Table 17_2_3-3

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 17_2_3.3
Admissions for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (excluding obstetric admissions and transfers from other institutions) per 100,000 population, age 18 and over, by State, 2004-2007
	2007		2006		2005		2004
State	Rate^a	SE	Rate^a	SE	Rate^a	SE	Rate^a	SE
United States	193.0	4.4	199.4	4.6	214.2	5.1	226.9	4.8
Arizona	125.9	1.6	129.7	1.7	156.3	1.9	151.9	1.9
Arkansas	258.7	3.3	259.0	3.3	287.2	3.5	307.0	3.6
California	114.7	0.7	113.7	0.7	128.4	0.7	142.3	0.8
Colorado	127.9	2.0	131.1	2.1	142.7	2.2	139.8	2.2
Connecticut	137.0	2.2	136.8	2.2	143.7	2.4	158.0	2.4
Florida	178.7	1.0	183.8	1.0	207.7	1.1	231.2	1.2
Georgia	204.3	1.9	209.0	1.9	231.8	2.1	263.1	2.2
Hawaii	80.9	2.9	76.6	2.7	82.3	3.0	91.6	3.0
Illinois	198.0	1.4	189.2	1.4	205.9	1.5	217.0	1.5
Indiana	254.9	2.3	261.5	2.3	288.7	2.5	291.9	2.5
Iowa	185.2	2.6	185.8	2.7	195.2	2.8	192.9	2.7
Kansas	211.1	3.3	211.6	3.5	227.3	3.4	248.8	3.6
Kentucky	411.2	3.6	417.1	3.5	464.6	3.8	517.4	4.0
Maine	192.2	3.9	194.2	4.0	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC
Maryland	179.0	2.1	176.4	2.1	155.5	1.9	158.0	2.0
Massachusetts	211.8	2.1	214.3	2.1	209.7	2.0	228.7	2.1
Michigan	208.2	1.6	207.5	1.6	226.8	1.7	250.1	1.8
Minnesota	143.5	2.1	137.4	2.0	160.2	2.2	159.2	2.3
Missouri	229.2	2.2	229.7	2.2	257.4	2.3	270.3	2.4
Nebraska	188.9	3.7	180.6	3.6	202.2	4.2	172.7	3.9
Nevada	159.7	3.0	166.0	3.1	200.7	3.5	200.7	3.6
New Hampshire	211.7	4.4	204.6	4.4	198.4	4.4	217.3	4.7
New Jersey	170.5	1.6	170.6	1.5	184.2	1.6	209.6	1.7
New York	164.2	1.0	165.7	1.0	174.6	1.1	193.4	1.1
North Carolina	214.9	1.8	225.5	1.8	247.0	2.0	254.7	2.0
Ohio	256.2	1.7	255.0	1.7	286.4	1.8	293.5	1.8
Oklahoma	269.3	3.0	261.2	3.0	290.2	3.2	DNC	DNC
Oregon	117.1	2.0	109.3	1.9	119.7	2.1	123.4	2.1
Rhode Island	208.6	4.8	202.1	4.7	213.9	4.8	237.6	5.1
South Carolina	203.1	2.4	197.7	2.4	223.8	2.6	232.2	2.9
Tennessee	295.5	2.7	298.7	2.7	339.0	2.9	367.7	2.8
Texas	200.7	1.4	194.8	1.3	218.7	1.5	231.6	1.8
Utah	56.2	2.0	63.6	2.3	75.3	2.4	68.0	2.3
Vermont	157.7	5.5	153.5	5.4	177.5	5.8	177.6	5.9
Virginia	160.5	1.7	164.9	1.7	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC
Washington	119.7	1.6	120.3	1.6	136.9	1.7	125.8	1.7
West Virginia	424.0	5.0	430.7	5.0	472.9	5.3	525.0	5.8
Wisconsin	134.2	1.7	131.2	1.7	150.3	1.9	149.4	1.9
Wyoming	199.8	7.1	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	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 17_2_3-3: 2010 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports. February 2011. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. http://www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/nhqrdr/nhqrdr10/17_utilization/T17_2_3-3.html