Table 4_1_3-1

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 4_1_3.1
Adults who received a blood cholesterol measurement in the last 5 years, by State, 2001 and 2005
State	2005		2001
State	Percent^a	SE	Percent^a	SE
Total (all reporting States)	72.8	0.2	73.3	0.2
Alabama	72.1	1.0	73.2	0.9
Alaska	68.2	1.3	69.3	1.3
Arizona	66.5	1.3	72.0	1.1
Arkansas	66.7	0.8	69.6	1.0
California	72.5	0.7	71.6	0.8
Colorado	71.5	0.7	71.4	1.1
Connecticut	77.9	0.9	78.5	0.6
Delaware	77.9	0.9	78.2	0.9
District of Columbia	80.1	0.9	80.0	1.1
Florida	74.3	0.8	75.6	0.8
Georgia	75.5	0.8	75.0	0.8
Hawaii	71.7	0.8	75.2	0.9
Idaho	66.5	0.8	65.1	0.8
Illinois	71.3	0.8	70.8	1.1
Indiana	70.8	0.7	71.9	0.8
Iowa	70.9	0.8	70.3	0.9
Kansas	69.8	0.6	71.6	0.7
Kentucky	73.2	0.8	71.9	0.8
Louisiana	73.8	1.0	73.0	0.7
Maine	76.5	0.9	75.7	1.0
Maryland	78.7	0.7	79.4	0.8
Massachusetts	78.2	0.7	80.8	0.5
Michigan	75.1	0.5	73.8	0.8
Minnesota	74.9	1.0	75.5	0.8
Mississippi	69.9	0.9	70.7	0.9
Missouri	72.1	0.9	71.2	0.9
Montana	66.7	0.9	68.4	1.1
Nebraska	70.3	0.7	65.0	0.9
Nevada	66.2	1.3	71.5	1.2
New Hampshire	79.0	0.7	76.8	0.7
New Jersey	76.1	0.6	78.5	0.7
New Mexico	66.5	0.8	68.3	0.9
New York	76.7	0.7	76.6	0.8
North Carolina	71.6	0.5	74.8	0.9
North Dakota	71.0	0.8	70.9	0.9
Ohio	71.9	0.8	71.2	0.9
Oklahoma	70.4	0.7	70.9	0.9
Oregon	67.3	0.5	69.3	1.0
Pennsylvania	73.1	0.6	73.7	0.9
Rhode Island	79.7	0.9	80.1	0.8
South Carolina	78.0	0.6	78.1	0.9
South Dakota	69.9	0.7	68.7	0.7
Tennessee	75.4	1.0	69.0	1.0
Texas	67.1	0.7	70.8	0.6
Utah	67.1	0.8	70.0	0.9
Vermont	74.2	0.7	75.4	0.7
Virginia	77.4	0.8	76.2	0.9
Washington	70.8	0.4	70.3	0.8
West Virginia	74.2	0.9	73.7	0.9
Wisconsin	71.7	0.8	70.8	0.9
Wyoming	73.0	0.8	71.9	0.9

^a Estimates are age adjusted to the 2000 standard population.

Key: SE: standard error.

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

Current as of September 2009

Internet Citation: Table 4_1_3-1: 2008 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports. September 2009. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. http://www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/nhqrdr/nhqrdr08/4_heartdiseases/T4_1_3-1.html