Table 4_4_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 4_4_1.3
Deaths per 1,000 adult hospital admissions with abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) repair (excluding obstetric and neonatal admissions and transfers to another hospital), by State, 2000 and 2005
State	2005		2000
State	Rate^a	SE	Rate^a	SE
Total	68.3	1.2	83.7	1.0
Arizona	48.3	8.2	86.6	7.6
Arkansas	89.7	12.0	DNC	DNC
California	74.2	4.2	80.1	3.5
Colorado	61.1	10.4	84.4	9.1
Connecticut	60.7	9.8	90.5	8.1
Florida	62.2	4.0	79.6	3.5
Georgia	72.8	8.0	93.0	7.8
Hawaii	76.9	17.3	88.2	23.4
Illinois	64.6	5.9	81.5	5.4
Iowa	62.1	12.0	80.6	9.1
Kansas	77.1	13.0	86.1	12.8
Kentucky	53.0	9.2	87.6	8.4
Maryland	56.6	8.3	69.5	7.9
Massachusetts	58.5	6.7	82.1	5.8
Michigan	63.8	5.6	80.1	5.4
Minnesota	54.3	7.9	DNC	DNC
Missouri	65.5	7.1	80.5	6.2
Nebraska	78.0	17.4	DNC	DNC
Nevada	69.1	12.0	DNC	DNC
New Hampshire	79.3	15.3	DNC	DNC
New Jersey	83.1	6.6	105.3	6.0
New York	82.9	4.9	93.1	4.1
North Carolina	70.0	7.4	92.1	6.3
Oklahoma	63.8	10.0	DNC	DNC
Oregon	65.7	10.5	78.8	10.0
Rhode Island	*	*	DNC	DNC
South Carolina	72.0	11.2	91.3	9.3
Tennessee	70.0	7.3	84.1	6.7
Texas	60.1	4.9	82.3	4.2
Utah	72.5	17.8	80.3	16.6
Vermont	*	*	DNC	DNC
Washington	59.0	8.6	95.9	8.3
West Virginia	57.4	16.6	115.9	11.6
Wisconsin	79.0	8.0	76.1	7.6

^a Rates are adjusted by age, gender, age-gender interactions, and All Patient Refined-Diagnosis Related Group (APR-DRG) risk of mortality score.

* - Data do not meet the criteria for statistical reliability, data quality, or confidentiality.

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 4_4_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/nhqrdr08/4_heartdiseases/T4_4_1-3.html