Table 11_1_18-3

2010 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 11_1_18.3
High-risk^a long-stay^b nursing home residents who have pressure sores, by race/ethnicity,^c by State, 2008^d
			Non-Hispanic
	Total		White		Black		AI/AN		API		Hispanic, all races
State	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE
Total	11.7	0.0	11.0	0.0	15.1	0.1	14.8	0.6	11.1	0.3	12.9	0.2
Alabama	10.0	0.3	9.3	0.3	12.0	0.6	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Alaska	10.1	1.6	10.6	2.0	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Arizona	12.0	0.4	11.8	0.5	11.7	2.0	19.6	2.3	DSU	DSU	10.4	1.2
Arkansas	10.5	0.3	10.0	0.4	13.4	0.9	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
California	13.2	0.2	12.7	0.2	16.2	0.5	12.5	1.8	12.3	0.5	13.3	0.4
Colorado	9.3	0.3	9.2	0.4	11.5	1.8	DSU	DSU	14.7	4.1	8.2	1.1
Connecticut	9.9	0.3	9.6	0.3	12.1	1.0	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	11.1	1.6
Delaware	11.1	0.7	10.5	0.8	13.0	1.5	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
District of Columbia	17.1	1.0	16.5	2.4	17.3	1.1	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Florida	12.7	0.2	12.3	0.2	14.1	0.4	11.9	3.5	11.8	2.2	13.1	0.5
Georgia	12.2	0.2	11.3	0.3	14.0	0.4	DSU	DSU	13.1	3.7	DSU	DSU
Hawaii	7.0	0.5	7.4	1.1	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	6.9	0.6	DSU	DSU
Idaho	8.1	0.5	8.0	0.5	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Illinois	14.8	0.2	13.9	0.2	19.9	0.6	DSU	DSU	17.0	1.9	17.3	1.4
Indiana	11.6	0.2	11.3	0.2	15.4	0.8	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	12.4	2.5
Iowa	7.8	0.2	7.8	0.2	10.8	2.5	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Kansas	9.9	0.3	9.8	0.3	11.9	1.6	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Kentucky	11.1	0.3	10.9	0.3	13.0	1.0	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Louisiana	17.0	0.4	15.8	0.4	19.7	0.6	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	20.2	4.4
Maine	8.0	0.4	8.0	0.4	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Maryland	13.2	0.3	12.0	0.3	15.5	0.5	DSU	DSU	8.1	2.0	12.1	3.0
Massachusetts	10.2	0.2	10.1	0.2	11.5	1.0	DSU	DSU	7.3	1.6	8.8	1.3
Michigan	10.5	0.2	9.5	0.2	15.9	0.7	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	10.4	2.1
Minnesota	7.1	0.2	7.1	0.2	8.5	1.6	10.6	2.9	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Mississippi	12.2	0.4	10.4	0.4	15.3	0.6	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Missouri	11.2	0.3	10.9	0.3	14.1	0.9	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Montana	8.4	0.6	8.1	0.6	DSU	DSU	17.8	3.7	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Nebraska	7.1	0.3	6.9	0.3	12.0	2.2	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Nevada	12.2	0.7	11.6	0.7	15.5	2.3	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	15.8	3.4
New Hampshire	7.5	0.4	7.6	0.4	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
New Jersey	15.4	0.3	14.6	0.3	19.0	0.7	DSU	DSU	13.1	1.7	16.1	1.1
New Mexico	11.4	0.6	10.1	0.8	DSU	DSU	17.6	2.4	DSU	DSU	11.8	1.2
New York	13.2	0.1	12.4	0.2	16.3	0.4	10.9	3.1	12.6	1.0	14.8	0.6
North Carolina	11.4	0.2	10.5	0.2	13.4	0.4	18.2	3.0	DSU	DSU	14.3	3.4
North Dakota	6.9	0.4	6.8	0.4	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Ohio	11.2	0.2	10.8	0.2	13.7	0.5	DSU	DSU	11.0	2.9	10.8	2.0
Oklahoma	15.3	0.4	14.7	0.4	18.2	1.6	20.8	2.4	DSU	DSU	26.0	5.0
Oregon	11.7	0.5	11.7	0.5	15.6	3.8	DSU	DSU	0.0	0.0	DSU	DSU
Pennsylvania	11.2	0.1	10.9	0.1	14.7	0.5	0.0	0.0	9.7	2.3	11.8	1.5
Puerto Rico	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Rhode Island	10.9	0.5	10.7	0.5	8.7	2.5	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	23.7	5.5
South Carolina	11.6	0.3	10.4	0.4	14.1	0.6	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
South Dakota	10.3	0.5	10.1	0.5	DSU	DSU	16.7	3.2	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Tennessee	12.0	0.2	11.1	0.3	15.9	0.7	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Texas	11.6	0.2	11.0	0.2	14.5	0.4	DSU	DSU	14.0	2.0	11.9	0.4
Utah	9.3	0.6	9.3	0.6	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	17.5	4.3
Vermont	8.5	0.6	8.6	0.6	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Virgin Islands	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Virginia	13.1	0.3	12.5	0.3	14.8	0.5	DSU	DSU	11.6	2.5	12.9	2.9
Washington	11.1	0.3	11.0	0.3	12.9	1.7	16.9	4.0	12.4	1.7	8.6	2.1
West Virginia	12.6	0.4	12.5	0.5	14.2	2.3	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Wisconsin	9.6	0.2	9.4	0.2	14.5	1.5	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	15.9	3.5
Wyoming	11.6	0.9	11.6	0.9	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU

^a High-risk residents are those who are in a coma, do not get the nutrients needed to maintain good skin health, or cannot change position on their own.

^b Long-stay residents typically enter a nursing facility because they are no longer able to care for themselves at home. They tend to stay in the facility for several months or years.

^c Race/ethnicity categories exclude records with missing values.

^d Data reflect care for the third quarter of each calendar year.

DSU - Data do not meet the criteria for statistical reliability, data quality, or confidentiality.

Key: AI/AN: American Indian or Alaska Native; API: Asian or Pacific Islander; SE: standard error.

Source: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Minimum Data Set.

Page last reviewed October 2014

Internet Citation: Table 11_1_18-3: 2010 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports. October 2014. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. http://archive.ahrq.gov/research/findings/nhqrdr/nhqrdr10/11_supportive_palliative_care/T11_1_18-3.html