Table 17_2_5-6

2010 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports

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Table 17_2_5.6
Admissions with perforated appendix per 1,000 admissions with appendicitis (excluding transfers from other institutions, obstetric admissions, normal newborns, and neonates), ages 1-17, 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	302.0	4.9	298.0	4.3	308.8	4.7	308.9	4.7	303.4	4.2
Arizona	307.1	9.6	335.4	10.2	327.7	10.4	309.7	10.4	326.2	11.8
Arkansas	325.9	18.8	338.2	19.4	266.6	18.0	303.5	18.8	DNC	DNC
California	304.1	4.0	312.0	4.1	321.3	4.1	328.3	4.2	333.5	4.4
Colorado	414.6	16.2	428.6	16.3	360.6	15.5	351.8	15.0	320.6	13.9
Connecticut	255.7	13.9	251.4	13.6	238.6	14.0	199.1	13.2	273.2	15.3
Florida	292.4	6.9	309.5	7.2	304.0	7.1	295.4	7.1	313.3	7.8
Georgia	395.3	13.0	351.2	12.2	362.6	12.6	343.0	12.8	371.7	13.1
Hawaii	321.5	33.5	246.9	28.4	236.6	28.7	313.7	33.0	208.8	27.8
Illinois	266.5	7.9	289.3	8.3	276.3	8.0	264.8	7.8	309.9	8.3
Indiana	376.6	14.5	393.3	15.5	349.0	14.6	374.2	14.5	DNC	DNC
Iowa	356.6	20.5	406.6	20.4	319.8	19.4	330.6	18.7	315.6	17.0
Kansas	361.1	22.6	285.8	20.5	305.5	20.1	237.9	18.4	332.1	19.5
Kentucky	278.3	15.7	289.5	15.3	265.9	15.5	290.7	15.7	292.6	17.1
Maine	274.4	22.0	239.5	26.3	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	303.3	24.8
Maryland	278.0	14.1	288.3	14.8	294.2	14.6	290.7	15.8	312.9	15.8
Massachusetts	239.7	10.7	239.4	11.3	248.7	11.1	262.1	11.0	236.2	10.3
Michigan	264.5	9.3	271.0	9.4	298.6	9.7	281.5	9.3	285.8	9.3
Minnesota	252.3	11.3	258.5	12.0	241.0	11.1	248.2	11.7	DNC	DNC
Missouri	301.2	12.0	324.8	12.4	333.6	12.2	316.5	12.5	323.1	12.7
Nebraska	346.2	27.0	353.2	26.6	364.5	26.3	303.3	24.4	DNC	DNC
Nevada	348.6	17.6	407.6	19.6	388.0	20.2	409.7	22.7	DNC	DNC
New Hampshire	250.4	27.2	305.0	29.5	326.4	27.9	321.7	27.4	DNC	DNC
New Jersey	237.5	9.4	235.8	9.3	269.6	9.6	262.1	9.5	289.2	10.1
New York	276.8	6.3	263.7	6.2	265.2	6.2	270.0	6.2	274.5	6.4
North Carolina	313.2	11.2	295.1	11.5	294.6	11.2	286.5	11.3	312.2	12.1
Ohio	341.5	10.5	351.0	10.7	334.3	10.7	335.0	10.8	DNC	DNC
Oklahoma	273.9	14.5	288.1	15.3	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC
Oregon	286.4	13.2	281.0	13.9	319.9	14.6	288.4	14.1	307.2	14.5
Rhode Island	282.7	26.6	253.6	26.2	279.7	28.0	267.4	27.1	DNC	DNC
South Carolina	301.4	16.7	259.8	15.5	271.9	16.6	253.1	16.4	233.9	16.5
Tennessee	386.7	15.7	387.0	15.0	348.0	15.1	365.0	14.7	324.0	13.9
Texas	310.6	5.7	322.7	5.8	309.4	6.0	321.1	6.3	308.7	7.3
Utah	428.7	18.5	378.2	18.3	368.0	17.8	346.6	17.0	364.8	17.0
Vermont	312.8	43.1	331.8	40.7	291.1	43.2	231.4	32.2	DNC	DNC
Virginia	278.8	12.1	279.7	12.0	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	293.8	11.8
Washington	292.1	10.3	281.2	10.5	303.0	11.1	341.0	11.6	326.5	11.8
West Virginia	267.5	22.0	261.5	26.0	268.2	22.3	274.3	27.7	279.2	22.5
Wisconsin	278.8	12.4	277.1	12.4	270.4	11.7	295.6	12.1	306.7	12.4
Wyoming	296.5	34.8	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_5-6: 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_5-6.html