TABLE 1.

Hospitalizations and Nonelective Rehospitalizations

	No. Hospitalizations	Percent of Total	No. Rehospitalized	Percent Rehospitalized
Total	291,752	100.00	58,308	19.99
Gender
Female	161,734	55.44	31,295	19.35
Male	130,018	44.56	27,013	20.78
Age, years
25–34	11,412	3.91	2965	25.98
35–44	27,772	9.52	6238	22.46
45–54	45,879	15.73	9088	19.81
55–64	60,814	20.84	11,726	19.28
65–74	81,940	28.09	15,943	19.46
75–84	63,935	21.91	12,348	19.31
Race/ethnicity:
Non-Hispanic white	102,885	35.26	18,792	18.27
Black	146,432	50.19	31,009	21.18
Hispanic	1399	0.48	185	13.22
Asian	18,385	6.30	3789	20.61
Other	2791	0.96	553	19.81
Unknown	19,860	6.81	3980	20.04
Year (per year)
1994	32,017	10.97	4885	15.26
1995	37,247	12.77	7141	19.17
1996	38,534	13.21	7950	20.63
1997	38,293	13.13	8308	21.70
1998	37,872	12.98	8398	22.17
1999	43,050	14.76	9511	22.09
2000	34,016	11.66	6056	17.80
2001	30,524	10.46	5957	19.52
Insurance
Medicare	122,938	42.14	26,097	21.23
Medicaid	45,539	15.61	10,630	23.34
Private fee-for-service	2395	0.82	280	11.69
Private managed care	69,583	23.85	11,376	16.35
Uninsured/selfpay	2743	0.94	390	14.22
Other/unknown	48,554	16.64	9535	19.64