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2009 National Healthcare Quality & Disparities Reports

Table 11_1_1.3
Long-stay nursing home residents who have moderate to severe pain, by State, 2002 and 2008a
  2008 2002
State Percent SE Percent SE
Total 3.93 0.03 10.70 0.10
Alabama 2.84 0.21 10.30 0.50
Alaska 2.60 1.21 17.80 3.30
Arizona 5.61 0.65 14.80 1.00
Arkansas 3.01 0.20 9.80 0.50
California 4.20 0.13 9.70 0.30
Colorado 3.87 0.28 14.20 0.70
Connecticut 3.07 0.19 8.50 0.40
Delaware 3.00 0.32 10.70 1.30
District of Columbia 1.06 0.37 7.60 1.40
Florida 3.56 0.13 10.40 0.30
Georgia 4.71 0.27 11.40 0.50
Hawaii 2.03 0.34 9.00 1.80
Idaho 4.91 0.51 18.40 1.60
Illinois 4.68 0.18 9.30 0.30
Indiana 3.49 0.18 10.90 0.40
Iowa 4.05 0.22 12.10 0.50
Kansas 4.47 0.27 14.30 0.60
Kentucky 3.79 0.25 10.20 0.50
Louisiana 4.03 0.23 8.80 0.40
Maine 3.19 0.38 9.00 0.80
Maryland 1.62 0.14 5.90 0.40
Massachusetts 2.25 0.10 8.90 0.30
Michigan 3.74 0.20 11.50 0.40
Minnesota 3.46 0.18 11.60 0.50
Mississippi 3.48 0.25 7.60 0.60
Missouri 4.74 0.20 11.90 0.40
Montana 4.47 0.58 15.30 1.20
Nebraska 4.16 0.27 16.30 0.90
Nevada 5.25 0.61 16.50 1.80
New Hampshire 2.87 0.24 9.30 0.70
New Jersey 2.28 0.13 7.10 0.30
New Mexico 5.44 0.66 12.90 1.30
New York 2.61 0.10 8.50 0.30
North Carolina 3.44 0.18 10.30 0.40
North Dakota 3.03 0.24 12.60 1.00
Ohio 6.37 0.19 12.00 0.30
Oklahoma 5.54 0.31 12.30 0.60
Oregon 5.65 0.48 12.20 0.80
Pennsylvania 3.57 0.12 8.70 0.30
Rhode Island 2.40 0.28 7.00 0.60
South Carolina 2.35 0.25 11.00 0.70
South Dakota 4.35 0.36 14.40 1.10
Tennessee 3.73 0.21 12.40 0.50
Texas 3.94 0.13 9.30 0.30
Utah 7.75 1.02 29.30 1.80
Vermont 3.03 0.42 14.50 1.50
Virginia 3.07 0.18 10.80 0.50
Washington 5.63 0.32 13.50 0.60
West Virginia 3.50 0.31 11.30 0.80
Wisconsin 3.86 0.18 10.80 0.40
Wyoming 5.18 1.02 18.50 2.20

a Data were downloaded from www.medicare.gov/nhcompare/home.asp. The 2008 data reflect care for the last quarter, and the 2002 data reflect care for the second quarter of the calendar year. Facilities with fewer than 30 residents were excluded.

Key: SE: standard error.

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

 

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