Table 2_3_2-5

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_2.5
Admissions for diabetes with short-term complications^a (excluding transfers from other institutions) per 100,000 population, ages 6–17, by State, 2000 and 2005
State	2005		2000
State	Rate^b	SE	Rate^b	SE
Total	36.1	4.0	27.1	1.8
Arizona	24.3	1.5	28.7	2.0
Arkansas	27.0	2.4	DNC	DNC
California	23.2	0.6	22.4	0.6
Colorado	26.0	1.8	26.3	1.9
Connecticut	16.1	1.7	16.2	1.7
Florida	30.6	1.1	29.2	1.1
Georgia	33.3	1.5	30.1	1.5
Hawaii	19.4	3.1	20.3	3.2
Illinois	26.4	1.1	26.3	1.1
Indiana	26.7	1.6	DNC	DNC
Iowa	29.2	2.5	25.5	2.2
Kansas	36.3	2.8	35.7	2.9
Kentucky	36.4	2.4	29.4	2.2
Maryland	21.0	1.5	26.0	1.7
Massachusetts	11.8	1.1	17.7	1.3
Michigan	41.9	1.6	36.9	1.5
Minnesota	32.8	2.1	DNC	DNC
Missouri	41.6	2.1	40.7	2.4
Nebraska	27.5	3.2	DNC	DNC
Nevada	54.1	3.7	DNC	DNC
New Hampshire	26.7	3.5	DNC	DNC
New Jersey	18.8	1.1	30.7	1.5
New York	25.9	0.9	25.3	0.9
North Carolina	39.9	1.7	37.9	1.7
Ohio	38.1	1.4	DNC	DNC
Oregon	27.3	2.1	26.8	2.1
Rhode Island	25.9	3.9	DNC	DNC
South Carolina	33.2	2.2	38.2	2.3
Tennessee	52.5	2.4	40.2	2.1
Texas	29.0	0.9	28.6	1.3
Utah	35.0	2.7	30.4	2.4
Vermont	18.9	4.3	DNC	DNC
Washington	31.6	1.7	32.5	1.8
West Virginia	51.2	4.4	57.9	4.4
Wisconsin	29.0	1.8	31.4	1.8

^a Ketoacidosis, hyperosmolarity, or coma.

^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_2-5: 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_2-5.html