Table 15_1_1-9

2010 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports

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Table 15_1_1.9
Potentially avoidable hospitalizations per 100,000 population for chronic conditions, age 18 and over, by State, 2006-2007
	2007		2006
State	Rate^a	SE	Rate^a	SE
United States	1,036.8	22.6	1,077.6	25.1
Arizona	722.0	3.9	736.8	4.0
Arkansas	1,202.3	7.0	1,248.2	7.2
California	758.4	1.7	780.3	1.7
Colorado	615.5	4.3	623.8	4.4
Connecticut	829.9	5.2	857.0	5.4
Florida	1,010.6	2.4	1,046.1	2.5
Georgia	1,168.6	4.3	1,204.9	4.4
Hawaii	648.2	8.2	650.1	7.7
Illinois	1,152.8	3.4	1,152.7	3.4
Indiana	1,141.4	4.7	1,164.6	4.8
Iowa	772.0	5.3	771.6	5.3
Kansas	937.7	6.8	984.4	7.2
Kentucky	1,468.4	6.6	1,510.3	6.5
Maine	769.5	7.8	769.3	7.9
Maryland	1,201.3	5.1	1,197.5	5.2
Massachusetts	1,002.3	4.4	1,014.6	4.4
Michigan	1,094.6	3.6	1,125.9	3.7
Minnesota	741.4	4.6	737.6	4.6
Missouri	1,111.5	4.7	1,115.1	4.7
Nebraska	747.8	7.3	755.6	7.3
Nevada	867.6	6.8	908.4	7.1
New Hampshire	754.7	8.2	746.3	8.2
New Jersey	1,139.3	4.0	1,127.7	3.9
New York	1,096.7	2.6	1,120.2	2.6
North Carolina	1,096.0	3.9	1,125.9	4.0
Oklahoma	1,141.0	6.2	1,153.9	6.3
Oregon	599.3	4.4	584.6	4.4
Rhode Island	966.0	10.0	979.2	10.0
South Carolina	1,154.2	5.7	1,157.2	5.8
Tennessee	1,328.9	5.6	1,341.1	5.5
Texas	1,116.5	2.9	1,151.9	2.9
Utah	427.9	5.3	462.6	5.8
Vermont	568.3	10.3	563.0	10.2
Virginia	936.0	3.9	983.2	4.1
Washington	610.4	3.5	609.9	3.5
West Virginia	1,474.3	9.2	1,527.3	9.3
Wisconsin	727.7	3.9	730.5	4.0
Wyoming	768.0	13.9	DNC	DNC

^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).� Not all States participate in HCUP.� Estimates for the total United States are from the Nationwide Inpatient Sample, which is drawn from the SID and weighted to give national estimates.

Current as of February 2011

Internet Citation: Table 15_1_1-9: 2010 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports. February 2011. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. http://www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/nhqrdr/nhqrdr10/15_efficiency/T15_1_1-9.html