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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Mar 22.
Published in final edited form as: J Aging Health. 2014 Sep 25;27(4):571–593. doi: 10.1177/0898264314553895

Table 3.

Observed Percentage of White Non-Hispanic Older Adults and Observed and Expected Percentages of Minority Adults Who Developed a Pressure Ulcer at Selected Time Points After Nursing Home Admission Adjusting for Individual- and Nursing Home/Community-Level Predictors.

Racial/ethnic group Months after admission Percentage of White Non-Hispanics observed to develop a pressure ulcera Percentage of racial/ethnic group expected to develop a pressure ulcer Percentage of racial/ ethnic group observed to develop a pressure ulcer Percentage overall disparityb Percentage explained disparityc
Black   3   8.75   9.45 11.69 2.94 23.81
  6 13.19 14.11 16.93 3.74 24.60
12 19.26 20.34 28.66 5.79 18.65
Hispanic   3   8.45   8.91   7.50
  6 13.01 13.59 11.44
12 18.73 19.38 17.19
A/PI   3   8.62 10.17   7.63
  6 13.04 15.32 12.04
12 19.06 22.56 19.52
AI/AN   3   8.41   7.39   6.35
  6 12.38 10.81   8.16
12 18.06 16.15 12.51

Note. A/PI = Asian/Pacific Islander; AI/AN = American Indian/Alaskan Native.

a

Pressure ulcer (Stages 2–4).

b

(Observed proportion of minority group − Observed proportion of White Non-Hispanics)*100.

c

([Expected proportion of minority group − Observed proportion of White Non-Hispanics]/[Observed proportion of minority group − Observed proportion of White Non-Hispanics])*100.