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
	2006		2001
State	Percent^a	SE	Percent^a	SE
Total (all reporting States)	59.5	0.2	47.6	0.3
Alabama	54.0	1.4	44.6	1.6
Alaska	58.2	2.4	49.6	2.5
Arizona	56.8	1.7	49.8	1.8
Arkansas	52.9	1.0	44.1	1.5
California	58.4	1.2	49.1	1.6
Colorado	58.6	1.0	47.9	2.1
Connecticut	69.1	0.8	53.7	1.1
Delaware	68.8	1.3	58.3	1.6
District of Columbia	65.3	1.4	56.4	2.2
Florida	58.3	0.8	46.9	1.3
Georgia	58.3	1.0	49.7	1.5
Hawaii	54.7	1.1	50.1	1.6
Idaho	55.5	1.1	43.6	1.4
Illinois	56.3	1.1	40.9	1.8
Indiana	57.0	1.0	45.6	1.4
Iowa	56.0	1.0	45.1	1.4
Kansas	56.8	0.8	44.1	1.3
Kentucky	59.2	1.2	39.4	1.2
Louisiana	50.7	1.0	39.5	1.3
Maine	64.7	1.1	47.9	1.6
Maryland	67.6	0.9	53.4	1.5
Massachusetts	66.6	0.8	53.2	1.0
Michigan	66.7	0.9	55.4	1.4
Minnesota	69.1	1.0	62.2	1.3
Mississippi	50.9	1.0	40.8	1.6
Missouri	58.3	1.4	42.9	1.6
Montana	54.2	1.0	43.2	1.7
Nebraska	51.7	1.0	38.1	1.4
Nevada	56.0	1.6	46.3	2.2
New Hampshire	64.3	1.0	52.3	1.3
New Jersey	58.7	0.8	46.4	1.3
New Mexico	53.8	1.0	44.8	1.5
New York	64.2	1.0	47.3	1.5
North Carolina	62.4	0.6	47.7	1.4
North Dakota	56.7	1.1	49.8	1.7
Ohio	57.7	1.5	45.9	1.6
Oklahoma	52.3	0.9	38.6	1.3
Oregon	61.7	1.0	53.4	1.7
Pennsylvania	58.8	1.0	47.2	1.4
Rhode Island	69.4	1.1	51.7	1.4
South Carolina	60.1	0.9	47.0	1.6
South Dakota	55.8	0.9	44.5	1.1
Tennessee	56.8	1.3	40.4	1.6
Texas	57.8	1.3	43.4	1.2
Utah	63.5	1.2	47.5	1.8
Vermont	65.6	0.8	49.6	1.3
Virginia	66.4	1.2	52.1	1.6
Washington	65.1	0.5	52.3	1.4
West Virginia	53.6	1.1	38.9	1.4
Wisconsin	64.5	1.2	57.0	1.6
Wyoming	54.0	1.0	46.9	1.5

^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://www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/nhqrdr/nhqrdr09/1_cancer/T1_3_2-3.html