Table 1_2_1-1

2008 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 1_2_1.1
Women age 18 and over who received a Pap smear within the last 3 years, by State, 2000 and 2006
State	2006		2000
State	Percent^a	SE	Percent^a	SE
Total (all reporting States)	80.5	0.2	83.7	0.2
Alabama	80.4	1.1	84.9	1.1
Alaska	82.3	1.7	87.2	1.5
Arizona	79.5	1.5	85.7	1.3
Arkansas	76.3	0.9	80.9	1.0
California	79.3	0.9	82.7	1.0
Colorado	80.0	0.8	83.9	1.3
Connecticut	84.1	0.8	85.7	0.8
Delaware	87.3	0.9	90.5	0.9
District of Columbia	86.6	0.9	87.4	1.2
Florida	80.5	0.8	83.3	0.8
Georgia	84.9	0.7	86.0	0.9
Hawaii	81.3	0.9	86.9	0.8
Idaho	72.3	1.0	77.8	0.9
Illinois	79.6	0.9	81.8	0.9
Indiana	76.7	0.9	81.9	1.0
Iowa	82.8	0.8	84.0	1.0
Kansas	79.3	0.7	84.4	0.8
Kentucky	79.2	1.2	82.8	0.8
Louisiana	80.7	0.7	84.8	0.7
Maine	84.0	0.8	85.5	1.1
Maryland	85.3	0.7	87.7	0.8
Massachusetts	84.8	0.7	87.0	0.6
Michigan	82.8	0.8	85.4	1.1
Minnesota	81.9	0.9	83.2	1.0
Mississippi	80.1	0.7	83.9	1.1
Missouri	76.0	1.3	83.3	0.9
Montana	77.6	1.0	85.7	1.3
Nebraska	77.9	0.9	83.6	1.0
Nevada	77.7	1.3	79.2	1.7
New Hampshire	82.7	1.0	87.2	1.1
New Jersey	82.1	0.7	81.0	1.0
New Mexico	79.1	0.8	82.8	1.0
New York	83.3	0.9	84.7	1.0
North Carolina	83.6	0.6	87.7	0.8
North Dakota	81.3	0.9	80.7	1.3
Ohio	80.5	1.3	84.5	1.2
Oklahoma	74.9	0.8	83.1	0.9
Oregon	77.9	1.0	82.5	0.9
Pennsylvania	80.9	0.8	84.4	0.9
Rhode Island	85.0	0.9	86.2	1.0
South Carolina	82.2	0.7	87.9	0.8
South Dakota	82.4	0.8	86.9	0.7
Tennessee	82.0	1.0	84.6	0.9
Texas	77.4	1.2	79.6	0.9
Utah	70.1	1.1	78.7	1.3
Vermont	82.7	0.7	85.9	0.9
Virginia	83.3	1.1	84.2	1.6
Washington	78.1	0.5	81.9	0.9
West Virginia	80.3	1.0	80.9	1.2
Wisconsin	81.1	1.0	83.9	1.0
Wyoming	76.7	0.9	77.7	1.2

^a Estimates are age adjusted to the 2000 standard population using five age groups: 18–24, 25–34, 35–44, 45–64, 65 and over.

Key: SE: standard error.

Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System.

Current as of September 2009

Internet Citation: Table 1_2_1-1: 2008 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports. September 2009. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. http://www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/nhqrdr/nhqrdr08/1_cancer/T1_2_1-1.html