Table 1_3_6-3
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.
| 2006 | 1999 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| State | Rate | SE | Rate | SE |
| United States | 17.2 | 0.1 | 20.9 | 0.1 |
| Alabama | 19.8 | 0.6 | 19.0 | 0.7 |
| Alaska | 16.8 | 2.1 | 20.8 | 3.0 |
| Arizona | 14.6 | 0.5 | 17.5 | 0.6 |
| Arkansas | 17.7 | 0.8 | 21.7 | 0.9 |
| California | 15.5 | 0.2 | 18.1 | 0.3 |
| Colorado | 15.9 | 0.6 | 17.9 | 0.7 |
| Connecticut | 16.1 | 0.6 | 20.7 | 0.7 |
| Delaware | 16.1 | 1.3 | 23.6 | 1.8 |
| District of Columbia | 22.9 | 2.0 | 25.5 | 2.1 |
| Florida | 15.9 | 0.3 | 19.4 | 0.3 |
| Georgia | 17.0 | 0.5 | 18.5 | 0.5 |
| Hawaii | 14.3 | 1.0 | 13.8 | 1.1 |
| Idaho | 14.2 | 1.0 | 18.8 | 1.3 |
| Illinois | 19.4 | 0.4 | 23.1 | 0.4 |
| Indiana | 18.9 | 0.5 | 23.5 | 0.6 |
| Iowa | 18.6 | 0.7 | 21.5 | 0.8 |
| Kansas | 17.7 | 0.8 | 20.7 | 0.9 |
| Kentucky | 19.6 | 0.7 | 21.9 | 0.7 |
| Louisiana | 19.8 | 0.7 | 23.7 | 0.8 |
| Maine | 16.8 | 1.0 | 23.4 | 1.3 |
| Maryland | 18.5 | 0.6 | 22.4 | 0.7 |
| Massachusetts | 17.1 | 0.5 | 22.4 | 0.6 |
| Michigan | 17.7 | 0.4 | 21.2 | 0.5 |
| Minnesota | 15.3 | 0.5 | 18.7 | 0.6 |
| Mississippi | 19.8 | 0.8 | 21.6 | 0.9 |
| Missouri | 18.0 | 0.5 | 22.0 | 0.6 |
| Montana | 18.9 | 1.3 | 19.6 | 1.4 |
| Nebraska | 19.3 | 1.0 | 22.2 | 1.1 |
| Nevada | 17.9 | 0.9 | 22.2 | 1.2 |
| New Hampshire | 17.2 | 1.1 | 23.0 | 1.4 |
| New Jersey | 18.7 | 0.4 | 23.3 | 0.5 |
| New Mexico | 15.7 | 0.9 | 16.8 | 1.0 |
| New York | 17.0 | 0.3 | 22.4 | 0.3 |
| North Carolina | 16.9 | 0.4 | 20.1 | 0.5 |
| North Dakota | 18.6 | 1.6 | 19.7 | 1.7 |
| Ohio | 19.3 | 0.4 | 24.0 | 0.5 |
| Oklahoma | 17.1 | 0.7 | 20.9 | 0.8 |
| Oregon | 15.5 | 0.6 | 19.7 | 0.8 |
| Pennsylvania | 18.8 | 0.3 | 23.7 | 0.4 |
| Rhode Island | 15.1 | 1.1 | 23.3 | 1.4 |
| South Carolina | 18.3 | 0.6 | 21.7 | 0.8 |
| South Dakota | 16.0 | 1.3 | 21.8 | 1.6 |
| Tennessee | 18.0 | 0.5 | 19.6 | 0.6 |
| Texas | 16.9 | 0.3 | 19.9 | 0.3 |
| Utah | 12.7 | 0.8 | 16.1 | 1.0 |
| Vermont | 16.2 | 1.5 | 22.3 | 1.9 |
| Virginia | 17.1 | 0.5 | 20.9 | 0.6 |
| Washington | 14.8 | 0.5 | 18.6 | 0.6 |
| West Virginia | 19.6 | 0.9 | 24.6 | 1.1 |
| Wisconsin | 16.1 | 0.5 | 21.1 | 0.6 |
| Wyoming | 18.9 | 1.9 | 20.6 | 2.1 |
a Estimates are age adjusted to the 2000 standard population.
Key: SE: standard error.
Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Health Statistics, National Vital Statistics System - Mortality.
Current as of March 2010
Internet Citation: Table 1_3_6-3: 2009 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports.
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