Table 2.
Selected Discharge Characteristics among Blacks vs. Whites
| Characteristic | Total (N = 1,518,173) |
Race | P-Value | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blacks (N = 948,666) |
Whites (N = 569,507) |
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| Survey Year | < 0.001 | |||
| 1996 | 171,253 | 95,546(10%) | 75,707 (13%) | |
| 1997 | 133,493 | 78,665 (8%) | 54,838 (10%) | |
| 1998 | 140,619 | 82,730 (9%) | 57,889 (10%) | |
| 1999 | 125,398 | 78,075 (8%) | 47,323 (8%) | |
| 2000 | 119,673 | 76,629 (8%) | 43,044 (8%) | |
| 2001 | 136,796 | 93,424 (10%) | 43,372 (8%) | |
| 2002 | 134,593 | 83,645 (9%) | 50,948 (9%) | |
| 2003 | 146,975 | 94,379 (10%) | 52,596 (9%) | |
| 2004 | 149,817 | 92,883 (10%) | 56,934 (10%) | |
| 2005 | 121,116 | 81,165 (9%) | 39,951 (7%) | |
| 2006 | 138,440 | 91,525 (9%) | 46,915 (8%) | |
| Age (years) | < 0.001 | |||
| 18–34 | 360,605 | 224,644 (24%) | 135,961 (24%) | |
| 35–49 | 869,517 | 542,349 (57%) | 327,168 (57%) | |
| 50–64 | 258,741 | 164,579 (17%) | 94,162 (17%) | |
| ≥ 65 | 29,310 | 17,094 (2%) | 12,216 (2%) | |
| Gender | < 0.001 | |||
| Male | 1,014,194 | 562,565 (59%) | 451,629 (79%) | |
| Female | 503,979 | 386,101 (41%) | 117,878 (21%) | |
| Insurance Status | < 0.001 | |||
| Uninsured | 135,124 | 88,389 (9%) | 46,735 (8%) | |
| Government | 994,492 | 662,787 (70%) | 331,705 (58%) | |
| Private | 341,686 | 167,102 (18%) | 175,584 (31%) | |
| Other insurance | 46,871 | 30,388 (3%) | 16,483 (3%) | |
| Any Opportunistic Infection (OI) | 406,661 | 255,988 (27%) | 150,673 (26%) | < 0.001 |
| Preventable OI | 167,623 | 101,043 (11%) | 66,580 (12%) | < 0.001 |
| Non-Preventable OI | 301,316 | 196,106 (21%) | 110,210 (19%) | < 0.001 |
| Hepatitis B | 47,847 | 28,051 (3%) | 19,796 (3%) | < 0.001 |
| Hepatitis C | 147,261 | 80,295 (8%) | 66,966(12%) | < 0.001 |
| Substance Use | 421,591 | 285,133 (30%) | 136,458 (24%) | < 0.001 |
| STIs | 79,243 | 54,123 (6%) | 25,120 (4%) | < 0.001 |