Table 11_1_20-3

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_20.3
Short-stay^a nursing home residents with pressure sores, by race/ethnicity,^b by State, 2008^c
			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	18.9	0.0	18.4	0.0	22.0	0.1	19.7	0.6	20.9	0.3	22.1	0.2
Alabama	18.5	0.3	17.5	0.3	22.8	0.6	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	28.9	6.8
Alaska	27.1	2.3	27.6	2.6	DSU	DSU	20.4	5.5	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Arizona	16.0	0.3	15.9	0.3	17.5	2.0	20.1	1.8	22.1	5.0	15.7	1.1
Arkansas	16.0	0.3	15.0	0.3	23.7	1.2	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
California	27.5	0.2	27.8	0.2	27.9	0.6	24.7	2.0	25.4	0.6	27.1	0.5
Colorado	12.3	0.3	12.1	0.3	13.5	1.7	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	13.9	1.3
Connecticut	17.3	0.2	17.5	0.3	16.8	1.0	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	14.1	1.5
Delaware	19.1	0.6	19.2	0.7	18.4	1.6	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
District of Columbia	24.0	1.2	19.0	1.8	27.1	1.5	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Florida	22.2	0.1	21.6	0.2	21.9	0.5	23.4	3.2	16.9	2.0	28.9	0.6
Georgia	20.1	0.3	18.9	0.3	24.3	0.6	DSU	DSU	23.9	5.1	15.4	2.8
Hawaii	21.4	0.8	23.3	1.7	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	20.8	0.9	28.2	7.2
Idaho	15.2	0.5	15.1	0.5	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	16.3	4.0
Illinois	18.2	0.2	17.9	0.2	22.1	0.5	13.1	3.7	15.9	1.7	18.5	1.1
Indiana	13.9	0.2	13.7	0.2	16.3	0.8	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	12.2	2.3
Iowa	11.6	0.3	11.5	0.3	18.1	3.0	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Kansas	14.9	0.3	14.9	0.3	16.4	1.5	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	16.4	3.1
Kentucky	17.0	0.3	16.8	0.3	19.6	1.1	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Louisiana	20.7	0.3	19.2	0.4	25.1	0.7	DSU	DSU	26.2	6.8	22.5	3.8
Maine	15.1	0.4	15.2	0.4	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Maryland	21.1	0.3	20.5	0.3	22.9	0.5	12.7	3.7	17.5	2.3	17.4	2.8
Massachusetts	17.7	0.2	17.8	0.2	16.5	1.1	DSU	DSU	13.0	2.2	16.1	1.7
Michigan	15.7	0.2	15.2	0.2	19.2	0.5	16.3	4.1	12.3	2.9	13.2	1.6
Minnesota	10.7	0.2	10.7	0.2	7.3	1.5	16.1	3.3	DSU	DSU	19.2	4.5
Mississippi	17.2	0.4	15.7	0.4	21.6	0.8	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Missouri	14.3	0.2	13.8	0.2	19.1	0.8	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	12.5	2.6
Montana	16.1	0.6	15.8	0.6	DSU	DSU	25.6	4.7	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Nebraska	12.2	0.3	12.1	0.3	15.6	2.1	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	15.5	4.0
Nevada	22.3	0.6	22.3	0.7	25.3	2.6	DSU	DSU	22.7	4.0	15.5	2.9
New Hampshire	14.2	0.4	14.1	0.4	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
New Jersey	25.6	0.2	26.4	0.2	22.4	0.6	22.8	3.3	17.2	1.6	21.1	1.0
New Mexico	16.2	0.6	16.2	0.7	18.4	4.5	18.5	2.2	DSU	DSU	16.1	1.2
New York	23.5	0.2	23.8	0.2	22.6	0.5	25.6	3.3	18.7	1.2	20.9	0.7
North Carolina	16.7	0.2	15.7	0.2	20.8	0.5	22.7	3.1	16.1	4.1	14.7	2.7
North Dakota	16.0	0.7	15.8	0.7	DSU	DSU	29.6	6.9	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Ohio	17.3	0.1	17.2	0.2	17.9	0.5	DSU	DSU	20.9	3.5	15.4	1.8
Oklahoma	18.9	0.4	18.7	0.4	24.0	1.8	18.7	2.0	DSU	DSU	19.6	3.9
Oregon	16.1	0.4	16.0	0.4	15.7	4.0	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	18.3	4.0
Pennsylvania	19.7	0.2	19.5	0.2	22.3	0.6	22.6	5.8	17.7	3.1	18.4	1.9
Puerto Rico	17.8	1.4	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	17.6	1.4
Rhode Island	18.7	0.6	18.7	0.6	18.3	3.8	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	18.6	5.1
South Carolina	20.9	0.3	19.9	0.4	25.4	0.7	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
South Dakota	14.0	0.6	13.9	0.6	DSU	DSU	17.0	3.7	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Tennessee	20.8	0.2	20.4	0.3	24.4	0.8	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	23.3	4.6
Texas	16.4	0.1	15.1	0.2	22.0	0.5	16.0	3.6	16.3	1.7	19.5	0.4
Utah	13.1	0.4	13.0	0.4	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	14.5	4.2	15.9	3.0
Vermont	16.9	0.7	17.0	0.7	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Virgin Islands	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Virginia	20.3	0.2	19.6	0.3	23.4	0.6	DSU	DSU	19.5	2.5	23.1	3.2
Washington	16.4	0.3	16.5	0.3	16.9	1.6	17.0	3.5	14.3	1.5	14.3	2.2
West Virginia	23.8	0.5	23.5	0.5	25.1	2.8	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Wisconsin	13.3	0.2	13.2	0.2	15.8	1.4	16.5	3.4	DSU	DSU	15.5	2.9
Wyoming	14.9	0.9	14.7	0.9	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU

^a Short-stay residents stay fewer than 30 days in a nursing home, typically following an acute care hospitalization.

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

^c 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_20-3: 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_20-3.html