Table 2_1_4-3

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 2_1_4.3
Adults age 40 and over with diagnosed diabetes who had their feet checked for sores or irritation in the calendar year, by State, 2001 and 2007
	2007		2001
State	Percent^a	SE	Percent^a	SE
Total (all reporting States)	70.1	0.7	68.1	1.0
Alabama	68.7	2.2	66.8	3.6
Alaska	77.0	5.6	72.0	6.3
Arizona	67.1	5.0	67.2	5.2
Arkansas	58.9	2.6	59.3	4.1
California	62.2	3.0	61.5	4.2
Colorado	75.0	2.2	60.1	7.6
Connecticut	72.6	2.8	75.3	2.7
Delaware	77.4	3.0	DNC	DNC
District of Columbia	79.2	2.6	80.0	4.0
Florida	75.7	1.9	63.7	3.9
Georgia	68.6	2.2	65.1	3.5
Hawaii	73.7	2.9	84.0	3.8
Idaho	72.6	2.6	66.6	4.1
Illinois	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC
Indiana	69.4	2.7	DNC	DNC
Iowa	75.0	2.6	78.7	3.7
Kansas	DNC	DNC	64.8	3.7
Kentucky	65.1	2.6	64.0	3.0
Louisiana	75.0	2.0	DNC	DNC
Maine	79.0	2.4	74.5	4.1
Maryland	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC
Massachusetts	DNC	DNC	70.1	3.1
Michigan	DNC	DNC	70.4	3.3
Minnesota	86.3	2.4	84.7	3.2
Mississippi	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC
Missouri	74.1	2.9	DNC	DNC
Montana	71.4	2.8	78.8	4.5
Nebraska	DNC	DNC	72.5	4.0
Nevada	64.5	4.7	64.1	6.4
New Hampshire	DNC	DNC	78.0	3.4
New Jersey	DNC	DNC	63.0	3.6
New Mexico	76.0	2.3	72.5	3.9
New York	DNC	DNC	74.2	3.6
North Carolina	75.2	1.6	DNC	DNC
North Dakota	79.5	3.2	77.7	4.3
Ohio	DNC	DNC	61.5	4.3
Oklahoma	DNC	DNC	73.1	3.3
Oregon	79.5	2.7	DNC	DNC
Pennsylvania	79.3	2.3	71.3	4.4
Rhode Island	DNC	DNC	77.5	3.5
South Carolina	71.1	2.0	77.4	3.0
South Dakota	70.0	3.0	78.0	2.9
Tennessee	71.3	2.9	67.0	4.0
Texas	DNC	DNC	71.2	2.9
Utah	72.0	3.1	78.8	4.7
Vermont	78.1	2.2	77.6	3.5
Virginia	69.5	2.9	65.1	4.2
Washington	75.7	1.3	76.5	3.5
West Virginia	69.6	2.5	64.7	3.9
Wisconsin	78.1	2.5	81.0	3.7
Wyoming	73.8	2.4	63.8	5.4

^a Estimates are age adjusted to the 2000 standard population using two age groups: 40–59 and 60 and over.

DNC - Data were not collected.

Key: SE: standard error.

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

Current as of March 2010

Internet Citation: Table 2_1_4-3: 2009 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports. March 2010. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. http://www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/nhqrdr/nhqrdr09/2_diabetes/T2_1_4-3.html