Table 2_1_5-3

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.

Table 2_1_5.3
Adults age 40 and over with diagnosed diabetes who had their feet checked for sores or irritation in the calendar year, by State, 2001 and 2006
State	2006		2001
State	Percent^a	SE	Percent^a	SE
Total (all reporting States)	71.0	0.7	68.1	1.0
Alabama	73.3	2.8	66.8	3.6
Alaska	61.8	7.5	72.0	6.3
Arizona	69.8	4.1	67.2	5.2
Arkansas	62.2	2.6	59.3	4.1
California	64.3	3.2	61.5	4.2
Colorado	67.5	3.0	60.1	7.6
Connecticut	DNC	DNC	75.3	2.7
Delaware	74.3	3.5	DNC	DNC
District of Columbia	DNC	DNC	80.0	4.0
Florida	72.2	2.3	63.7	3.9
Georgia	73.3	2.1	65.1	3.5
Hawaii	75.5	3.0	84.0	3.8
Idaho	66.7	3.4	66.6	4.1
Illinois	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC
Indiana	72.8	2.3	DNC	DNC
Iowa	72.3	2.8	78.7	3.7
Kansas	DNC	DNC	64.8	3.7
Kentucky	70.4	2.7	64.0	3.0
Louisiana	70.2	2.0	DNC	DNC
Maine	82.2	2.7	74.5	4.1
Maryland	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC
Massachusetts	DNC	DNC	70.1	3.1
Michigan	73.1	2.4	70.4	3.3
Minnesota	89.2	2.4	84.7	3.2
Mississippi	69.1	2.1	DNC	DNC
Missouri	71.3	3.9	DNC	DNC
Montana	70.5	3.1	78.8	4.5
Nebraska	DNC	DNC	72.5	4.0
Nevada	60.4	4.4	64.1	6.4
New Hampshire	81.3	2.2	78.0	3.4
New Jersey	66.2	2.2	63.0	3.6
New Mexico	74.0	2.5	72.5	3.9
New York	78.0	2.6	74.2	3.6
North Carolina	74.7	1.5	DNC	DNC
North Dakota	81.9	2.5	77.7	4.3
Ohio	67.3	4.3	61.5	4.3
Oklahoma	64.9	2.2	73.1	3.3
Oregon	77.8	2.8	DNC	DNC
Pennsylvania	75.2	2.5	71.3	4.4
Rhode Island	DNC	DNC	77.5	3.5
South Carolina	73.0	2.0	77.4	3.0
South Dakota	74.1	2.4	78.0	2.9
Tennessee	71.3	2.9	67.0	4.0
Texas	72.3	2.9	71.2	2.9
Utah	68.6	4.3	78.8	4.7
Vermont	76.1	2.6	77.6	3.5
Virginia	72.5	3.6	65.1	4.2
Washington	78.4	1.3	76.5	3.5
West Virginia	71.0	2.6	64.7	3.9
Wisconsin	DNC	DNC	81.0	3.7
Wyoming	65.3	3.1	63.8	5.4

^a Estimates are age adjusted to the 2000 standard population using two age groups: 40–59 and 60 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 2_1_5-3: 2008 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports. September 2009. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. http://archive.ahrq.gov/research/findings/nhqrdr/nhqrdr08/2_diabetes/T2_1_5-3.html