Table 8_3_2-7

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_3_2.7
Pediatric asthma admissions (excluding patients with cystic fibrosis or anomalies of the respiratory system and transfers from other institutions) per 100,000 population, ages 2–17, by State, 2000 and 2005
State	2005		2000
State	Rate^a	SE	Rate^a	SE
Total	164.9	15.9	164.5	11.5
Arizona	119.7	2.9	132.9	3.7
Arkansas	109.3	4.2	DNC	DNC
California	98.2	1.1	140.5	1.3
Colorado	135.5	3.6	138.4	3.7
Connecticut	149.1	4.7	143.9	4.5
Florida	156.9	2.1	204.1	2.6
Georgia	147.0	2.7	125.6	2.6
Hawaii	81.0	6.1	97.5	6.0
Illinois	124.2	2.1	210.6	2.7
Indiana	106.9	2.8	DNC	DNC
Iowa	81.0	3.7	107.4	4.0
Kansas	139.7	5.2	127.9	4.8
Kentucky	203.6	4.9	162.5	4.4
Maryland	143.8	3.4	168.3	3.8
Massachusetts	125.5	3.1	129.3	3.2
Michigan	188.1	2.9	204.8	3.0
Minnesota	102.2	3.2	DNC	DNC
Missouri	167.2	3.7	254.6	5.4
Nebraska	100.0	5.4	DNC	DNC
Nevada	107.4	4.4	DNC	DNC
New Hampshire	56.5	4.6	DNC	DNC
New Jersey	155.8	2.9	179.5	3.2
New York	253.5	2.5	262.5	2.5
North Carolina	124.5	2.6	153.6	3.1
Ohio	135.3	2.4	DNC	DNC
Oregon	48.6	2.5	59.5	2.8
Rhode Island	143.8	8.2	DNC	DNC
South Carolina	167.8	4.4	188.6	4.8
Tennessee	154.1	3.6	183.4	3.9
Texas	138.6	1.9	175.5	2.4
Utah	81.6	3.5	57.2	2.9
Vermont	50.2	6.6	DNC	DNC
Washington	114.5	2.9	122.8	3.0
West Virginia	148.7	6.6	165.6	6.8
Wisconsin	109.1	3.1	129.6	3.2

^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_3_2-7: 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_3_2-7.html