Exhibit 2.8. Alcoholism Number and Distribution of Discharges with a Principal Diagnosis of Alcoholism by Gender and Age, 2005
  Total† Male Female
Discharges
All ages 298,000 219,000 77,600
<1 * * *
1-17 1,800 900 900
18-44 120,200 87,100 33,200
45-64 149,700 112,900 36,800
65-84 24,300 17,700 6,600
85+ 800 500 200
Standard Errors
All ages† 19,193 15,485 4,263
<1 * * *
1-17 162 92 94
18-44 10,552 8,465 2,387
45-64 8,228 6,764 1,830
65-84 913 691 333
85+ 69 56 40
Percent Distribution Within Gender
All ages 100.0 100.0 100.0
<1 * * *
1-17 0.6 0.4 1.1
18-44 40.3 39.7 42.7
45-64 50.2 51.5 47.4
65-84 8.1 8.1 8.5
85+ 0.3 0.2 0.3
Percent Distribution Among Genders
All ages 100.0 73.5 26.1
<1 * * *
1-17 100.0 51.1 48.9
18-44 100.0 72.4 27.6
45-64 100.0 75.4 24.6
65-84 100.0 72.8 27.2
85+ 100.0 67.7 32.3
Source: AHRQ, Center for Delivery, Organization, and Markets, Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project, Nationwide Inpatient Sample, 2005.
†Includes a small number of discharges (less than 1,500 or 0.4 percent) with missing gender.
* Statistic has a relative standard error (standard error/weighted estimate) greater than 0.30 and is not considered reliable.

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