Table 3 Demographics of patients not receiving coronary angiogram for alternate year included in the study, from 2004–2014.

From: Temporal trends and inequalities in coronary angiography utilization in the management of non-ST-Elevation acute coronary syndromes in the U.S.

Number of Cases

2004

2006

2008

2010

2012

2014

207,084

184,979

182,214

158,144

148,900

142,455

Age (year), Median IRQ

75(61–84)

76(62–84)

77 (64–86)

77 (64–86)

77 (64–86)

76 (64–86)

Men %

49.0%

49.4%

49.3%

49.3%

50.0%

51.2%

Ethnicity

White

56.6%

57.2%

62.7%

65.5%

71.1%

70.9%

Black

9.4%

8.7%

8.5%

12.4%

11.3%

12.1%

Hispanic

5.8%

6.9%

5.5%

6.2%

7.4%

7.5%

Asian/Pacific Islander

1.5%

1.7%

1.8%

2.3%

2.3%

2.1%

Native American

0.3%

0.4%

0.5%

0.6%

0.5%

0.5%

Other

1.9%

1.5%

2.3%

2.1%

2.6%

2.6%

Missing Race

24.5%

23.6%

18.6%

10.8%

4.7%

4.3%

Weekend admission

26.6%

26.0%

27.2%

27.3%

26.5%

26.9%

Primary expected payer, %

Medicare

68.6%

70.5%

72.0%

72.9%

75.1%

74.4%

Medicaid

6.0%

5.2%

5.5%

5.8%

6.1%

7.5%

Private Insurance

19.4%

18.2%

17.1%

15.1%

13.0%

13.3%

Self-pay

4.0%

4.0%

3.1%

3.7%

3.6%

2.8%

No charge

0.3%

0.3%

0.2%

0.4%

0.3%

0.3%

other

1.8%

1.8%

2.1%

2.0%

1.9%

1.7%

Median Household Income (percentile)

