Table 3.

Adjusted Mortality Rates by Race after Medicare Hospital Admission for Common Medical Conditions^*

	Pneumonia		CHF		Gl Bleed		Hip Fracture		Stroke		AMI
	Black	White	Black	White	Black	White	Black	White	Black	White	Black	White
30 days	15.0	15.9	7.6	9.3	6.2	7.3	5.2	7.7	12.8	17.2	13.7	15.3
90 days	25.2	24.6	15.1	17.1	12.6	13.2	12.8	15.0	19.8	22.8	18.8	19.8
180 days	32.9	31.1	21.7	24.3	18.5	18.3	19.9	20.5	25.5	27.3	23.9	23.8
1 year	42.3	39.7	31.3	34.3	26.6	25.7	28.8	27.9	32.8	33.4	30.9	29.4
2 years	53.6	51.2	44.4	47.6	37.3	36.5	40.7	39.2	42.3	42.1	39.7	36.9

^*Adjusted for the health risk covariates (gender age, discharge years, and comobidities), SES covariates (zipcode-level percent urban, median household income, and percent college educated), and hospital fixed effects.