Table 8_1_2-3

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 8_1_2.3
Adults age 65 and over who received an influenza vaccination in the last 12 months, by State, 2001 and 2006
State	2006		2001
State	Percent^a	SE	Percent^a	SE
Total (all reporting States)	67.1	0.3	65.4	0.4
Alabama	62.4	1.9	66.6	2.2
Alaska	64.8	3.6	64.9	4.1
Arizona	65.7	2.1	62.7	2.4
Arkansas	68.8	1.2	64.1	2.1
California	67.0	1.7	68.9	2.2
Colorado	76.1	1.3	77.7	2.7
Connecticut	70.6	1.1	69.4	1.4
Delaware	70.4	1.7	68.9	2.1
District of Columbia	61.1	2.1	55.4	3.3
Florida	61.6	1.1	55.2	1.6
Georgia	62.3	1.4	63.6	2.2
Hawaii	75.3	1.4	79.2	1.8
Idaho	65.3	1.6	65.8	1.8
Illinois	66.1	1.6	62.9	2.6
Indiana	65.2	1.3	66.3	1.9
Iowa	73.1	1.3	72.9	1.7
Kansas	72.2	1.0	68.9	1.7
Kentucky	66.2	1.5	62.3	1.8
Louisiana	64.6	1.4	56.3	1.9
Maine	71.8	1.5	72.0	2.2
Maryland	66.3	1.3	67.9	2.2
Massachusetts	72.6	1.1	71.1	1.4
Michigan	71.1	1.3	60.9	2.1
Minnesota	73.6	1.5	70.4	1.7
Mississippi	65.6	1.4	62.4	2.2
Missouri	72.2	1.7	68.1	2.1
Montana	72.7	1.3	73.4	2.1
Nebraska	72.9	1.2	70.3	1.8
Nevada	58.4	2.3	65.1	3.0
New Hampshire	71.9	1.4	70.7	1.9
New Jersey	66.0	1.0	64.7	1.8
New Mexico	67.9	1.4	70.6	1.8
New York	64.4	1.5	62.9	2.2
North Carolina	69.7	0.9	66.4	2.0
North Dakota	71.1	1.4	70.3	2.3
Ohio	68.0	2.3	64.4	2.2
Oklahoma	70.7	1.1	73.0	1.7
Oregon	71.1	1.4	71.8	2.2
Pennsylvania	67.8	1.3	64.1	1.9
Rhode Island	74.0	1.4	72.7	1.8
South Carolina	63.8	1.3	67.7	2.2
South Dakota	73.8	1.2	74.3	1.3
Tennessee	70.6	1.8	66.8	2.3
Texas	66.7	1.8	62.1	1.7
Utah	72.3	1.7	68.9	2.8
Vermont	72.7	1.1	72.3	1.8
Virginia	69.2	1.8	66.3	2.4
Washington	70.6	0.7	72.9	1.8
West Virginia	66.3	1.5	62.8	1.9
Wisconsin	71.8	1.6	70.4	2.2
Wyoming	71.1	1.4	70.9	2.1

^a Estimates are age adjusted to the 2000 standard population using two age groups: 65–74 and 75 and over.

Key: SE: standard error.

Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System.

Current as of September 2009

Internet Citation: Table 8_1_2-3: 2008 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports. September 2009. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. http://www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/nhqrdr/nhqrdr08/8_respiratorydiseases/T8_1_2-3.html