Table 2_3_2-6

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_3_2.6
Admissions for diabetes with short-term complications^a (excluding transfers from other institutions) per 100,000 population, ages 6–17, by State, 2000 and 2006
	2006		2000
State	Rate^b	SE	Rate^b	SE
Total	31.8	2.8	27.1	1.8
Arizona	25.6	1.6	28.7	2.0
Arkansas	41.0	3.0	DNC	DNC
California	23.1	0.6	22.4	0.6
Colorado	27.5	1.9	26.3	1.9
Connecticut	17.4	1.7	16.2	1.7
Florida	28.7	1.0	29.2	1.1
Georgia	33.4	1.5	30.1	1.5
Hawaii	32.4	4.0	20.3	3.2
Illinois	28.5	1.1	26.3	1.1
Indiana	32.1	1.7	DNC	DNC
Iowa	27.6	2.4	25.5	2.2
Kansas	34.4	2.8	35.7	2.9
Kentucky	37.4	2.4	29.4	2.2
Maine	20.1	3.1	21.3	3.1
Maryland	21.5	1.5	26.0	1.7
Massachusetts	12.3	1.1	17.7	1.3
Michigan	39.3	1.5	36.9	1.5
Minnesota	35.2	2.1	DNC	DNC
Missouri	45.6	2.2	40.7	2.4
Nebraska	41.8	3.8	DNC	DNC
Nevada	47.1	3.3	DNC	DNC
New Hampshire	29.4	3.7	DNC	DNC
New Jersey	17.0	1.1	30.7	1.5
New York	27.5	0.9	25.3	0.9
North Carolina	40.5	1.7	37.9	1.7
Ohio	40.5	1.5	DNC	DNC
Oregon	32.8	2.4	26.8	2.1
Rhode Island	27.0	4.0	DNC	DNC
South Carolina	34.6	2.2	38.2	2.3
Tennessee	59.0	2.5	40.2	2.1
Texas	33.2	0.9	28.6	1.3
Utah	38.5	2.8	30.4	2.4
Vermont	19.1	4.3	DNC	DNC
Virginia	30.4	1.6	34.1	1.7
Washington	34.7	1.8	32.5	1.8
West Virginia	48.5	4.3	57.9	4.4
Wisconsin	28.7	1.8	31.4	1.8

^a Ketoacidosis, hyperosmolarity, or coma.

^b 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 March 2010

Internet Citation: Table 2_3_2-6: 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_3_2-6.html