Table 4_4_3-3

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_3.3
Deaths per 1,000 hospital admissions age 40 and over with percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasties (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	11.9	0.1	15.4	0.1
Arizona	12.1	0.7	16.0	0.9
Arkansas	15.4	1.1	DNC	DNC
California	13.4	0.4	15.8	0.5
Colorado	11.5	0.9	14.0	1.1
Connecticut	12.9	1.1	13.6	1.1
Florida	11.0	0.4	14.0	0.5
Georgia	12.7	0.8	16.5	1.1
Hawaii	10.5	2.1	16.1	2.5
Illinois	11.0	0.5	13.7	0.6
Iowa	14.4	1.1	17.5	1.1
Kansas	10.3	1.2	19.1	1.3
Kentucky	13.0	0.8	18.5	1.1
Maryland	13.8	0.9	16.1	1.1
Massachusetts	11.5	0.7	16.6	0.9
Michigan	11.2	0.5	14.5	0.6
Minnesota	11.9	0.8	DNC	DNC
Missouri	13.5	0.6	16.2	0.7
Nebraska	13.8	1.6	DNC	DNC
Nevada	16.4	1.2	DNC	DNC
New Hampshire	12.3	1.7	DNC	DNC
New Jersey	12.3	0.7	14.3	0.8
New York	7.6	0.6	10.4	0.7
North Carolina	12.4	0.7	15.4	0.8
Oklahoma	15.6	0.9	DNC	DNC
Oregon	15.2	1.3	14.0	1.6
Rhode Island	13.4	1.9	DNC	DNC
South Carolina	14.8	0.9	14.9	1.2
Tennessee	13.4	0.7	20.3	0.9
Texas	12.9	0.4	17.2	0.5
Utah	15.3	1.3	14.9	1.7
Vermont	17.1	2.8	DNC	DNC
Washington	15.2	0.8	17.6	1.1
West Virginia	12.7	1.3	15.2	1.6
Wisconsin	11.5	0.8	15.6	1.0

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

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_3-3: 2008 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports. September 2009. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. http://archive.ahrq.gov/research/findings/nhqrdr/nhqrdr08/4_heartdiseases/T4_4_3-3.html