Table 11_1_4-3

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 11_1_4.3
Low-risk^a long-stay nursing home residents who lost control of their bowels or bladder, 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	50.2	0.1	50.5	0.1	49.8	0.2	43.2	0.8	49.8	0.4	47.3	0.3
Alabama	48.9	0.4	47.5	0.5	53.5	0.9	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Alaska	52.3	2.7	53.8	3.2	DSU	DSU	46.7	5.8	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Arizona	52.3	0.6	53.5	0.7	60.6	3.2	40.4	2.5	46.5	7.6	50.3	1.8
Arkansas	43.6	0.5	42.9	0.5	49.1	1.3	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
California	56.0	0.2	57.4	0.3	53.8	0.7	51.9	2.6	53.5	0.7	53.4	0.6
Colorado	47.1	0.5	48.2	0.5	42.5	2.5	35.2	6.5	36.3	4.3	40.9	1.6
Connecticut	49.1	0.4	50.0	0.4	44.9	1.4	39.5	7.5	36.2	6.3	37.4	1.9
Delaware	50.0	1.0	49.4	1.2	53.9	2.2	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	32.3	8.4
District of Columbia	53.7	1.3	62.5	3.3	52.6	1.4	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Florida	52.3	0.3	52.4	0.3	51.6	0.6	59.2	5.8	56.4	3.5	52.2	0.9
Georgia	50.6	0.4	49.3	0.4	53.5	0.6	DSU	DSU	49.3	6.1	50.4	4.6
Hawaii	63.6	1.0	65.4	2.3	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	63.3	1.2	58.3	8.2
Idaho	56.5	1.0	56.6	1.0	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	42.1	8.0
Illinois	38.6	0.2	41.2	0.2	29.6	0.5	27.8	4.6	33.1	1.6	30.6	1.1
Indiana	50.7	0.3	50.6	0.3	52.3	1.1	44.7	8.1	66.7	6.8	55.4	3.6
Iowa	43.9	0.4	44.0	0.4	43.0	3.7	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	41.8	6.7
Kansas	43.0	0.4	42.9	0.5	46.3	2.2	36.1	8.0	48.9	7.5	38.6	3.7
Kentucky	50.6	0.4	50.2	0.4	56.6	1.5	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Louisiana	40.2	0.4	38.7	0.4	44.0	0.7	35.7	7.4	44.4	7.4	41.1	4.3
Maine	70.3	0.8	70.5	0.8	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Maryland	57.7	0.4	58.5	0.5	56.6	0.8	61.5	7.8	50.5	3.7	50.0	5.0
Massachusetts	62.6	0.3	63.1	0.3	57.3	1.5	55.3	8.1	62.2	2.8	51.5	2.2
Michigan	52.9	0.3	52.8	0.4	53.3	0.8	61.1	5.8	48.7	5.7	53.1	3.2
Minnesota	52.1	0.4	52.5	0.4	42.8	2.4	38.9	3.9	44.0	5.2	42.6	4.9
Mississippi	48.7	0.5	46.5	0.6	53.4	0.8	48.4	9.0	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Missouri	37.1	0.3	37.1	0.3	37.1	0.9	41.4	5.9	33.9	6.2	27.2	3.8
Montana	49.1	0.9	49.4	0.9	DSU	DSU	44.3	4.3	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Nebraska	46.5	0.6	46.9	0.6	38.8	3.6	28.6	6.5	DSU	DSU	39.6	6.7
Nevada	55.5	1.0	55.0	1.1	65.4	3.3	DSU	DSU	61.8	6.6	49.2	4.6
New Hampshire	51.5	0.8	51.5	0.8	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
New Jersey	43.7	0.3	45.6	0.4	39.9	0.8	25.3	4.4	28.9	1.8	36.5	1.2
New Mexico	48.5	0.9	50.1	1.1	49.3	6.1	50.6	2.7	DSU	DSU	44.5	1.6
New York	50.9	0.2	53.5	0.2	46.5	0.5	48.8	4.5	39.8	1.3	40.4	0.7
North Carolina	57.8	0.3	56.3	0.4	62.4	0.7	53.3	4.3	63.3	6.9	67.0	4.9
North Dakota	45.9	0.8	45.6	0.8	DSU	DSU	52.0	5.8	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Ohio	45.6	0.2	46.0	0.2	43.8	0.6	DSU	DSU	39.9	4.2	36.3	2.7
Oklahoma	40.1	0.4	40.0	0.5	45.4	1.7	33.3	2.0	43.8	8.8	38.0	4.3
Oregon	56.8	0.8	57.4	0.8	51.9	5.6	DSU	DSU	41.2	6.0	51.8	6.7
Pennsylvania	62.4	0.2	62.8	0.2	60.2	0.7	67.4	6.7	41.5	3.9	52.5	2.3
Puerto Rico	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Rhode Island	45.8	0.7	46.1	0.7	43.3	3.9	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	39.5	5.4
South Carolina	60.5	0.5	58.3	0.6	65.6	0.9	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
South Dakota	46.8	0.7	47.2	0.8	DSU	DSU	40.4	3.4	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Tennessee	51.0	0.4	49.9	0.4	57.7	0.9	DSU	DSU	47.1	8.6	43.2	7.5
Texas	47.4	0.2	45.9	0.3	51.5	0.6	38.2	5.2	43.5	2.7	51.3	0.6
Utah	48.1	0.9	48.3	1.0	33.3	7.9	59.3	6.4	52.4	7.7	39.4	5.0
Vermont	57.2	1.2	57.0	1.2	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Virgin Islands	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Virginia	58.4	0.4	58.0	0.5	59.8	0.8	DSU	DSU	54.5	4.0	55.0	4.4
Washington	58.0	0.5	58.3	0.5	60.7	2.7	44.7	4.9	55.6	2.7	50.0	3.9
West Virginia	53.7	0.6	53.5	0.7	60.8	3.3	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Wisconsin	47.9	0.4	47.9	0.4	47.3	2.3	42.3	4.7	36.1	8.0	43.5	4.3
Wyoming	43.7	1.2	44.1	1.3	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	51.4	8.2

^a Low-risk residents are active, can change positions, and are getting the nutrients they need to maintain good skin health.

^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 11_1_4-3: 2010 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports. February 2011. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. http://www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/nhqrdr/nhqrdr10/11_supportive_palliative_care/T11_1_4-3.html