Table 4_2_1-2

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Table 4_2_1.2
Hospital patients with heart attack and left ventricular systolic dysfunction who were prescribed ACE inhibitor or ARB at discharge, by State, 2005-2008
State	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE
	2008		2007		2006		2005
Total	93.7	0.1	91.3	0.1	86.4	0.1	83.4	0.1
Alabama	93.9	0.7	91.5	0.7	84.8	0.8	82.9	0.8
Alaska	97.4	1.5	97.5	1.5	89.5	2.9	85.7	3.4
Arizona	93.5	0.7	91.4	0.7	87.2	0.8	83.3	0.9
Arkansas	91.8	0.8	90.5	0.9	83.6	1.0	80.5	1.1
California	93.5	0.3	91.8	0.3	86.5	0.4	84.0	0.4
Colorado	96.0	0.8	94.1	0.9	90.1	1.0	91.4	1.0
Connecticut	93.3	0.8	91.5	0.9	85.0	1.1	81.9	1.1
Delaware	93.6	1.5	93.6	1.5	87.6	1.8	88.8	1.7
District of Columbia	96.2	1.9	93.2	1.6	87.6	1.5	82.4	2.5
Florida	94.0	0.3	89.9	0.4	85.3	0.4	81.2	0.5
Georgia	92.4	0.6	89.4	0.7	83.6	0.8	81.0	0.8
Hawaii	94.5	1.4	90.9	1.6	76.9	2.1	79.5	1.9
Idaho	94.1	1.6	92.5	1.7	90.3	2.0	84.1	2.4
Illinois	93.7	0.4	91.3	0.5	85.9	0.6	82.5	0.6
Indiana	94.0	0.5	91.2	0.6	86.7	0.6	83.2	0.7
Iowa	95.8	0.7	95.5	0.7	88.9	1.0	89.5	0.9
Kansas	92.9	1.1	89.6	1.2	84.4	1.3	87.2	1.2
Kentucky	90.3	0.7	89.7	0.7	82.9	0.8	79.2	0.8
Louisiana	90.0	0.8	86.8	0.9	83.7	0.9	81.3	0.9
Maine	96.1	1.0	88.7	1.5	85.4	1.6	79.2	1.8
Maryland	93.1	0.8	90.6	0.8	84.3	0.9	80.7	1.0
Massachusetts	92.4	0.7	90.0	0.7	87.1	0.7	83.1	0.7
Michigan	94.4	0.4	92.2	0.5	88.2	0.5	87.0	0.5
Minnesota	97.0	0.5	94.7	0.6	91.5	0.7	88.4	0.8
Mississippi	92.5	0.8	89.7	0.9	86.4	1.0	82.7	1.1
Missouri	95.4	0.5	93.3	0.5	89.5	0.6	85.9	0.6
Montana	94.5	1.6	93.9	1.6	89.2	1.8	86.2	2.1
Nebraska	95.0	1.1	90.8	1.3	88.4	1.3	84.8	1.5
Nevada	90.9	1.4	90.3	1.4	86.6	1.6	84.1	1.7
New Hampshire	96.5	1.1	94.9	1.2	90.0	1.5	89.3	1.4
New Jersey	95.9	0.5	93.2	0.5	89.7	0.6	89.0	0.6
New Mexico	93.9	1.1	89.4	1.4	82.3	1.7	75.4	2.0
New York	92.8	0.4	91.2	0.4	85.8	0.5	83.6	0.4
North Carolina	94.0	0.5	92.0	0.5	88.2	0.6	85.3	0.6
North Dakota	98.1	0.8	95.3	1.3	94.3	1.4	88.5	1.9
Ohio	95.2	0.4	92.9	0.4	88.4	0.5	83.8	0.5
Oklahoma	94.6	0.7	91.6	0.8	90.2	0.9	86.3	1.0
Oregon	96.6	0.7	94.0	0.8	86.2	1.1	84.0	1.2
Pennsylvania	93.6	0.4	90.2	0.4	85.1	0.5	80.3	0.5
Puerto Rico	85.6	1.3	80.1	1.4	76.4	1.3	75.1	1.4
Rhode Island	95.0	1.4	92.3	1.6	88.2	1.7	86.7	1.7
South Carolina	95.8	0.6	94.6	0.6	89.4	0.8	86.5	0.9
South Dakota	87.5	2.1	94.7	1.4	91.3	1.6	87.4	2.1
Tennessee	92.4	0.6	89.4	0.6	83.6	0.7	81.5	0.7
Texas	93.4	0.3	91.7	0.4	86.6	0.4	82.1	0.5
Utah	96.3	1.2	88.4	1.8	87.4	1.9	82.9	2.2
Vermont	89.5	3.3	92.1	2.3	87.1	2.6	71.7	2.9
Virginia	95.6	0.5	93.6	0.6	86.7	0.7	82.8	0.8
Washington	94.2	0.7	92.0	0.7	87.4	0.8	86.0	0.9
West Virginia	93.9	0.8	92.8	0.8	90.3	0.9	86.3	1.0
Wisconsin	93.8	0.7	91.5	0.8	86.2	0.9	84.6	0.8
Wyoming	89.8	4.0	96.9	1.8	91.0	3.3	79.8	4.4

Key: ACE: angiotensin-converting enzyme; ARB: angiotensin receptor blocker; SE: standard error.

Source: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Medicare Quality Improvement Organization Program.

Current as of February 2011

Internet Citation: Table 4_2_1-2: 2010 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports. February 2011. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. http://www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/nhqrdr/nhqrdr10/4_heartdiseases/T4_2_1-2.html