Table 8_1_3-3

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_3.3
Immunization-preventable influenza admissions (excluding transfers from other institutions) per 100,000 population, age 65 and over, by State, 2000 and 2005
State	2005		2000
State	Rate^a	SE	Rate^a	SE
Total	101.5	5.1	76.9	3.6
Arizona	79.1	3.3	42.3	2.7
Arkansas	144.5	6.1	DNC	DNC
California	30.1	0.9	39.5	1.0
Colorado	122.8	5.2	37.7	3.0
Connecticut	128.0	5.1	82.7	4.2
Florida	33.0	1.0	35.8	1.1
Georgia	71.3	3.0	84.3	3.2
Hawaii	38.5	4.7	53.2	6.1
Illinois	154.4	3.1	101.6	2.5
Indiana	119.4	3.9	DNC	DNC
Iowa	179.0	6.2	125.8	5.2
Kansas	172.4	7.1	136.5	6.5
Kentucky	127.2	5.0	93.3	4.4
Maryland	100.8	3.9	32.4	2.3
Massachusetts	92.8	3.2	44.2	2.2
Michigan	74.6	2.4	59.2	2.2
Minnesota	191.6	5.9	DNC	DNC
Missouri	160.8	4.5	133.3	4.2
Nebraska	188.1	9.7	DNC	DNC
Nevada	25.7	3.3	DNC	DNC
New Hampshire	85.3	7.2	DNC	DNC
New Jersey	38.8	1.8	48.1	2.1
New York	63.9	1.6	45.5	1.3
North Carolina	108.2	3.3	71.2	2.7
Ohio	120.3	2.9	DNC	DNC
Oklahoma	122.0	5.1	DNC	DNC
Oregon	50.6	3.3	31.2	2.6
Rhode Island	111.8	8.3	DNC	DNC
South Carolina	92.4	4.3	60.3	3.8
Tennessee	171.7	5.2	119.6	4.2
Texas	101.0	2.5	68.4	3.3
Utah	107.1	7.3	32.5	4.1
Vermont	99.1	10.9	DNC	DNC
Washington	71.7	3.1	42.0	2.4
West Virginia	247.9	9.3	162.8	7.7
Wisconsin	216.9	5.4	148.3	4.5

^a Rates are adjusted by age and gender using the total U.S. population for 2000 as the standard population.

DNC - Data were not collected.

Key: SE: standard error.

Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), Center for Delivery, Organization, and Markets, Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project (HCUP) databases and AHRQ Quality Indicators, version 3.1. State estimates are from the State Inpatient Databases (SID), and not all States participate in HCUP. Estimates for the total U.S. are from the Nationwide Inpatient Sample, which is drawn from the SID and weighted to give national estimates.

Current as of September 2009

Internet Citation: Table 8_1_3-3: 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_3-3.html