TABLE 1.
Incidence of Bacteremic Pneumonia in Adults According to Race/Ethnicity, Age, and Proportion of Residents Living in Poverty: ABCs Areas, United States, 2003–2004
| Race/Ethnicity by Age |
Population Count |
No. of Casesa |
Incidence of Bacteremic Pneumonia per 100 000 Peopleb | ||||
| < 5% Poverty |
5%–9.9% Poverty |
10%–19.9% Poverty |
≥ 20% Poverty |
Overall |
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| Total adult populationc | 17 890 259 | 4 524 | 9.4 | 11.1 | 14.1 | 26.2 | 12.6 |
| White, non-Hispanic | 13 738 841 | 2 767 | 8.5 | 9.9 | 12.0 | 17.8 | 10.1 |
| Black, non-Hispanic | 2 353 745 | 1 140 | 12.7 | 14.4 | 20.8 | 37.7 | 24.2 |
| Hispanic | 1 031 320 | 148 | 5.9 | 5.6 | 6.1 | 11.2 | 7.2 |
| Adults aged 18–34 y | 5 795 245 | 341 | 1.9 | 2.5 | 3.0 | 5.9 | 2.9 |
| White, non-Hispanic | 3 970 653 | 141 | 1.6 | 1.9 | 1.9 | 2.2 | 1.8 |
| Black, non-Hispanic | 929 317 | 142 | 2.6 | 5.0 | 7.5 | 11.4 | 7.6 |
| Hispanic | 572 531 | 31 | 4.3 | 2.6 | 1.4 | 3.8 | 2.7 |
| Adults aged 35–49 y | 5 858 541 | 1 061 | 3.9 | 6.6 | 10.6 | 39.6 | 9.1 |
| White, non-Hispanic | 4 523 687 | 439 | 3.1 | 5.3 | 6.4 | 18.0 | 4.9 |
| Black, non-Hispanic | 804 471 | 487 | 13.4 | 14.8 | 21.2 | 58.1 | 30.3 |
| Hispanic | 291 768 | 45 | 0.8 | 3.5 | 9.9 | 16.2 | 7.7 |
| Adults aged 50–64 y | 3 535 963 | 1 152 | 10.6 | 13.4 | 20.3 | 47.3 | 16.3 |
| White, non-Hispanic | 2 902 523 | 684 | 9.2 | 11.2 | 14.6 | 37.5 | 11.8 |
| Black, non-Hispanic | 390 922 | 315 | 22.2 | 24.5 | 36.8 | 58.7 | 40.3 |
| Hispanic | 114 049 | 31 | 10.3 | 12.4 | 11.8 | 19.9 | 13.6 |
| Adults aged 65–79 y | 1 960 136 | 1 027 | 24.5 | 23.0 | 30.2 | 34.7 | 26.2 |
| White, non-Hispanic | 1 678 195 | 759 | 21.9 | 19.3 | 26.8 | 34.8 | 22.6 |
| Black, non-Hispanic | 177 412 | 114 | 24.8 | 27.9 | 36.3 | 32.6 | 32.1 |
| Hispanic | 42 494 | 29 | 19.1 | 35.5 | 27.8 | 50.8 | 34.1 |
| Adults aged ≥ 80 y | 740 374 | 943 | 69.2 | 61.1 | 61.4 | 59.8 | 63.7 |
| White, non-Hispanic | 663 783 | 744 | 62.7 | 53.5 | 50.3 | 55.2 | 56.0 |
| Black, non-Hispanic | 51 623 | 82 | 105.7 | 84.1 | 114.9 | 55.8 | 79.4 |
| Hispanic | 10 478 | 12 | 141.3 | 16.7 | 62.2 | 40.1 | 57.3 |
Note. ABCs = Active Bacterial Core surveillance.
a
Number of successfully geocoded cases.
b
Incidence is the average annual rate by census tract poverty level. Census tract poverty level was defined according to the percentage of persons living below the federal poverty threshold per the 2000 US Census.20 Incidence rates are not age-adjusted.
c
Total adult population included all racial/ethnic groups.