Table 6_1_2-6

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_2.6
Live-born infants with very low birth weight (less than 1,500 grams), by State, 1998 and 2005
State	2005			1998
State	Number	Percent	SE	Number	Percent	SE
United States	61,788	1.5	0.0	56,976	1.4	0.0
Alabama	1,277	2.1	0.1	1,214	2.0	0.1
Alaska	98	0.9	0.1	123	1.2	0.1
Arizona	1,114	1.2	0.0	881	1.1	0.0
Arkansas	638	1.6	0.1	617	1.7	0.1
California	6,749	1.2	0.0	5,986	1.1	0.0
Colorado	884	1.3	0.0	794	1.3	0.0
Connecticut	668	1.6	0.1	734	1.7	0.1
Delaware	243	2.1	0.1	178	1.7	0.1
District of Columbia	208	2.6	0.2	234	3.0	0.2
Florida	3,603	1.6	0.0	3,095	1.6	0.0
Georgia	2,604	1.8	0.0	2,150	1.8	0.0
Hawaii	244	1.4	0.1	231	1.4	0.1
Idaho	251	1.1	0.1	189	1.0	0.1
Illinois	2,884	1.6	0.0	2,868	1.6	0.0
Indiana	1,311	1.5	0.0	1,170	1.4	0.0
Iowa	525	1.3	0.1	461	1.2	0.1
Kansas	528	1.3	0.1	533	1.4	0.1
Kentucky	900	1.6	0.1	881	1.6	0.1
Louisiana	1,368	2.2	0.1	1,416	2.1	0.1
Maine	177	1.3	0.1	132	1.0	0.1
Maryland	1,381	1.8	0.0	1,322	1.8	0.0
Massachusetts	1,078	1.4	0.0	1,047	1.3	0.0
Michigan	2,072	1.6	0.0	2,038	1.5	0.0
Minnesota	862	1.2	0.0	678	1.0	0.0
Mississippi	972	2.3	0.1	850	2.0	0.1
Missouri	1,166	1.5	0.0	1,053	1.4	0.0
Montana	110	1.0	0.1	113	1.0	0.1
Nebraska	307	1.2	0.1	300	1.3	0.1
Nevada	474	1.3	0.1	355	1.2	0.1
New Hampshire	181	1.3	0.1	158	1.1	0.1
New Jersey	1,751	1.5	0.0	1,860	1.6	0.0
New Mexico	362	1.3	0.1	288	1.1	0.1
New York	3,731	1.5	0.0	3,886	1.5	0.0
North Carolina	2,259	1.8	0.0	2,102	1.9	0.0
North Dakota	99	1.2	0.1	107	1.3	0.1
Ohio	2,380	1.6	0.0	2,291	1.5	0.0
Oklahoma	732	1.4	0.1	647	1.3	0.1
Oregon	460	1.0	0.0	400	0.9	0.0
Pennsylvania	2,286	1.6	0.0	2,222	1.5	0.0
Rhode Island	189	1.5	0.1	209	1.7	0.1
South Carolina	1,178	2.0	0.1	1,064	2.0	0.1
South Dakota	128	1.1	0.1	120	1.2	0.1
Tennessee	1,383	1.7	0.0	1,302	1.7	0.0
Texas	5,587	1.4	0.0	4,517	1.3	0.0
Utah	528	1.0	0.0	453	1.0	0.0
Vermont	75	1.2	0.1	90	1.4	0.1
Virginia	1,716	1.6	0.0	1,574	1.7	0.0
Washington	743	0.9	0.0	854	1.1	0.0
West Virginia	336	1.6	0.1	302	1.5	0.1
Wisconsin	904	1.3	0.0	814	1.2	0.0
Wyoming	84	1.2	0.1	73	1.2	0.1

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_2-6: 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_2-6.html