Table 11_1_6-3

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_6.3
Long-stay^a nursing home residents who lost too much weight,^b by race/ethnicity, 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	8.4	0.0	8.5	0.0	8.4	0.1	8.5	0.5	8.1	0.3	7.1	0.1
Alabama	13.9	0.4	13.7	0.5	14.5	0.9	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Alaska	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Arizona	8.0	0.3	8.3	0.4	7.4	1.4	7.2	1.1	DSU	DSU	7.3	0.8
Arkansas	8.3	0.2	8.2	0.2	8.7	0.6	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
California	10.7	0.2	11.4	0.3	10.0	0.6	10.4	2.5	9.4	0.6	9.1	0.5
Colorado	8.7	0.3	8.8	0.3	6.1	1.1	17.6	4.4	9.7	2.5	7.8	0.8
Connecticut	12.1	0.4	12.5	0.4	7.9	1.2	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	10.8	2.0
Delaware	11.7	1.1	10.9	1.2	14.5	2.7	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
District of Columbia	7.1	0.6	7.1	1.5	7.1	0.6	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Florida	8.7	0.1	8.9	0.2	8.4	0.3	DSU	DSU	8.9	1.6	8.2	0.4
Georgia	8.8	0.2	9.1	0.2	8.4	0.3	DSU	DSU	9.7	2.8	9.6	2.1
Hawaii	9.9	0.5	10.2	1.2	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	9.9	0.6	DSU	DSU
Idaho	7.6	0.4	7.6	0.5	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Illinois	9.0	0.1	9.3	0.1	8.1	0.3	12.4	3.1	7.2	0.8	8.9	0.7
Indiana	8.1	0.2	8.1	0.2	8.4	0.5	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	5.4	1.5
Iowa	5.8	0.2	5.8	0.2	6.0	1.5	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Kansas	7.3	0.2	7.4	0.2	7.5	1.0	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	5.9	1.6
Kentucky	9.6	0.2	9.6	0.2	9.4	0.7	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Louisiana	9.2	0.2	9.1	0.2	9.2	0.4	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	9.4	2.2
Maine	9.7	0.4	9.8	0.4	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Maryland	11.8	0.4	11.6	0.5	12.4	0.8	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Massachusetts	10.2	0.3	10.4	0.3	9.5	1.4	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	7.3	1.8
Michigan	11.9	0.3	11.9	0.4	12.3	0.8	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Minnesota	7.2	0.2	7.2	0.2	5.0	0.9	5.4	1.6	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Mississippi	8.6	0.2	8.7	0.3	8.4	0.4	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Missouri	7.5	0.2	7.7	0.2	6.7	0.4	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Montana	9.6	0.4	9.6	0.5	DSU	DSU	9.2	2.1	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Nebraska	7.6	0.3	7.5	0.3	11.6	1.8	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Nevada	8.9	0.5	9.3	0.5	7.7	1.5	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	7.4	2.0
New Hampshire	7.3	0.3	7.3	0.3	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
New Jersey	8.1	0.1	8.2	0.2	7.8	0.4	9.6	2.6	7.7	0.9	7.5	0.6
New Mexico	11.7	1.0	11.6	1.3	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	13.0	1.9
New York	7.3	0.1	7.5	0.1	7.0	0.2	8.0	2.1	5.7	0.5	6.5	0.3
North Carolina	9.2	0.2	9.4	0.2	8.8	0.3	6.2	1.6	DSU	DSU	11.3	2.7
North Dakota	8.1	0.4	8.1	0.4	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Ohio	8.1	0.1	8.0	0.1	8.5	0.3	DSU	DSU	8.2	2.0	7.1	1.3
Oklahoma	12.2	0.5	12.5	0.5	8.0	1.6	13.3	2.4	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Oregon	14.6	0.9	14.8	0.9	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Pennsylvania	7.8	0.1	7.7	0.1	8.6	0.4	DSU	DSU	7.7	1.7	6.6	1.0
Puerto Rico	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Rhode Island	10.9	0.8	10.7	0.8	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
South Carolina	14.0	0.5	14.4	0.7	13.1	0.9	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
South Dakota	7.6	0.4	7.7	0.4	DSU	DSU	7.7	1.6	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Tennessee	15.1	0.4	15.4	0.4	13.0	0.9	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Texas	6.2	0.1	6.4	0.1	5.8	0.2	9.8	2.7	4.8	1.0	5.8	0.2
Utah	7.2	0.4	7.3	0.4	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Vermont	9.2	0.6	9.2	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	9.5	0.2	9.5	0.2	9.4	0.4	DSU	DSU	10.6	2.1	6.2	1.7
Washington	8.1	0.2	8.2	0.2	9.0	1.2	DSU	DSU	7.0	1.1	5.2	1.4
West Virginia	9.5	0.3	9.6	0.3	7.4	1.5	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Wisconsin	11.3	0.4	11.1	0.4	15.5	2.1	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Wyoming	16.7	1.4	17.2	1.5	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU

^a 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.

^b Includes residents who experienced weight loss of 5% or more in the prior 30 days or 10% or more in the prior 6 months.

^c Data reflect care for the third quarter of each calendar year. Race/ethnicity categories exclude records with missing values.

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_6-3: 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_6-3.html