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Table 1_3_2-3

2009 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 1_3_2.3
Adults age 50 and over who ever received a colonoscopy, sigmoidoscopy, or proctoscopy, by State, 2001 and 2006
 20062001
StatePercentaSEPercentaSE
Total (all reporting States)59.50.247.60.3
Alabama54.01.444.61.6
Alaska58.22.449.62.5
Arizona56.81.749.81.8
Arkansas52.91.044.11.5
California58.41.249.11.6
Colorado58.61.047.92.1
Connecticut69.10.853.71.1
Delaware68.81.358.31.6
District of Columbia65.31.456.42.2
Florida58.30.846.91.3
Georgia58.31.049.71.5
Hawaii54.71.150.11.6
Idaho55.51.143.61.4
Illinois56.31.140.91.8
Indiana57.01.045.61.4
Iowa56.01.045.11.4
Kansas56.80.844.11.3
Kentucky59.21.239.41.2
Louisiana50.71.039.51.3
Maine64.71.147.91.6
Maryland67.60.953.41.5
Massachusetts66.60.853.21.0
Michigan66.70.955.41.4
Minnesota69.11.062.21.3
Mississippi50.91.040.81.6
Missouri58.31.442.91.6
Montana54.21.043.21.7
Nebraska51.71.038.11.4
Nevada56.01.646.32.2
New Hampshire64.31.052.31.3
New Jersey58.70.846.41.3
New Mexico53.81.044.81.5
New York64.21.047.31.5
North Carolina62.40.647.71.4
North Dakota56.71.149.81.7
Ohio57.71.545.91.6
Oklahoma52.30.938.61.3
Oregon61.71.053.41.7
Pennsylvania58.81.047.21.4
Rhode Island69.41.151.71.4
South Carolina60.10.947.01.6
South Dakota55.80.944.51.1
Tennessee56.81.340.41.6
Texas57.81.343.41.2
Utah63.51.247.51.8
Vermont65.60.849.61.3
Virginia66.41.252.11.6
Washington65.10.552.31.4
West Virginia53.61.138.91.4
Wisconsin64.51.257.01.6
Wyoming54.01.046.91.5

a Estimates are age adjusted to the 2000 standard population using two age groups: 50–64 and 65 and over.

Key: SE: standard error.

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

 

Current as of March 2010
Internet Citation: Table 1_3_2-3: 2009 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports. March 2010. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. http://archive.ahrq.gov/research/findings/nhqrdr/nhqrdr09/1_cancer/T1_3_2-3.html

 

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