Table 4_4_2-3

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_2.3
Deaths per 1,000 hospital admissions age 40 and over with coronary artery bypass graft (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	26.7	0.3	41.9	0.3
Arizona	24.3	1.9	44.3	2.3
Arkansas	39.1	2.8	DNC	DNC
California	29.4	1.0	39.6	1.0
Colorado	22.5	3.1	34.7	3.0
Connecticut	28.4	2.6	33.9	2.6
Florida	27.7	1.0	38.7	1.0
Georgia	32.9	2.1	51.4	2.2
Hawaii	52.7	5.0	55.3	5.8
Illinois	24.5	1.5	38.5	1.4
Iowa	35.6	3.7	41.7	3.2
Kansas	29.4	3.2	49.0	3.3
Kentucky	27.5	2.0	40.2	2.1
Maryland	24.8	2.1	39.5	2.5
Massachusetts	22.6	2.3	32.7	2.1
Michigan	24.7	1.5	36.5	1.6
Minnesota	20.4	2.7	DNC	DNC
Missouri	30.4	1.8	50.4	1.8
Nebraska	31.4	4.4	DNC	DNC
Nevada	34.6	3.0	DNC	DNC
New Hampshire	46.6	4.8	DNC	DNC
New Jersey	27.1	1.8	38.2	1.8
New York	25.4	1.3	43.7	1.3
North Carolina	36.4	2.0	44.2	2.1
Oklahoma	34.0	2.5	DNC	DNC
Oregon	31.3	3.0	35.9	3.1
Rhode Island	39.8	6.1	DNC	DNC
South Carolina	27.0	2.4	47.4	2.8
Tennessee	34.2	1.8	49.7	1.8
Texas	34.0	1.1	51.0	1.1
Utah	36.2	3.9	34.0	4.0
Vermont	*	*	DNC	DNC
Washington	31.9	2.4	40.0	2.3
West Virginia	32.4	3.4	42.2	3.6
Wisconsin	27.7	2.1	40.2	2.1

^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_2-3: 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_2-3.html