Table 1_3_3-1

2008 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports

The National Healthcare Quality Report (NHQR) is a comprehensive national overview of quality of health care in the United States. It is organized around four dimensions of quality of care: effectiveness, patient safety, timeliness, and patient centeredness.

Table 1_3_3.1
Adults age 50 and over who received a fecal occult blood test in the last 2 years, by State, 2001 and 2006
State	2006		2001
State	Percent^a	SE	Percent^a	SE
Total (all reporting States)	28.0	0.2	32.3	0.4
Alabama	26.3	1.1	24.6	1.8
Alaska	20.4	2.0	26.8	3.7
Arizona	31.8	1.5	41.4	3.0
Arkansas	25.3	0.8	26.1	1.5
California	30.7	1.2	31.2	1.9
Colorado	32.7	0.9	37.9	2.0
Connecticut	30.3	0.8	36.1	1.6
Delaware	24.1	1.2	35.5	2.1
District of Columbia	37.1	1.4	41.8	2.9
Florida	32.2	0.8	37.4	1.4
Georgia	30.8	0.9	30.4	1.7
Hawaii	31.4	1.0	31.0	1.6
Idaho	23.2	0.9	28.1	1.6
Illinois	21.4	0.9	24.7	1.5
Indiana	23.7	0.8	28.4	1.5
Iowa	27.4	0.9	35.7	1.8
Kansas	26.9	0.8	36.9	1.7
Kentucky	30.5	1.1	34.0	1.7
Louisiana	28.5	0.9	30.0	1.6
Maine	35.3	1.1	45.4	2.3
Maryland	33.7	0.9	41.3	2.1
Massachusetts	32.7	0.8	39.0	1.6
Michigan	28.6	0.9	34.9	1.6
Minnesota	25.4	0.9	37.0	1.7
Mississippi	24.6	0.8	25.7	1.7
Missouri	23.8	1.1	29.8	1.9
Montana	30.7	0.9	27.7	2.0
Nebraska	29.8	0.9	31.5	1.6
Nevada	27.7	1.4	27.0	2.3
New Hampshire	34.2	1.0	41.6	1.7
New Jersey	26.0	0.6	29.6	2.4
New Mexico	24.4	0.9	26.1	1.5
New York	27.2	0.9	33.8	1.9
North Carolina	33.2	0.6	38.9	1.9
North Dakota	24.3	1.0	24.3	1.8
Ohio	26.1	1.4	32.7	1.8
Oklahoma	22.8	0.7	25.0	1.2
Oregon	32.1	1.0	33.6	1.9
Pennsylvania	25.4	0.9	30.3	1.1
Rhode Island	28.8	1.0	36.4	1.9
South Carolina	26.4	0.8	31.4	1.8
South Dakota	24.8	0.8	29.8	1.5
Tennessee	28.5	1.2	34.1	2.0
Texas	26.0	1.1	25.7	1.5
Utah	14.2	0.9	21.0	1.9
Vermont	28.4	0.7	43.4	1.8
Virginia	29.4	1.5	30.9	2.0
Washington	33.7	0.5	39.9	1.8
West Virginia	26.5	1.0	25.8	1.7
Wisconsin	25.4	1.0	33.4	1.8
Wyoming	20.1	0.9	18.8	1.5

^a Estimates are age adjusted to the 2000 standard population using two age groups: 50–64, 65 and over.

Key: SE: standard error.

Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System.

Current as of September 2009

Internet Citation: Table 1_3_3-1: 2008 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports. September 2009. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. http://archive.ahrq.gov/research/findings/nhqrdr/nhqrdr08/1_cancer/T1_3_3-1.html