Table 2_3_1-3

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_3_1.3
Admissions for uncontrolled diabetes without complications^a (excluding obstetric admissions and transfers from other institutions) per 100,000 population, age 18 and over, by State, 2000 and 2005
State	2005		2000
State	Rate^b	SE	Rate^b	SE
Total	20.4	0.8	28.1	1.0
Arizona	13.1	0.6	11.8	0.6
Arkansas	34.0	1.3	DNC	DNC
California	12.3	0.2	17.6	0.3
Colorado	5.0	0.4	8.6	0.5
Connecticut	6.0	0.5	7.6	0.5
Florida	27.3	0.4	31.3	0.5
Georgia	24.0	0.6	34.4	0.8
Hawaii	8.0	1.1	8.8	1.0
Illinois	31.9	0.6	41.2	0.7
Indiana	21.9	0.7	DNC	DNC
Iowa	12.5	0.7	16.4	0.8
Kansas	29.9	1.2	36.3	1.4
Kentucky	29.3	1.0	40.5	1.2
Maryland	17.1	0.6	20.8	0.7
Massachusetts	7.8	0.4	11.2	0.5
Michigan	11.8	0.4	18.2	0.5
Minnesota	10.1	0.6	DNC	DNC
Missouri	23.1	0.7	25.2	0.8
Nebraska	9.4	0.9	DNC	DNC
Nevada	13.2	0.9	DNC	DNC
New Hampshire	5.0	0.7	DNC	DNC
New Jersey	28.7	0.7	35.0	0.7
New York	38.1	0.5	38.2	0.5
North Carolina	21.9	0.6	27.9	0.7
Ohio	20.4	0.5	DNC	DNC
Oklahoma	24.4	1.0	DNC	DNC
Oregon	5.8	0.5	8.7	0.6
Rhode Island	11.1	1.1	DNC	DNC
South Carolina	25.7	0.9	45.1	1.5
Tennessee	30.9	0.9	35.9	0.9
Texas	22.9	0.5	30.0	0.7
Utah	3.9	0.5	8.0	0.8
Vermont	3.8	0.9	DNC	DNC
Washington	7.2	0.4	8.2	0.4
West Virginia	26.7	1.3	41.5	1.7
Wisconsin	8.9	0.5	17.0	0.7

^a Without short-term (ketoacidosis, hyperosmolarity, coma) or long-term (renal, eye, neurological, circulatory, other unspecified) complications.

^b Rates are adjusted by age and gender using the total U.S. population for 2000 as the standard population.

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, version 3.1. State estimates are from the State Inpatient Databases (SID), and not all States participate in HCUP. Estimates for the total U.S. are from the Nationwide Inpatient Sample, which is drawn from the SID and weighted to give national estimates.

Current as of September 2009

Internet Citation: Table 2_3_1-3: 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_3_1-3.html