Table 2_3_2-6

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_2.6
Admissions for diabetes with short-term 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	56.3	1.5	51.4	1.4
Arizona	55.8	1.2	44.3	1.1
Arkansas	78.7	2.0	DNC	DNC
California	44.6	0.4	40.6	0.4
Colorado	44.1	1.1	40.6	1.1
Connecticut	50.9	1.5	38.3	1.2
Florida	57.2	0.7	48.4	0.7
Georgia	70.9	1.1	67.6	1.1
Hawaii	37.0	2.1	28.1	1.8
Illinois	51.3	0.7	46.4	0.7
Indiana	58.7	1.1	DNC	DNC
Iowa	40.9	1.4	36.3	1.3
Kansas	50.1	1.6	49.3	1.7
Kentucky	72.3	1.5	57.1	1.5
Maryland	57.7	1.2	50.1	1.1
Massachusetts	45.1	1.0	36.7	0.9
Michigan	61.5	0.9	59.2	0.9
Minnesota	38.6	1.1	DNC	DNC
Missouri	61.2	1.2	52.2	1.2
Nebraska	36.2	1.8	DNC	DNC
Nevada	70.3	2.0	DNC	DNC
New Hampshire	40.6	2.1	DNC	DNC
New Jersey	54.0	0.9	48.4	0.9
New York	53.1	0.6	47.4	0.6
North Carolina	68.4	1.0	61.5	1.0
Ohio	66.3	0.9	DNC	DNC
Oklahoma	70.6	1.7	DNC	DNC
Oregon	45.1	1.3	34.5	1.2
Rhode Island	44.7	2.3	DNC	DNC
South Carolina	74.9	1.6	64.9	1.8
Tennessee	79.4	1.4	63.3	1.2
Texas	55.9	0.7	53.1	0.8
Utah	39.6	1.6	36.0	1.6
Vermont	28.4	2.5	DNC	DNC
Washington	41.5	0.9	32.5	0.9
West Virginia	83.2	2.5	58.0	2.1
Wisconsin	43.8	1.1	37.6	1.0

^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_2-6: 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_2-6.html