Table 1.81a: National Treatment of URI, 1999-2000

Number of antibiotic courses ordered, supplied, administered, or continued at a specific visit for persons diagnosed with the common cold (ICD-9-CM codes 460.0, 465, or 472.0) per 10,000 population.

With one exception (Expected Source of Payment), rates are calculated using US Census Bureau monthly postcensal estimates of the civilian noninstitutional population as of July 1, 1999 and July 1, 2000 and are available at the Census Bureau Internet site: http://www.census.gov/main/www/cen2000.html. Figures have been adjusted for net underenumeration using the 1990 National Population Adjustment Matrix.

Rates for Expected Source of Payment are calculated using Current Population Survey (CPS) data for 1999 and 2000. CPS figures were obtained from AHRQ.

"Race" excludes multiple race.

For rates that use Census data as the denominator in this table, an estimate is reliable if the unweighted N is GE 30 and the RSE is LE 30

For rates that use CPS data as the denominator in this table (Expected Source of Payment), an estimate is reliable if the following three conditions are met:

1) frequency of unweighted numerator GE 30

2) RSE of the denominator < 0.05 and RSE numerator LE 0.30 or RSE of the numerator and the RSE of the denominator are both < 0.10

3) RSE of the ratio is LE 0.30

DSU - Data do not meet the criteria for statistical reliability, data quality or confidentiality.

Source:  Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Health Statistics, National Ambulatory Medical Care Survey and National Hospital Ambulatory Medical Care Survey.

Return to Tables Appendix
Return to Contents