Table 2. Mean annual age-adjusted community-setting pneumonia-associated hospitalization rates in New York City, non-New York City urban areas, suburban areas, and rural areas—New York State, 2010–2014a.
| NYC | Non-NYC urban areas | Suburban areas | Rural areas | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Characteristic | Rate (95% CI) | RR (95% CI) | Rate (95% CI) | RR (95% CI) | Rate (95% CI) | RR (95% CI) | Rate (95% CI) | RR (95% CI) |
| Overall | 475.3 (469.9, 480.6) | -- (--) | 433.8 (429.4, 438.2) | -- (--) | 421.4 (409.1, 434.0) | -- (--) | 332.0 (319.1, 345.4) | -- (--) |
| Sex | ||||||||
| Female | 417.5 (411.0, 424.1) | -- (--) | 396.3 (390.6, 402.0) | -- (--) | 383.6 (367.5, 400.3) | -- (--) | 300.3 (283.4, 318.1) | -- (--) |
| Male | 557.7 (548.7, 566.9) | 1.3 (1.0, 1.6) | 487.6 (480.5, 494.7) | 1.2 (1.0, 1.5) | 474.3 (454.8, 494.5) | 1.2 (1.0, 1.5) | 372.5 (352.4, 393.6) | 1.2 (0.9, 1.6) |
| Age (years)b | ||||||||
| 20–44 | 90.4 (87.2, 93.6) | -- (--) | 86.0 (82.8, 89.3) | -- (--) | 82.1 (72.9, 91.3) | -- (--) | 64.5 (54.4, 74.6) | -- (--) |
| 45–64 | 392.3 (383.9, 400.7) | 4.5 (3.2, 6.3) | 317.5 (311.0, 324.0) | 4.5 (3.4, 6.0) | 314.9 (296.4, 333.4) | 4.3 (3.1, 6.0) | 250.7 (231.1, 270.4) | 3.9 (2.6, 5.8) |
| 65–79 | 1,130.5 (1,106.9, 1,154.1) | 13.1 (9.3, 18.4) | 1,097.1 (1,077.2, 1,117.0) | 12.9 (9.7, 17.1) | 1,121.2 (1,065.3, 1,177.1) | 14.2 (10.2, 19.7) | 826.0 (770.8, 881.2) | 13.4 (9.0, 19.9) |
| ≥80 | 3,407.7 (3,342.0, 3,473.4) | 38.9 (27.7, 54.6) | 3,160.4 (3,108.9, 3,212.0) | 33.1 (25.0, 43.8) | 2,887.9 (2,744.0, 3,031.8) | 35.8 (25.7, 49.8) | 2,420.2 (2,263.7, 2,576.8) | 41.0 (27.5, 61.2) |
| Area-based poverty level | ||||||||
| Low (<10% FPL) | 317.8 (308.7, 327.0) | -- (--) | 385.9 (380.6, 391.2) | -- (--) | 275.5 (255.3, 297.0) | -- (--) | 200.7 (182.6, 220.6) | -- (--) |
| Medium (10%–19% FPL) | 445.7 (437.2, 454.3) | 1.4 (1.2, 1.7) | 463.7 (454.6, 473.0) | 1.2 (1.0, 1.4) | 441.2 (424.7, 458.2) | 1.6 (1.4, 1.8) | 374.6 (357.1, 393.0) | 1.9 (1.7, 2.2) |
| High (20%–29% FPL) | 553.5 (541.7, 565.6) | 1.8 (1.5, 2.2) | 556.8 (540.2, 573.8) | 1.5 (1.3, 1.8) | 558.9 (523.2, 596.7) | 2.0 (1.7, 2.3) | 474.1 (423.1, 530.2) | 2.4 (2.0, 2.8) |
| Very high (≥30% FPL) | 624.7 (609.8, 640.0) | 2.2 (1.8, 2.7) | 696.5 (669.8, 724.0) | 1.9 (1.6, 2.2) | 522.5 (432.5, 626.9) | 1.9 (1.5, 2.4) | 534.5 (340.2, 817.1) | 2.5 (1.7, 3.7) |
Abbreviations: CI, confidence interval; FPL, federal poverty level; NYC, New York City; RR, rate ratio.
aRates are expressed per 100,000 population.
bAge group rates are not age-adjusted.