Table 8_3_2-8

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 8_3_2.8
Pediatric asthma admissions (excluding patients with cystic fibrosis or anomalies of the respiratory system and transfers from other institutions) per 100,000 population, ages 2–17, by State, 2000 and 2006
	2006		2000
State	Rate^a	SE	Rate^a	SE
Total	144.1	10.5	164.5	11.5
Arizona	123.1	2.9	132.9	3.7
Arkansas	105.1	4.2	DNC	DNC
California	92.3	1.0	140.5	1.3
Colorado	186.6	7.5	138.4	3.7
Connecticut	172.4	5.0	143.9	4.5
Florida	147.2	2.0	204.1	2.6
Georgia	116.1	2.4	125.6	2.6
Hawaii	61.0	4.7	97.5	6.0
Illinois	131.4	2.1	210.6	2.7
Indiana	99.1	2.7	DNC	DNC
Iowa	65.7	3.3	107.4	4.0
Kansas	171.3	6.5	127.9	4.8
Kentucky	174.1	4.5	162.5	4.4
Maine	78.4	5.8	84.2	5.5
Maryland	163.2	3.6	168.3	3.8
Massachusetts	154.6	3.5	129.3	3.2
Michigan	151.6	2.6	204.8	3.0
Minnesota	103.1	3.2	DNC	DNC
Missouri	173.3	3.8	254.6	5.4
Nebraska	75.1	4.5	DNC	DNC
Nevada	89.8	4.0	DNC	DNC
New Hampshire	61.8	4.9	DNC	DNC
New Jersey	176.4	3.0	179.6	3.2
New York	251.0	2.5	262.5	2.5
North Carolina	109.5	2.4	153.6	3.1
Ohio	128.7	2.4	DNC	DNC
Oklahoma	181.6	4.9	DNC	DNC
Oregon	44.1	2.4	59.5	2.8
Rhode Island	139.1	8.2	DNC	DNC
South Carolina	150.4	4.1	188.6	4.8
South Dakota	85.4	8.4	DNC	DNC
Tennessee	146.1	3.6	183.4	3.9
Texas	163.0	1.8	175.5	2.4
Utah	74.0	3.3	57.2	2.9
Vermont	46.2	6.4	DNC	DNC
Virginia	136.2	2.9	178.2	3.4
Washington	90.3	2.6	122.8	3.0
West Virginia	165.3	7.0	165.6	6.8
Wisconsin	100.8	3.0	129.6	3.2

^a 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 8_3_2-8: 2009 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports. March 2010. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. http://www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/nhqrdr/nhqrdr09/8_respiratorydiseases/T8_3_2-8.html