hospital admissions with heart attack, by race/ethnicity and<br />

area income, 2001-2008<br />

120<br />

White<br />

Black<br />

Hispanic<br />

API<br />

120<br />

Q1 (Lowest)<br />

Q2<br />

Q3<br />

Q4 (Highest)<br />

100<br />

100<br />

Deaths per 1,000 Admissions<br />

80<br />

60<br />

40<br />

20<br />

0<br />

2008 Achievable Benchmark: 47<br />

2001<br />

2002<br />

2003<br />

2004<br />

2005<br />

2006<br />

2007<br />

2008<br />

Key: API = Asian or Pacific Islander; Q1 represents the lowest income quartile and Q4 represents the highest income quartile based<br />

on the median income of a patient’s ZIP Code of residence.<br />

Source: Agency for <strong><strong>Health</strong>care</strong> Research and Quality, <strong><strong>Health</strong>care</strong> Cost and Utilization Project, Nationwide Inpatient Sample, State<br />

Inpatient Databases disparities analysis file, and AHRQ Quality Indicators modified version 4.1, 2001-2008.<br />

Denominator: Adults age 18 and over admitted to a non-Federal community hospital in the United States with acute myocardial<br />

infarction as principal discharge diagnosis.<br />

Note: For this measure, lower rates are better. Rates are adjusted by age and all payer refined-diagnosis related group scoring of risk<br />

of mortality. White, Black, and API groups are non-Hispanic; Hispanic includes all races.<br />

Deaths per 1,000 Admissions<br />

80<br />

60<br />

40<br />

20<br />

0<br />

2008 Achievable Benchmark: 47<br />

2001<br />

2002<br />

2003<br />

2004<br />

2005<br />

2006<br />

2007<br />

2008<br />

Chapter 2 Cardiovascular Disease<br />

n From 2001 to 2008, the overall inpatient mortality rate for hospital admissions with heart attack<br />

decreased significantly (data not shown) and for each racial/ethnic and area income group (Figure<br />

2.7).<br />

n In all years, Blacks had lower inpatient mortality rates than Whites.<br />

n In all years, residents of the two lowest income quartiles had higher inpatient mortality rates than<br />

residents of the highest income quartile.<br />

n The 2008 top 3 State achievable benchmark for inpatient heart attack mortality was 47 per 1,000<br />

admissions. ix At current rates of improvement, all racial/ethnic and area income groups would attain<br />

the benchmark within the next 4 years.<br />

Also, in the NHQR:<br />

n In all years, patients ages 45-64 and 65 and over had higher rates of inpatient heart attack deaths<br />

than patients ages 18-44. Residents of small metropolitan, micropolitan, and noncore (rural) areas<br />

had higher rates of inpatient heart attack mortality than residents of large fringe metropolitan areas.<br />

ix<br />

The top 3 States that contributed to the achievable benchmark are Arizona, Michigan, and Ohio.<br />

<strong>National</strong> <strong><strong>Health</strong>care</strong> <strong>Disparities</strong> <strong>Report</strong>, 2011<br />

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