Table 1_4_1-3
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.
| State | 2005 | 1999 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number | Rate | SE | Number | Rate | SE | |
| United States | 559,303 | 183.8 | 0.2 | 549,829 | 200.8 | 0.3 |
| Alabama | 9,913 | 204.1 | 2.0 | 9,506 | 210.9 | 2.2 |
| Alaska | 732 | 169.2 | 6.7 | 633 | 190.5 | 8.3 |
| Arizona | 9,820 | 163.7 | 1.6 | 9,006 | 179.9 | 1.9 |
| Arkansas | 6,361 | 208.3 | 2.6 | 6,137 | 214.1 | 2.7 |
| California | 54,729 | 167.0 | 0.7 | 53,064 | 184.9 | 0.8 |
| Colorado | 6,395 | 159.6 | 2.0 | 5,862 | 171.1 | 2.2 |
| Connecticut | 7,052 | 175.7 | 2.1 | 7,054 | 191.0 | 2.3 |
| Delaware | 1,799 | 197.8 | 4.7 | 1,737 | 223.3 | 5.3 |
| District of Columbia | 1,150 | 206.0 | 6.1 | 1,340 | 241.4 | 6.6 |
| Florida | 40,592 | 178.1 | 0.9 | 38,477 | 190.6 | 1.0 |
| Georgia | 14,358 | 190.4 | 1.6 | 13,225 | 202.3 | 1.8 |
| Hawaii | 2,169 | 148.9 | 3.2 | 1,916 | 156.6 | 3.6 |
| Idaho | 2,368 | 174.1 | 3.6 | 2,162 | 186.4 | 4.0 |
| Illinois | 24,250 | 190.1 | 1.2 | 25,024 | 210.4 | 1.3 |
| Indiana | 12,796 | 199.3 | 1.8 | 12,898 | 217.4 | 1.9 |
| Iowa | 6,453 | 182.5 | 2.3 | 6,346 | 189.1 | 2.4 |
| Kansas | 5,428 | 185.4 | 2.5 | 5,334 | 192.4 | 2.6 |
| Kentucky | 9,505 | 219.9 | 2.3 | 8,925 | 224.2 | 2.4 |
| Louisiana | 9,249 | 209.3 | 2.2 | 9,412 | 230.5 | 2.4 |
| Maine | 3,218 | 201.9 | 3.6 | 3,035 | 214.6 | 3.9 |
| Maryland | 10,371 | 188.3 | 1.9 | 10,143 | 209.4 | 2.1 |
| Massachusetts | 13,182 | 185.2 | 1.6 | 13,853 | 206.4 | 1.7 |
| Michigan | 20,094 | 190.8 | 1.3 | 19,744 | 205.2 | 1.5 |
| Minnesota | 8,823 | 167.8 | 1.8 | 8,892 | 187.0 | 2.0 |
| Mississippi | 6,065 | 208.4 | 2.7 | 6,143 | 227.9 | 2.9 |
| Missouri | 12,417 | 197.7 | 1.8 | 12,186 | 207.9 | 1.9 |
| Montana | 1,956 | 184.4 | 4.2 | 1,854 | 195.1 | 4.5 |
| Nebraska | 3,355 | 174.8 | 3.0 | 3,410 | 189.0 | 3.2 |
| Nevada | 4,238 | 191.0 | 3.0 | 3,556 | 206.7 | 3.5 |
| New Hampshire | 2,549 | 183.7 | 3.6 | 2,408 | 203.5 | 4.1 |
| New Jersey | 17,171 | 182.1 | 1.4 | 18,177 | 209.3 | 1.5 |
| New Mexico | 3,141 | 162.6 | 2.9 | 2,857 | 173.3 | 3.2 |
| New York | 35,555 | 170.8 | 0.9 | 37,609 | 196.6 | 1.0 |
| North Carolina | 16,724 | 192.8 | 1.5 | 15,815 | 207.1 | 1.6 |
| North Dakota | 1,302 | 168.9 | 4.7 | 1,366 | 186.7 | 5.1 |
| Ohio | 24,702 | 196.5 | 1.2 | 25,233 | 215.4 | 1.3 |
| Oklahoma | 7,446 | 197.6 | 2.3 | 7,312 | 206.7 | 2.4 |
| Oregon | 7,326 | 186.9 | 2.2 | 6,905 | 198.2 | 2.4 |
| Pennsylvania | 29,615 | 193.3 | 1.1 | 30,311 | 209.5 | 1.2 |
| Rhode Island | 2,291 | 184.1 | 3.9 | 2,463 | 210.3 | 4.2 |
| South Carolina | 8,652 | 197.3 | 2.1 | 8,089 | 211.7 | 2.4 |
| South Dakota | 1,612 | 180.9 | 4.5 | 1,632 | 197.4 | 4.9 |
| Tennessee | 12,995 | 211.5 | 1.9 | 11,941 | 213.9 | 2.0 |
| Texas | 34,291 | 178.5 | 1.0 | 32,755 | 196.1 | 1.1 |
| Utah | 2,520 | 139.4 | 2.8 | 2,393 | 155.7 | 3.2 |
| Vermont | 1,202 | 172.9 | 5.0 | 1,255 | 203.7 | 5.7 |
| Virginia | 13,877 | 188.8 | 1.6 | 13,365 | 209.1 | 1.8 |
| Washington | 11,048 | 179.5 | 1.7 | 10,653 | 198.3 | 1.9 |
| West Virginia | 4,617 | 207.7 | 3.1 | 4,762 | 225.1 | 3.3 |
| Wisconsin | 10,943 | 182.3 | 1.7 | 10,755 | 195.5 | 1.9 |
| Wyoming | 886 | 167.7 | 5.7 | 899 | 195.1 | 6.5 |
a Estimates are age adjusted to the 2000 standard population.
Key: SE: standard error.
Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Health Statistics, National Vital Statistics System - Mortality.
Current as of September 2009
Internet Citation: Table 1_4_1-3: 2008 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports.
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