T12_3_9_3

2011 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 12_3_9.3
Deaths per 1,000 hospital admissions with expected low mortality,^a age 18 and over or obstetric admissions,^b by State, 2000, 2004, 2007, and 2008
	2008		2007		2004		2000
State	Rate	SE	Rate	SE	Rate	SE	Rate	SE
Total	0.46	0.01	0.49	0.01	0.58	0.01	0.63	0.01
Arizona	0.29	0.06	0.44	0.06	0.44	0.06	0.64	0.07
Arkansas	0.77	0.08	0.59	0.08	0.68	0.07	DNC	DNC
California	0.40	0.03	0.50	0.02	0.56	0.03	0.65	0.03
Colorado	0.37	0.08	0.55	0.07	0.44	0.07	0.48	0.08
Connecticut	0.30	0.07	0.27	0.07	0.43	0.07	0.53	0.08
Florida	0.42	0.03	0.42	0.03	0.66	0.03	0.59	0.03
Georgia	0.53	0.05	0.61	0.05	0.67	0.05	0.98	0.06
Hawaii	DSU	DSU	0.66	0.14	0.94	0.14	0.53	0.15
Illinois	0.47	0.04	0.44	0.03	0.48	0.03	0.54	0.04
Indiana	0.40	0.05	0.51	0.05	0.63	0.06	DNC	DNC
Iowa	0.34	0.09	0.56	0.08	0.77	0.08	1.29	0.08
Kansas	0.51	0.08	0.67	0.08	0.43	0.08	0.89	0.08
Kentucky	1.25	0.06	0.33	0.06	0.59	0.06	1.31	0.07
Louisiana	0.48	0.06	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC
Maine	0.43	0.11	0.43	0.11	DNC	DNC	0.44	0.12
Maryland	0.33	0.05	0.38	0.05	1.24	0.06	0.67	0.06
Massachusetts	0.20	0.05	0.31	0.04	0.41	0.05	0.44	0.05
Minnesota	0.32	0.06	0.23	0.06	0.30	0.05	DNC	DNC
Missouri	0.48	0.05	0.42	0.05	0.54	0.05	0.57	0.06
Nebraska	DSU	DSU	0.56	0.10	DSU	DSU	DNC	DNC
Nevada	0.51	0.10	0.58	0.10	0.48	0.10	DNC	DNC
New Hampshire	0.77	0.13	0.47	0.13	0.85	0.13	DNC	DNC
New Jersey	0.35	0.04	0.55	0.04	0.65	0.04	0.87	0.05
New York	0.56	0.03	0.51	0.03	0.63	0.03	0.83	0.03
North Carolina	0.46	0.05	0.81	0.05	0.63	0.05	0.74	0.05
Ohio	0.38	0.04	0.40	0.04	0.46	0.04	DNC	DNC
Oklahoma	0.60	0.07	0.64	0.06	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC
Oregon	0.37	0.08	0.38	0.08	0.59	0.08	0.55	0.08
Rhode Island	0.41	0.12	DSU	DSU	0.49	0.12	DNC	DNC
South Carolina	0.67	0.07	0.54	0.07	0.54	0.07	0.96	0.07
South Dakota	DSU	DSU	0.55	0.14	0.64	0.14	DNC	DNC
Tennessee	0.42	0.05	0.65	0.05	0.91	0.05	0.81	0.06
Utah	0.68	0.12	0.75	0.12	0.66	0.12	0.82	0.12
Vermont	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	0.93	0.20	DNC	DNC
Virginia	0.48	0.05	0.58	0.05	0.53	0.05	0.80	0.06
Washington	0.47	0.07	0.38	0.06	0.51	0.07	0.53	0.07
West Virginia	0.47	0.09	9.47	0.06	0.95	0.08	0.69	0.09
Wisconsin	0.30	0.06	0.50	0.06	0.42	0.06	0.71	0.06
Wyoming	DSU	DSU	0.87	0.21	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC

^a. Consistent with the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) Patient Safety Indicators (PSI) software, admissions with expected low mortality are identified by Medicare Severity diagnosis-related group (MS-DRG) or DRG, depending on the date of discharge.� Excludes admissions with cancer, admissions in an immunocompromised state, or admissions involving a traumatic injury.

^b. Rates are adjusted by age, gender, age-gender interactions, comorbidities, DRG, and transfers into the hospital.� The AHRQ PSI software was modified to not use the present on admission (POA) indicators (or estimates of the likelihood of POA for secondary diagnosis).

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

DNC - Data were not collected.

Key: SE: Standard error.

Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), Center for Delivery, Organization, and Markets, Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project (HCUP) databases and AHRQ Quality Indicators, modified version 4.1.� State estimates are from the State Inpatient Databases (SID), and not all States participate in HCUP.� Estimates for the total United States are from the Nationwide Inpatient Sample, which is drawn from the SID and weighted to give national estimates.

Page last reviewed October 2014

Internet Citation: T12_3_9_3: 2011 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports. October 2014. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. http://archive.ahrq.gov/research/findings/nhqrdr/nhqrdr11/12_patientsafety/T12_3_9_3.html