Table 6_1_2-5

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 6_1_2.5
Live-born infants with low birth weight (less than 2,500 grams), by State, 1998 and 2005
State	2005			1998
State	Number	Percent	SE	Number	Percent	SE
United States	338,565	8.2	0.0	298,208	7.6	0.0
Alabama	6,429	10.7	0.1	5,747	9.3	0.1
Alaska	635	6.1	0.2	593	6.0	0.2
Arizona	6,673	6.9	0.1	5,326	6.8	0.1
Arkansas	3,498	8.9	0.1	3,271	8.9	0.1
California	37,630	6.9	0.0	32,476	6.2	0.0
Colorado	6,325	9.2	0.1	5,138	8.6	0.1
Connecticut	3,317	8.0	0.1	3,406	7.8	0.1
Delaware	1,106	9.5	0.3	885	8.4	0.3
District of Columbia	888	11.2	0.4	1,003	13.1	0.4
Florida	19,761	8.7	0.1	15,752	8.1	0.1
Georgia	13,498	9.5	0.1	10,458	8.5	0.1
Hawaii	1,468	8.2	0.2	1,284	7.5	0.2
Idaho	1,538	6.7	0.2	1,164	6.0	0.2
Illinois	15,265	8.5	0.1	14,568	8.0	0.1
Indiana	7,232	8.3	0.1	6,718	7.9	0.1
Iowa	2,814	7.2	0.1	2,385	6.4	0.1
Kansas	2,860	7.2	0.1	2,691	7.0	0.1
Kentucky	5,126	9.1	0.1	4,416	8.1	0.1
Louisiana	6,987	11.5	0.1	6,757	10.1	0.1
Maine	957	6.8	0.2	800	5.8	0.2
Maryland	6,844	9.1	0.1	6,232	8.7	0.1
Massachusetts	6,063	7.9	0.1	5,630	6.9	0.1
Michigan	10,615	8.3	0.1	10,403	7.8	0.1
Minnesota	4,628	6.5	0.1	3,788	5.8	0.1
Mississippi	5,016	11.8	0.2	4,337	10.1	0.1
Missouri	6,347	8.1	0.1	5,890	7.8	0.1
Montana	767	6.6	0.2	754	7.0	0.2
Nebraska	1,818	7.0	0.2	1,534	6.5	0.2
Nevada	3,080	8.3	0.1	2,172	7.6	0.2
New Hampshire	1,001	7.0	0.2	821	5.7	0.2
New Jersey	9,313	8.2	0.1	9,155	8.0	0.1
New Mexico	2,460	8.5	0.2	2,039	7.6	0.2
New York	20,420	8.3	0.1	20,198	7.8	0.1
North Carolina	11,308	9.2	0.1	9,854	8.8	0.1
North Dakota	535	6.4	0.3	518	6.5	0.3
Ohio	12,882	8.7	0.1	11,817	7.7	0.1
Oklahoma	4,131	8.0	0.1	3,529	7.2	0.1
Oregon	2,793	6.1	0.1	2,426	5.4	0.1
Pennsylvania	12,094	8.4	0.1	11,077	7.6	0.1
Rhode Island	985	7.8	0.2	949	7.6	0.2
South Carolina	5,885	10.2	0.1	5,129	9.5	0.1
South Dakota	754	6.6	0.2	599	5.8	0.2
Tennessee	7,748	9.5	0.1	7,008	9.1	0.1
Texas	31,956	8.3	0.0	25,402	7.4	0.0
Utah	3,520	6.8	0.1	3,044	6.7	0.1
Vermont	393	6.2	0.3	428	6.5	0.3
Virginia	8,573	8.2	0.1	7,468	7.9	0.1
Washington	5,041	6.1	0.1	4,543	5.7	0.1
West Virginia	1,990	9.6	0.2	1,669	8.0	0.2
Wisconsin	4,977	7.0	0.1	4,400	6.5	0.1
Wyoming	621	8.6	0.3	557	8.9	0.4

Key: SE: standard error.

Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Health Statistics, National Vital Statistics System - Natality.

Current as of September 2009

Internet Citation: Table 6_1_2-5: 2008 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports. September 2009. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. http://www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/nhqrdr/nhqrdr08/6_maternalchildhealth/T6_1_2-5.html