Table 6_1_4-3

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 6_1_4.3
Maternal deaths per 100,000 live births, by State, 1999 and 2005
State	2005			1999
State	Number	Rate	SE	Number	Rate	SE
United States	623	15.1	0.6	391	9.9	0.5
Alabama	*	*	*	*	*	*
Alaska	*	*	*	*	*	*
Arizona	*	*	*	*	*	*
Arkansas	*	*	*	*	*	*
California	77	14.0	1.6	40	7.7	1.2
Colorado	*	*	*	*	*	*
Connecticut	*	*	*	*	*	*
Delaware	*	*	*	*	*	*
District of Columbia	*	*	*	*	*	*
Florida	54	23.9	3.2	32	16.2	2.9
Georgia	32.0	22.5	4.0	26	20.5	4.0
Hawaii	*	*	*	*	*	*
Idaho	*	*	*	*	*	*
Illinois	*	*	*	*	*	*
Indiana	*	*	*	*	*	*
Iowa	*	*	*	*	*	*
Kansas	*	*	*	*	*	*
Kentucky	*	*	*	*	*	*
Louisiana	*	*	*	*	*	*
Maine	*	*	*	*	*	*
Maryland	*	*	*	*	*	*
Massachusetts	*	*	*	*	*	*
Michigan	51	39.9	5.6	*	*	*
Minnesota	*	*	*	*	*	*
Mississippi	*	*	*	*	*	*
Missouri	*	*	*	*	*	*
Montana	*	*	*	*	*	*
Nebraska	*	*	*	*	*	*
Nevada	*	*	*	*	*	*
New Hampshire	*	*	*	*	*	*
New Jersey	22	19.3	4.1	*	*	*
New Mexico	*	*	*	*	*	*
New York	49	19.9	2.8	37	14.5	2.4
North Carolina	*	*	*	*	*	*
North Dakota	*	*	*	*	*	*
Ohio	*	*	*	*	*	*
Oklahoma	21	40.5	8.8	*	*	*
Oregon	*	*	*	*	*	*
Pennsylvania	*	*	*	*	*	*
Rhode Island	*	*	*	*	*	*
South Carolina	*	*	*	*	*	*
South Dakota	*	*	*	*	*	*
Tennessee	*	*	*	*	*	*
Texas	39	10.1	1.6	31	8.9	1.6
Utah	*	*	*	*	*	*
Vermont	*	*	*	*	*	*
Virginia	*	*	*	*	*	*
Washington	*	*	*	*	*	*
West Virginia	*	*	*	*	*	*
Wisconsin	*	*	*	*	*	*
Wyoming	*	*	*	*	*	*

* - Data do not meet the criteria for statistical reliability, data quality, or confidentiality.

Key: SE: standard error.

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

Current as of September 2009

Internet Citation: Table 6_1_4-3: 2008 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports. September 2009. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. http://www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/nhqrdr/nhqrdr08/6_maternalchildhealth/T6_1_4-3.html