Table 8_3_2-9

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_2.9
Asthma admissions (excluding patients with cystic fibrosis or anomalies of the respiratory system, obstetric admissions, and 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	245.3	7.8	159.2	5.2
Arizona	204.2	5.3	115.4	4.4
Arkansas	239.8	7.9	DNC	DNC
California	223.1	2.4	137.3	1.9
Colorado	164.3	6.0	108.3	4.9
Connecticut	224.9	7.3	130.0	5.3
Florida	254.6	2.9	138.5	2.2
Georgia	288.9	5.9	151.6	4.2
Hawaii	218.3	11.5	219.6	12.3
Illinois	280.0	4.3	192.4	3.5
Indiana	260.8	5.9	DNC	DNC
Iowa	144.4	5.8	104.1	4.8
Kansas	199.4	7.9	109.4	5.9
Kentucky	310.5	7.8	197.2	6.5
Maryland	278.8	6.6	150.2	5.0
Massachusetts	259.1	5.5	165.9	4.4
Michigan	242.1	4.4	144.7	3.4
Minnesota	171.7	5.7	DNC	DNC
Missouri	185.2	4.9	103.5	3.8
Nebraska	177.4	9.7	DNC	DNC
Nevada	198.3	8.8	DNC	DNC
New Hampshire	117.6	8.6	DNC	DNC
New Jersey	286.1	5.0	149.6	3.6
New York	297.3	3.4	230.8	3.0
North Carolina	246.4	4.9	169.7	4.2
Ohio	277.9	4.4	DNC	DNC
Oklahoma	234.6	7.1	DNC	DNC
Oregon	147.7	5.7	104.7	4.8
Rhode Island	222.9	12.0	DNC	DNC
South Carolina	265.1	7.2	182.8	6.9
Tennessee	267.9	6.3	158.7	4.6
Texas	268.0	4.2	161.8	4.2
Utah	127.8	8.1	102.8	7.2
Vermont	147.3	13.4	DNC	DNC
Washington	123.8	4.2	108.0	3.9
West Virginia	336.9	10.9	164.8	7.7
Wisconsin	165.1	4.9	125.6	4.2

^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_2-9: 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_2-9.html