TABLE 2.
Hospitalization Rates per 100 000 for Specific Infections and the Proportion With In-Home Water Service, by Region: Alaska, 2000–2004
| Region | Water-Served Homes, % | Infectious Diarrhea, Hospitalization Rate (No.) | RSV,a Hospitalization Rate (No.) | Pneumonia or Influenz,ab Hospitalization Rate (No.) | Skin or Soft Tissue Infection,b Hospitalization Rate (No.) | MRSA Infection, Hospitalization Rate (No.) |
| Urban Anchorage | 100 | 7.14 (106) | 78.5 (130) | 63.24 (939) | 50.71 (753) | 5.25 (78) |
| High-service region | ||||||
| F | 89 | 5.80 (16) | 148.29 (39) | 85.93 (237) | 47.86 (132) | 2.90 (8) |
| E | 88 | 9.73 (70) | 29.76 (15) | 42.12 (303) | 26.0 (187) | 1.25 (9) |
| D | 100 | 6.43 (14) | 214.69 (57) | 98.26 (214) | 41.32 (90) | 1.38 (3) |
| Total high-service regions | 91 | 7.64 (206) | 90.1 (241) | 62.8 (1693) | 43.07 (1162) | 3.63 (98) |
| Low-service region | ||||||
| C | 75 | 5.78 (20) | 136.42 (59) | 100.87 (349) | 34.10 (118) | 0.58 (2) |
| B | 57 | 4.06 (16) | 129.48 (56) | 90.82 (358) | 39.07 (154) | 1.27 (5) |
| A | 61 | 8.72 (96) | 314.48 (481) | 199.82 (2200) | 113.62 (1251) | 26.70 (294) |
| Total low-service regions | 61 | 7.17 (132) | 248.90 (596) | 157.89 (2907) | 82.72 (1523) | 16.34 (301) |
| Rate ratioc (95% CI) | 0.94 (0.78, 1.17) | 2.81 (2.42, 3.26) | 2.54 (2.39, 2.70) | 1.93 (1.79, 2.08) | 4.51 (3.59, 5.66) |
Note. RSV = respiratory syncytial virus; MRSA = methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus; CI = confidence interval. Number is the total number of hospitalizations for that disease.
Respiratory syncytial virus, for hospitalizations among children younger than 5 years.
Three pneumonia- or influenza-associated hospitalizations and 8 skin- or soft tissue–infection hospitalizations did not have community of residence available.
High- vs low-service regions.