Table 2_1_2-3

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 2_1_2.3
Adults age 40 and over with diagnosed diabetes who received a hemoglobin A1c measurement in the calendar year, by State, 2001 and 2006
State	2006		2001
State	Percent^a	SE	Percent^a	SE
Total (all reporting States)	82.1	0.5	82.9	0.9
Alabama	82.0	2.2	83.4	2.8
Alaska	76.7	7.8	95.3	2.0
Arizona	81.0	3.7	82.0	4.3
Arkansas	84.5	1.8	83.1	3.8
California	79.9	2.5	81.2	3.3
Colorado	85.8	2.2	81.1	6.5
Connecticut	DNC	DNC	85.9	2.2
Delaware	85.6	2.7	DNC	DNC
District of Columbia	DNC	DNC	84.5	4.1
Florida	79.4	2.1	82.5	3.7
Georgia	86.7	1.6	83.9	3.2
Hawaii	89.5	2.0	97.6	1.2
Idaho	81.3	2.9	90.0	2.3
Illinois	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC
Indiana	81.6	2.3	DNC	DNC
Iowa	85.5	2.0	90.9	2.6
Kansas	DNC	DNC	86.1	3.2
Kentucky	83.3	2.6	86.1	2.2
Louisiana	76.7	2.1	DNC	DNC
Maine	91.1	1.8	88.5	2.8
Maryland	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC
Massachusetts	DNC	DNC	85.4	2.6
Michigan	83.8	2.0	83.3	2.8
Minnesota	89.6	2.3	94.3	2.5
Mississippi	74.8	2.1	DNC	DNC
Missouri	88.1	1.7	DNC	DNC
Montana	83.5	2.7	79.3	4.0
Nebraska	DNC	DNC	84.5	3.2
Nevada	70.6	4.2	87.2	4.4
New Hampshire	84.9	2.1	83.4	3.2
New Jersey	83.4	1.6	79.1	3.7
New Mexico	78.7	2.4	74.8	3.9
New York	84.0	2.3	84.5	3.5
North Carolina	86.6	1.3	DNC	DNC
North Dakota	88.8	2.1	93.0	2.2
Ohio	77.2	3.8	83.2	3.4
Oklahoma	78.2	1.9	85.2	2.4
Oregon	87.1	2.5	DNC	DNC
Pennsylvania	83.5	2.3	85.3	4.1
Rhode Island	DNC	DNC	93.7	1.7
South Carolina	79.5	2.0	83.9	3.0
South Dakota	92.6	1.6	90.3	2.3
Tennessee	90.6	1.8	74.5	4.0
Texas	79.7	2.3	76.4	2.8
Utah	83.7	4.5	93.1	3.3
Vermont	88.2	1.8	90.6	2.7
Virginia	89.1	1.7	84.9	3.3
Washington	89.6	0.9	90.0	2.6
West Virginia	88.3	1.9	83.0	2.9
Wisconsin	DNC	DNC	93.8	2.0
Wyoming	83.9	2.7	81.0	4.6

^a Estimates are age adjusted to the 2000 standard population using two age groups: 40–59 and 60 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 2_1_2-3: 2008 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports. September 2009. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. http://www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/nhqrdr/nhqrdr08/2_diabetes/T2_1_2-3.html