Table 4_2_2-3

2010 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports

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Table 4_2_2.3
Deaths per 1,000 admissions with acute myocardial infarction as principal diagnosis (excluding transfers to another hospital), 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	67.3	0.3	73.0	0.3	77.5	0.3	83.0	0.3	105.8	0.3
Arizona	50.6	2.5	64.1	2.6	71.3	2.5	73.5	2.5	98.3	2.8
Arkansas	93.6	3.5	96.2	3.5	107.7	3.4	117.3	3.4	DNC	DNC
California	72.2	1.1	77.3	1.1	81.2	1.1	84.3	1.1	103.2	1.1
Colorado	63.7	3.5	60.8	3.5	71.8	3.6	78.4	3.5	82.2	3.3
Connecticut	60.9	3.0	68.3	3.1	69.2	2.9	73.3	2.9	94.3	2.9
Florida	56.9	1.1	64.6	1.2	67.7	1.1	77.1	1.1	93.2	1.1
Georgia	71.0	2.2	81.5	2.3	88.1	2.2	88.3	2.2	118.2	2.4
Hawaii	84.4	5.0	89.1	4.8	81.9	4.9	90.8	4.9	113.4	5.4
Illinois	64.2	1.7	68.9	1.7	73.3	1.7	78.3	1.7	103.0	1.7
Iowa	76.5	3.5	83.6	3.8	88.7	3.7	94.2	3.6	113.3	3.3
Kansas	73.2	4.0	82.9	4.0	85.7	4.1	89.8	4.1	120.9	3.9
Kentucky	67.2	2.3	73.1	2.4	72.3	2.4	81.1	2.4	107.6	2.5
Maine	69.7	4.2	70.4	4.3	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC
Maryland	55.1	2.3	53.7	2.3	62.0	2.3	71.2	2.3	93.1	2.3
Massachusetts	66.4	2.1	64.4	2.1	73.5	2.1	74.3	2.0	92.4	2.1
Michigan	56.1	1.6	58.8	1.6	67.5	1.6	68.1	1.6	100.5	1.7
Minnesota	69.4	2.8	68.4	3.0	77.3	2.8	73.5	2.8	DNC	DNC
Missouri	68.9	2.1	78.2	2.2	80.9	2.2	88.1	2.1	115.0	2.1
Nebraska	90.9	5.2	90.9	5.5	104.1	5.5	106.3	5.4	DNC	DNC
Nevada	76.9	4.1	85.5	4.0	88.9	3.9	87.7	3.8	DNC	DNC
New Hampshire	73.2	5.2	74.5	5.3	80.8	5.4	91.4	5.3	DNC	DNC
New Jersey	67.9	1.9	79.4	2.0	81.3	1.9	84.6	1.8	103.2	1.7
New York	70.7	1.4	76.6	1.3	80.9	1.3	88.7	1.2	108.7	1.3
North Carolina	71.2	1.9	76.3	2.0	83.2	2.0	85.9	2.0	110.4	2.0
Oklahoma	74.4	3.1	89.1	3.1	97.7	3.1	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC
Oregon	76.0	3.2	76.2	3.4	91.7	3.5	91.0	3.5	111.4	3.8
Rhode Island	70.9	5.4	70.2	5.2	73.2	5.0	76.8	4.9	DNC	DNC
South Carolina	71.8	2.8	75.6	2.9	90.6	2.9	94.0	3.0	116.2	2.9
Tennessee	72.7	2.0	80.1	2.2	84.9	2.2	95.5	2.2	120.0	2.2
Texas	69.4	1.3	74.0	1.3	81.5	1.3	88.5	1.3	114.6	1.3
Utah	77.6	6.1	85.3	6.1	96.0	6.1	93.3	6.0	90.8	5.8
Vermont	72.1	7.9	86.4	8.9	78.8	8.4	106.1	8.6	DNC	DNC
Virginia	68.6	2.2	74.9	2.2	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC
Washington	78.6	2.6	77.7	2.9	82.5	2.7	81.6	2.6	106.3	2.8
West Virginia	73.1	3.4	81.6	3.4	84.9	3.4	89.0	3.4	109.9	3.3
Wisconsin	66.3	2.6	71.4	2.6	85.6	2.7	92.7	2.7	116.1	2.7
Wyoming	97.1	12.1	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC

^a Rates are adjusted by age, gender, age-gender interactions, and All Patient Refined-Diagnosis Related Group risk of mortality score.

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.

Page last reviewed October 2014

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