Table 5.
Stroke-Associated Hospitalizations by Income Level and by Payor Status, 2003a
| Overall Strokes
|
Ischemic Stroke
|
Hemorrhagic Stroke
|
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Actual Sample | National Estimates | 95% Confidence Interval | Percentage of Nonmissing Totals | Actual Sample | National Estimates | 95% Confidence Interval | Percentage of Nonmissing Totals | Actual Sample | National Estimates | 95% Confidence Interval | Percentage of Nonmissing Totals | |
| Median Incomeb | ||||||||||||
| $24 999 or less | 818 | 1408 | (1214, 1603) | 28.3 | 503 | 879 | (737, 1021) | 28.4 | 327 | 350 | (466, 634) | 19.8 |
| $25 000–$34 999 | 799 | 1331 | (1152, 1510) | 26.8 | 520 | 873 | (740, 1005) | 28.3 | 292 | 482 | (405, 559) | 27.3 |
| $35 000–$44 999 | 723 | 1209 | (1057, 1361) | 24.3 | 425 | 717 | (615, 819) | 23.2 | 311 | 515 | (433, 598) | 29.1 |
| $45 000 or more | 603 | 1020 | (865, 1176) | 20.5 | 363 | 621 | (514, 728) | 20.1 | 252 | 421 | (344, 498) | 23.8 |
| Missing | 72 | 40 | 33 | |||||||||
| Payor | ||||||||||||
| Medicare | 12 | 20 | (8, 33) | 0.4 | ≤10 | ≤10 | ||||||
| Medicaid | 1261 | 2140 | (1859, 2420) | 42.1 | 826 | 1,411 | (1203, 1619) | 44.8 | 455 | 764 | (654, 874) | 37.8 |
| Private insurance | 1439 | 2418 | (2148, 2688) | 47.6 | 842 | 1,431 | (1254, 1607) | 45.4 | 621 | 1029 | (692, 1165) | 51.0 |
| Self pay | 136 | 227 | (180, 274) | 4.5 | 70 | 119 | (90, 149) | 3.8 | 69 | 112 | (80, 145) | 5.5 |
| No charge | ≤10 | ≤10 | ≤10 | |||||||||
| Other | 153 | 263 | (179, 346) | 5.2 | 95 | 165 | (101, 231) | 5.2 | 62 | 105 | (73, 138) | 5.2 |
| Missing | ≤10 | ≤10 | ≤10 | |||||||||
a
Weighted estimates do not sum to total because of rounding. Sum of ischemic and hemorrhagic stroke do not total overall stroke because of overlapping of diagnoses in 51 children.
b
Median income for patient’s zip code of residence.