Table 5_2_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.
| 2006 | 1999 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| State | Rate | SE | Rate | SE |
| United States | 4.0 | 0.0 | 5.3 | 0.0 |
| Alabama | 4.2 | 0.3 | 4.0 | 0.3 |
| Alaska | DSU | 0.4 | DSU | DSU |
| Arizona | 2.4 | 0.2 | 3.2 | 0.3 |
| Arkansas | 2.8 | 0.3 | 2.6 | 0.3 |
| California | 3.3 | 0.1 | 4.8 | 0.1 |
| Colorado | 1.7 | 0.2 | 2.3 | 0.2 |
| Connecticut | 3.4 | 0.3 | 5.8 | 0.4 |
| Delaware | 6.1 | 0.8 | 8.4 | 1.0 |
| District of Columbia | 37.3 | 2.6 | 46.3 | 2.9 |
| Florida | 9.7 | 0.2 | 10.7 | 0.3 |
| Georgia | 7.2 | 0.3 | 9.5 | 0.3 |
| Hawaii | DSU | 0.3 | 2.4 | 0.4 |
| Idaho | DSU | 0.2 | DSU | DSU |
| Illinois | 3.0 | 0.2 | 4.5 | 0.2 |
| Indiana | 2.2 | 0.2 | 1.9 | 0.2 |
| Iowa | DSU | 0.1 | 0.8 | 0.2 |
| Kansas | 1.1 | 0.2 | 1.7 | 0.3 |
| Kentucky | 1.9 | 0.2 | 1.9 | 0.2 |
| Louisiana | 8.1 | 0.4 | 8.6 | 0.4 |
| Maine | DSU | 0.2 | DSU | DSU |
| Maryland | 8.1 | 0.4 | 10.7 | 0.4 |
| Massachusetts | 2.7 | 0.2 | 4.0 | 0.2 |
| Michigan | 1.8 | 0.1 | 2.4 | 0.2 |
| Minnesota | 1.0 | 0.1 | 1.5 | 0.2 |
| Mississippi | 6.7 | 0.5 | 5.8 | 0.5 |
| Missouri | 2.1 | 0.2 | 2.8 | 0.2 |
| Montana | DSU | 0.2 | DSU | DSU |
| Nebraska | 1.4 | 0.3 | 1.2 | 0.3 |
| Nevada | 2.9 | 0.3 | 5.3 | 0.5 |
| New Hampshire | DSU | 0.2 | DSU | DSU |
| New Jersey | 5.8 | 0.3 | 10.6 | 0.3 |
| New Mexico | 2.2 | 0.3 | 1.6 | 0.3 |
| New York | 7.3 | 0.2 | 12.5 | 0.3 |
| North Carolina | 4.7 | 0.2 | 5.8 | 0.3 |
| North Dakota | DSU | 0.2 | DSU | DSU |
| Ohio | 2.0 | 0.1 | 2.2 | 0.1 |
| Oklahoma | 2.6 | 0.3 | 3.1 | 0.3 |
| Oregon | 1.4 | 0.2 | 2.2 | 0.3 |
| Pennsylvania | 2.9 | 0.2 | 4.1 | 0.2 |
| Rhode Island | 2.4 | 0.5 | 3.4 | 0.6 |
| South Carolina | 5.9 | 0.4 | 7.7 | 0.4 |
| South Dakota | DSU | 0.4 | DSU | DSU |
| Tennessee | 4.2 | 0.3 | 4.5 | 0.3 |
| Texas | 4.5 | 0.1 | 5.3 | 0.2 |
| Utah | 1.3 | 0.3 | 1.6 | 0.3 |
| Vermont | DSU | 0.4 | DSU | DSU |
| Virginia | 3.1 | 0.2 | 3.6 | 0.2 |
| Washington | 1.4 | 0.1 | 1.8 | 0.2 |
| West Virginia | 1.2 | 0.3 | 1.2 | 0.3 |
| Wisconsin | 0.9 | 0.1 | 1.2 | 0.1 |
| Wyoming | DSU | 0.3 | DSU | DSU |
a Estimates are age adjusted to the 2000 standard population.
DSU - Data do not meet the criteria for statistical reliability, data quality, or confidentiality.
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 5_2_4-3: 2009 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports.
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