Table 8_1_5-3

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_5.3
Adults age 65 and over who ever received pneumococcal vaccination, by State, 2001 and 2006
State	2006		2001
State	Percent^a	SE	Percent^a	SE
Total (all reporting States)	64.9	0.3	60.8	0.4
Alabama	60.2	1.9	61.7	2.3
Alaska	63.2	3.8	65.1	4.4
Arizona	66.6	2.1	66.5	2.4
Arkansas	64.7	1.3	60.5	2.1
California	60.1	1.9	59.6	2.3
Colorado	73.3	1.3	69.6	3.0
Connecticut	67.3	1.2	63.8	1.5
Delaware	65.7	1.9	70.4	2.1
District of Columbia	52.0	2.1	49.0	3.4
Florida	62.9	1.1	58.4	1.6
Georgia	63.7	1.4	60.1	2.2
Hawaii	68.4	1.6	63.9	2.3
Idaho	63.1	1.6	60.9	1.9
Illinois	59.6	1.6	57.7	2.7
Indiana	63.5	1.3	61.1	2.0
Iowa	70.6	1.3	66.0	1.9
Kansas	68.9	1.0	63.7	1.7
Kentucky	65.0	1.5	57.1	1.7
Louisiana	66.6	1.4	50.4	1.9
Maine	67.6	1.7	65.7	2.3
Maryland	66.3	1.3	64.3	2.2
Massachusetts	70.3	1.2	64.0	1.4
Michigan	67.3	1.4	57.2	2.2
Minnesota	70.7	1.6	63.1	1.9
Mississippi	69.0	1.3	56.7	2.3
Missouri	67.8	1.8	56.7	2.2
Montana	71.6	1.3	68.1	2.2
Nebraska	67.7	1.2	61.4	1.9
Nevada	70.2	2.1	68.5	3.0
New Hampshire	68.5	1.4	63.3	2.0
New Jersey	65.9	1.0	59.3	1.9
New Mexico	64.8	1.5	63.5	2.0
New York	60.7	1.5	56.4	2.4
North Carolina	68.8	0.9	66.0	2.0
North Dakota	68.9	1.6	64.6	2.4
Ohio	68.1	2.1	60.1	2.3
Oklahoma	70.4	1.1	66.5	1.9
Oregon	74.3	1.3	71.2	2.2
Pennsylvania	67.9	1.3	60.4	1.9
Rhode Island	71.0	1.5	67.4	1.9
South Carolina	62.8	1.3	60.1	2.4
South Dakota	64.2	1.3	59.7	1.5
Tennessee	66.9	1.8	56.6	2.5
Texas	63.8	1.9	59.2	1.7
Utah	66.0	1.7	68.4	2.4
Vermont	66.8	1.2	68.1	1.9
Virginia	67.0	1.9	61.8	2.4
Washington	69.6	0.7	66.9	1.9
West Virginia	65.4	1.6	62.4	1.9
Wisconsin	71.4	1.6	66.1	2.3
Wyoming	69.8	1.5	70.6	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_5-3: 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_5-3.html