0–25th

31.1%

30.1%

28.9%

30.5%

31.7%

30.3%

26–50th

27.8%

26.7%

28.5%

26.9%

25.6%

27.0%

51–75th

21.2%

22.3%

21.8%

23.2%

22.6%

22.7%

76–100th

20.0%

20.9%

20.8%

19.4%

20.1%

20.0%

Comorbidities, %

Dyslipidaemia

28.6%

32.3%

35.5%

40.4%

44.9%

46.8%

Smoking

15.3%

17.9%

19.3%

24.1%

27.9%

33.9%

Previous AMI

7.3%

7.8%

8.4%

10.6%

11.7%

11.9%

History of IHD

36.2%

38.7%

42.1%

44.7%

47.7%

47.9%

Previous PCI

4.6%

5.1%

6.3%

8.6%

11.0%

12.4%

Previous CABG

8.4%

8.6%

8.9%

10.7%

11.9%

12.5%

Previous CVA

No data

No data

3.8%

6.5%

7.6%

8.6%

Family history of CAD

2.6%

2.8%

2.9%

3.7%

3.9%

4.5%

Valvular heart disease

0.3%

0.4%

0.4%

0.5%

0.5%

0.3%

Peripheral vascular disease

8.4%

9.4%

11.3%

12.5%

13.8%

14.6%

Use of assist devise or IABP

0.3%

0.5%

0.5%

0.4%

0.7%

0.9%

Shock

1.6%

1.7%

1.7%

2.2%

2.9%

3.4%

AIDS

0.14%

0.08%

0.12%

0.15%

0.11%

0.15%

Alcohol abuse

2.0%

2.2%

2.4%

2.4%

2.7%

2.9%

Deficiency anaemias

13.9%

15.7%

20.9%

22.7%

25.3%

25.1%

Chronic Blood loss anaemia

1.9%

2.0%

1.6%

1.4%

1.3%

1.1%

RA/collagen vascular diseases

1.8%

2.0%

2.3%

2.7%

2.8%

2.9%

Congestive heart failure

1.3%

1.0%

1.3%

1.6%

1.2%

1.2%

Chronic pulmonary disease

23.5%

24.9%

24.9%

24.9%

26.7%

27.0%

Coagulopathy

2.8%

3.2%

3.7%

4.6%

6.1%

6.7%

Depression

5.4%

6.3%

7.8%

8.6%

9.6%

10.1%

Diabetes

27.2%

28.4%

29.7%

31.1%

32.7%

33.2%

Diabetes with complications

5.9%

6.4%

7.3%

7.6%

8.5%

9.7%

Drug abuse

1.3%

1.6%

1.5%

1.8%

2.0%

2.6%

Hypertension

59.1%

63.5%

67.6%

71.4%

74.5%

76.4%

Hypothyroidism

9.0%

10.3%

12.7%

13.7%

15.7%

16.0%

Liver disease

1.1%

1.2%

1.2%

1.5%

1.8%

2.2%

Lymphomas

0.5%

0.5%

0.7%

0.7%

0.8%

0.8%

Fluid and electrolyte disturbances

19.3%

21.5%

25.1%

26.1%

29.1%

30.8%

Other neurological disorders

7.0%

7.9%

9.6%

10.0%

10.4%

10.2%

Obesity

6.1%

6.8%

8.5%

9.2%

11.7%

13.6%

Paralysis

2.2%

2.3%

3.1%

2.8%

2.7%

2.7%

Psychoses

1.9%

2.1%

2.7%

3.1%

3.3%

3.5%

Pulmonary circulation disorder

0.06%

0.06%

0.2%

0.2%

0.2%

0.2%

Renal failure (chronic)

10.8%

21.1%

24.5%

29.1%

32.4%

34.0%

Peptic ulcer disease

0.07%

0.05%

0.04%

0.06%

0.02%

0.03%

Weight loss

1.8%

1.9%

3.1%

3.8%

4.6%

4.6%

Solid tumour without Mets

1.7%

1.8%

2.2%

2.3%

2.2%

2.2%

Metastatic cancer

1.2%

1.3%

1.6%

1.5%

1.6%

1.8%

Dementia

8.9%

10.8%

13.2%

14.9%

15.9%

15.4%

Comorbidities - Charlson Comorbidity Index

0

28.4%

26.8%

23.6%

21.0%

19.0%

17.6%

1

32.8%

33.6%

32.4%

30.8%

29.5%

28.7%

2

23.2%

23.9%

24.8%

25.3%

25.5%

25.6%

≥3

15.6%

15.7%

19.2%

22.9%

26.0%

28.1%

Hospital bed size

Small

15.9%

16.7%

16.0%

13.7%

16.4%

22.3%

Medium

28.6%

27.9%

26.5%

27.2%

29.1%

31.3%

Large

55.5%

55.4%

57.5%

59.1%

54.5%

46.4%

Hospital Region

Northeast

26.9%

28.6%

24.5%

24.9%

25.5%

24.7%

Midwest

21.5%

19.0%

21.1%

21.8%

20.2%

20.4%

South

38.1%

38.3%

39.5%

38.5%

37.6%

37.9%

West

13.5%

14.1%

14.9%

14.8%

16.7%

17.0%

Location/Teaching status

Rural

21.6%

19.6%

17.9%

17.9%

16.0%

13.7%

Urban-non teaching

50.5%

45.6%

50.1%

48.1%

45.0%

32.8%

Urban- teaching

27.9%

34.8%

32.0%

34.0%

39.0%

53.5%

Length of stay, Median (IQR)

3(2–6)

3 (2–6)

3 (2–6)

3 (2–6)

3 (2–6)

3 (2–6)

Total charge,$, Median (IQR)

13153 (7219–25739)

15770 (8585–30362)

18276 (10103–33945)

18830 (10586–34652)

21862 (12141–40742)

24223 (13606–45146)

Bleeding complications

11.2%

11.7%

12.7%

12.2%

11.9%

10.6%

Vascular complications

0.3%

0.3%

0.3%

0.3%

0.4%

0.5%

Cardiac complication

0.3%

0.5%

0.4%

0.4%

0.5%

0.6%

In-hospital mortality

6.8%

6.6%

6.7%

6.4%

7.0%

6.7%