Table 10_1_6-3

2010 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 10_1_6.3
Long-stay^a nursing home residents who spend most of their time in bed or in a chair, by race/ethnicity, by State, 2008^b
			Non-Hispanic
	Total		White		Black		AI/AN		API		Hispanic, all races
State	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE
Total	4.2	0.0	3.9	0.0	5.8	0.1	4.8	0.3	4.1	0.1	4.3	0.1
Alabama	7.1	0.2	7.3	0.2	6.8	0.4	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Alaska	5.7	1.0	5.2	1.2	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Arizona	4.5	0.2	4.7	0.3	6.0	1.2	4.0	0.8	DSU	DSU	3.6	0.5
Arkansas	4.2	0.2	4.0	0.2	5.5	0.5	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
California	5.3	0.1	5.2	0.1	6.3	0.3	4.1	0.8	4.9	0.2	5.3	0.2
Colorado	1.9	0.1	1.8	0.1	3.4	0.8	0.0	0.0	DSU	DSU	2.0	0.4
Connecticut	2.2	0.1	2.3	0.1	2.1	0.3	0.0	0.0	DSU	DSU	1.7	0.4
Delaware	3.8	0.3	3.3	0.4	5.8	0.9	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
District of Columbia	1.6	0.3	4.0	1.1	1.2	0.3	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Florida	4.2	0.1	4.0	0.1	5.1	0.2	DSU	DSU	4.0	1.1	3.5	0.3
Georgia	7.1	0.1	6.9	0.2	7.4	0.3	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Hawaii	6.0	0.4	9.5	1.1	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	5.2	0.4	DSU	DSU
Idaho	3.2	0.3	3.2	0.3	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Illinois	2.1	0.1	1.9	0.1	2.9	0.2	DSU	DSU	2.5	0.5	2.4	0.4
Indiana	3.4	0.1	3.2	0.1	6.0	0.4	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Iowa	1.2	0.1	1.2	0.1	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	0.0	0.0	DSU	DSU
Kansas	1.8	0.1	1.7	0.1	4.0	0.7	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	0.0	0.0
Kentucky	8.2	0.2	8.2	0.2	7.9	0.7	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Louisiana	9.0	0.2	8.1	0.2	11.3	0.4	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	6.2	1.8
Maine	4.2	0.3	4.2	0.3	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Maryland	5.2	0.2	5.1	0.2	5.6	0.3	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Massachusetts	1.8	0.1	1.9	0.1	1.7	0.3	0.0	0.0	DSU	DSU	1.8	0.5
Michigan	3.4	0.1	3.2	0.1	4.9	0.3	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Minnesota	1.2	0.1	1.2	0.1	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Mississippi	8.6	0.2	7.7	0.3	10.2	0.4	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Missouri	2.2	0.1	2.1	0.1	3.0	0.3	0.0	0.0	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Montana	2.2	0.2	2.2	0.2	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Nebraska	1.6	0.1	1.5	0.1	4.3	1.1	0.0	0.0	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Nevada	9.0	0.5	8.3	0.5	15.0	2.0	DSU	DSU	11.6	3.3	9.6	2.2
New Hampshire	2.5	0.2	2.5	0.2	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
New Jersey	3.2	0.1	3.3	0.1	3.3	0.2	DSU	DSU	2.6	0.6	2.5	0.3
New Mexico	2.6	0.2	2.5	0.3	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	2.9	0.5
New York	1.6	0.0	1.7	0.1	1.3	0.1	DSU	DSU	0.8	0.2	1.3	0.1
North Carolina	8.6	0.2	8.0	0.2	10.2	0.3	12.9	2.2	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
North Dakota	2.3	0.2	2.2	0.2	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Ohio	4.2	0.1	4.1	0.1	5.0	0.2	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	3.9	0.9
Oklahoma	6.6	0.2	6.3	0.2	8.2	0.8	9.4	1.1	DSU	DSU	8.0	2.1
Oregon	6.7	0.3	6.6	0.3	8.5	2.5	21.4	6.3	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Pennsylvania	3.6	0.1	3.6	0.1	4.0	0.2	DSU	DSU	5.2	1.4	4.8	0.8
Puerto Rico	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Rhode Island	1.8	0.2	1.8	0.2	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	0.0	0.0	DSU	DSU
South Carolina	6.1	0.2	5.5	0.2	7.4	0.4	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
South Dakota	1.5	0.2	1.5	0.2	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Tennessee	7.7	0.2	7.3	0.2	9.8	0.5	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Texas	5.9	0.1	5.1	0.1	8.5	0.3	DSU	DSU	7.7	1.1	7.0	0.2
Utah	3.6	0.3	3.5	0.3	0.0	0.0	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Vermont	4.9	0.4	5.0	0.4	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Virgin Islands	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Virginia	6.2	0.2	6.2	0.2	6.3	0.3	DSU	DSU	8.4	1.8	5.6	1.6
Washington	5.6	0.2	5.6	0.2	7.1	1.1	7.7	2.2	4.0	0.9	DSU	DSU
West Virginia	6.6	0.3	6.4	0.3	11.9	1.8	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Wisconsin	1.8	0.1	1.8	0.1	4.0	0.7	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Wyoming	2.1	0.3	2.1	0.3	DSU	DSU	0.0	0.0	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU

^a Long-stay residents typically enter a nursing facility because they are no longer able to care for themselves at home. They tend to stay in the facility for several months or years.

^b Data reflect care for the third quarter of each calendar year. Race/ethnicity categories exclude records with missing values.

DSU - Data do not meet the criteria for statistical reliability, data quality, or confidentiality.

Key: AI/AN: American Indian or Alaska Native; API: Asian or Pacific Islander; SE: standard error.

Source: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Minimum Data Set.

Current as of February 2011

Internet Citation: Table 10_1_6-3: 2010 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports. February 2011. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. http://www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/nhqrdr/nhqrdr10/10_functional_status/T10_1_6-3.html