Table 4_1_3-3

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 4_1_3.3
Adults age 18 and over who had their blood cholesterol checked within the preceding 5 years, by State, 2001 and 2007
	2007		2001
State	Percent^a	SE	Percent^a	SE
Total (all reporting States)	74.8	0.2	73.3	0.2
Alabama	76.0	0.9	73.2	0.9
Alaska	71.8	1.3	69.3	1.3
Arizona	71.2	1.5	72.0	1.1
Arkansas	69.1	0.8	69.6	1.0
California	75.2	0.8	71.6	0.8
Colorado	73.9	0.5	71.4	1.1
Connecticut	79.6	0.8	78.5	0.6
Delaware	79.5	1.1	78.2	0.9
District of Columbia	83.9	1.0	80.0	1.1
Florida	75.2	0.6	75.6	0.8
Georgia	78.6	0.8	75.0	0.8
Hawaii	73.0	0.8	75.2	0.9
Idaho	66.5	0.9	65.1	0.8
Illinois	73.6	0.9	70.8	1.1
Indiana	72.7	0.8	71.9	0.8
Iowa	71.0	0.8	70.3	0.9
Kansas	71.7	0.7	71.6	0.7
Kentucky	73.7	1.0	71.9	0.8
Louisiana	72.7	0.8	73.0	0.7
Maine	79.1	0.8	75.7	1.0
Maryland	79.2	0.7	79.4	0.8
Massachusetts	81.5	0.5	80.8	0.5
Michigan	77.4	0.7	73.8	0.8
Minnesota	75.9	0.9	75.5	0.8
Mississippi	72.8	0.8	70.7	0.9
Missouri	72.6	0.9	71.2	0.9
Montana	69.3	0.9	68.4	1.1
Nebraska	72.7	0.9	65.0	0.9
Nevada	69.9	1.1	71.5	1.2
New Hampshire	77.9	0.8	76.8	0.7
New Jersey	77.8	0.9	78.5	0.7
New Mexico	68.3	0.8	68.3	0.9
New York	78.6	0.8	76.6	0.8
North Carolina	77.2	0.6	74.8	0.9
North Dakota	71.8	0.9	70.9	0.9
Ohio	72.4	0.7	71.2	0.9
Oklahoma	69.8	0.7	70.9	0.9
Oregon	69.4	0.9	69.3	1.0
Pennsylvania	74.9	0.8	73.7	0.9
Rhode Island	79.7	1.0	80.1	0.8
South Carolina	77.6	0.7	78.1	0.9
South Dakota	71.9	0.8	68.7	0.7
Tennessee	76.5	1.1	69.0	1.0
Texas	69.9	0.6	70.8	0.6
Utah	69.5	0.8	70.0	0.9
Vermont	74.2	0.7	75.4	0.7
Virginia	78.3	0.9	76.2	0.9
Washington	72.3	0.4	70.3	0.8
West Virginia	75.3	0.9	73.7	0.9
Wisconsin	75.8	0.9	70.8	0.9
Wyoming	72.2	0.8	71.9	0.9

^a Estimates are age adjusted to the 2000 standard population using five age groups: 18–24, 25–34, 35–44, 45–64, and 65 and over.

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

Current as of March 2010

Internet Citation: Table 4_1_3-3: 2009 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports. March 2010. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. http://www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/nhqrdr/nhqrdr09/4_heartdiseases/T4_1_3-3.html