Table 6_1_3-10

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_3.10
Infant mortality per 1,000 live births, all birth weights, by State, 2003 and 2005
State	2005			2003
State	Number^a	Rate	SE	Number^a	Rate	SE
United States	28,384	6.9	0.0	27,995	6.8	0.0
Alabama	576	9.5	0.4	515	8.6	0.4
Alaska	62	5.9	0.8	69	6.9	0.8
Arizona	659	6.8	0.3	591	6.5	0.3
Arkansas	307	7.8	0.4	327	8.7	0.5
California	2,918	5.3	0.1	2,800	5.2	0.1
Colorado	444	6.4	0.3	425	6.1	0.3
Connecticut	244	5.9	0.4	228	5.3	0.4
Delaware	105	9.0	0.9	107	9.4	0.9
District of Columbia	109	13.7	1.3	81	10.0	1.1
Florida	1,639	7.2	0.2	1,586	7.5	0.2
Georgia	1,148	8.1	0.2	1,152	8.5	0.3
Hawaii	118	6.6	0.6	138	7.6	0.6
Idaho	138	6.0	0.5	137	6.3	0.5
Illinois	1,322	7.4	0.2	1,406	7.7	0.2
Indiana	701	8.0	0.3	665	7.7	0.3
Iowa	214	5.4	0.4	217	5.7	0.4
Kansas	294	7.4	0.4	262	6.6	0.4
Kentucky	380	6.7	0.3	376	6.8	0.4
Louisiana	600	9.8	0.4	600	9.2	0.4
Maine	97	6.9	0.7	70	5.1	0.6
Maryland	547	7.3	0.3	617	8.2	0.3
Massachusetts	394	5.1	0.3	381	4.7	0.2
Michigan	1,007	7.9	0.2	1,124	8.6	0.3
Minnesota	361	5.1	0.3	324	4.6	0.3
Mississippi	486	11.5	0.5	460	10.0	0.5
Missouri	591	7.5	0.3	609	7.9	0.3
Montana	84	7.3	0.8	82	7.2	0.8
Nebraska	148	5.7	0.5	142	5.5	0.5
Nevada	211	5.7	0.4	192	5.7	0.4
New Hampshire	76	5.3	0.6	60	4.2	0.5
New Jersey	588	5.2	0.2	655	5.6	0.2
New Mexico	178	6.2	0.5	158	5.7	0.5
New York	1,433	5.8	0.2	1,546	6.1	0.2
North Carolina	1,085	8.8	0.3	968	8.2	0.3
North Dakota	50	6.0	0.8	58	7.3	1.0
Ohio	1,213	8.2	0.2	1,162	7.8	0.2
Oklahoma	412	8.0	0.4	392	7.7	0.4
Oregon	275	6.0	0.4	257	5.6	0.4
Pennsylvania	1,060	7.3	0.2	1,071	7.3	0.2
Rhode Island	82	6.5	0.7	89	6.7	0.7
South Carolina	546	9.5	0.4	464	8.3	0.4
South Dakota	80	7.0	0.8	73	6.6	0.8
Tennessee	717	8.8	0.3	728	9.2	0.3
Texas	2,526	6.5	0.1	2,466	6.5	0.1
Utah	233	4.5	0.3	250	5.0	0.3
Vermont	42	6.5	1.0	34	5.2	0.9
Virginia	781	7.5	0.3	778	7.7	0.3
Washington	419	5.1	0.2	450	5.6	0.3
West Virginia	170	8.2	0.6	156	7.5	0.6
Wisconsin	464	6.5	0.3	458	6.5	0.3
Wyoming	48	6.6	1.0	36	5.4	0.9

^a The number of deaths for infant mortality is based on a record weight from the linked birth and infant death file that adjusts for the approximately 2–3% of records each year that cannot be linked to their corresponding birth certificates. Therefore, because of number rounding, the number of deaths for subgroups may not add to the total.

Key: SE: standard error.

Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Health Statistics, National Vital Statistics System - Linked Birth and Infant Death Data.

Current as of September 2009

Internet Citation: Table 6_1_3-10: 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_3-10.html