Table 17_2_4-3

2010 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports

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Table 17_2_4.3
Bacterial pneumonia admissions (excluding sickle cell or hemoglobin-S conditions, transfers from other institutions, and obstetric admissions) per 100,000 population, age 18 and over, by State, 2000, 2004-2007
	2007		2006		2005		2004		2000
State	Rate^a	SE	Rate^a	SE	Rate^a	SE	Rate^a	SE	Rate^a	SE
United States	374.8	7.3	397.9	9.2	443.7	9.9	408.9	7.6	434.7	7.9
Arizona	278.9	2.4	334.3	2.7	401.1	3.0	342.9	2.8	343.5	3.2
Arkansas	556.4	4.8	538.1	4.8	600.5	5.1	562.8	4.9	DNC	DNC
California	264.1	1.0	294.5	1.1	345.5	1.2	319.5	1.1	350.7	1.2
Colorado	296.2	3.1	305.4	3.2	340.7	3.4	289.0	3.1	310.5	3.3
Connecticut	335.0	3.4	359.9	3.5	407.9	3.9	385.3	3.7	391.0	3.7
Florida	285.5	1.3	319.3	1.4	357.3	1.5	326.7	1.4	335.7	1.5
Georgia	391.4	2.6	439.9	2.8	491.2	3.0	457.0	2.9	496.3	3.0
Hawaii	243.4	4.7	259.0	4.9	306.4	5.5	289.8	5.6	263.1	5.5
Illinois	410.4	2.1	424.1	2.1	483.1	2.2	429.3	2.1	449.8	2.2
Indiana	440.0	3.0	473.9	3.1	522.4	3.3	466.6	3.1	DNC	DNC
Iowa	427.4	4.0	443.0	4.1	475.0	4.2	420.6	4.0	439.4	4.1
Kansas	486.4	4.9	494.4	5.2	513.0	5.0	479.8	5.0	506.3	5.2
Kentucky	594.4	4.3	617.2	4.3	708.9	4.7	643.8	4.4	677.0	4.9
Maine	326.0	5.1	347.3	5.3	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	403.1	6.2
Maryland	281.2	2.6	307.7	2.7	347.2	2.9	334.0	2.9	376.0	3.2
Massachusetts	381.1	2.7	412.2	2.9	411.4	2.8	405.3	2.7	439.0	2.9
Michigan	351.1	2.1	375.6	2.2	424.0	2.3	402.4	2.3	414.9	2.4
Minnesota	320.3	3.0	324.2	3.0	373.4	3.3	333.5	3.2	DNC	DNC
Missouri	450.6	3.1	460.2	3.1	523.7	3.3	492.4	3.2	467.5	3.3
Nebraska	455.4	5.7	440.5	5.6	515.9	6.6	432.3	6.0	DNC	DNC
Nevada	329.2	4.3	356.6	4.6	420.9	5.1	375.3	5.0	DNC	DNC
New Hampshire	336.7	5.6	359.6	5.8	374.8	6.0	357.5	6.0	DNC	DNC
New Jersey	330.8	2.2	340.0	2.2	378.6	2.3	377.0	2.3	407.8	2.5
New York	332.7	1.5	347.8	1.5	380.4	1.6	391.1	1.6	416.2	1.6
North Carolina	358.9	2.3	389.6	2.4	443.4	2.6	413.3	2.6	428.9	2.7
Ohio	428.9	2.2	461.3	2.3	516.6	2.4	453.6	2.2	DNC	DNC
Oklahoma	563.8	4.5	533.2	4.3	610.1	4.6	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC
Oregon	278.1	3.0	281.6	3.1	320.4	3.3	289.9	3.2	303.5	3.3
Rhode Island	364.5	6.2	402.6	6.5	425.4	6.6	406.8	6.5	DNC	DNC
South Carolina	373.9	3.3	393.7	3.5	440.3	3.7	398.3	3.8	449.5	4.3
Tennessee	551.1	3.7	576.6	3.8	660.5	4.1	601.1	3.6	614.0	3.8
Texas	428.3	2.0	407.2	1.8	474.1	2.2	429.3	2.6	448.1	2.6
Utah	287.8	4.4	352.2	5.2	420.9	14.3	337.8	5.0	340.4	5.2
Vermont	361.1	8.1	343.6	8.0	365.9	8.3	363.6	8.4	DNC	DNC
Virginia	300.3	2.3	322.5	2.4	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	395.7	2.8
Washington	258.4	2.3	277.8	2.4	318.1	2.6	274.2	2.4	304.8	2.6
West Virginia	546.2	5.7	578.2	5.8	660.3	6.2	669.6	6.5	636.0	6.3
Wisconsin	329.0	2.7	334.9	2.7	379.5	2.9	330.8	2.7	346.5	2.8
Wyoming	430.2	10.4	DNC	DNC	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_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/nhqrdr10/17_utilization/T17_2_4-3.html