Table 4_3_4-1

2010 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports

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Table 4_3_4.1
Admissions for congestive heart failure (excluding patients with cardiac procedures, obstetric conditions, and transfers from other institutions) 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	415.5	9.6	445.6	10.7	454.4	10.2	476.4	10.5	495.3	9.9
Arizona	250.8	2.3	269.1	2.4	293.4	2.6	295.7	2.6	312.1	3.0
Arkansas	471.8	4.4	521.7	4.7	533.8	4.8	555.6	4.9	DNC	DNC
California	322.1	1.1	346.2	1.2	362.3	1.2	368.5	1.2	392.4	1.3
Colorado	238.7	2.8	251.2	2.9	249.3	2.9	259.1	3.0	246.0	3.0
Connecticut	338.1	3.3	355.4	3.4	372.7	3.6	384.6	3.7	385.9	3.7
Florida	387.7	1.5	423.8	1.5	461.2	1.6	468.9	1.6	486.5	1.8
Georgia	517.5	3.0	552.0	3.1	577.9	3.2	578.3	3.2	526.5	3.1
Hawaii	277.4	5.2	291.2	5.2	304.3	5.5	314.6	5.5	339.0	6.2
Illinois	476.6	2.2	501.9	2.2	524.1	2.3	539.2	2.3	530.8	2.3
Indiana	462.0	3.0	488.5	3.2	512.2	3.3	523.1	3.3	DNC	DNC
Iowa	309.3	3.3	317.4	3.4	317.2	3.4	325.2	3.4	346.6	3.6
Kansas	356.1	4.1	384.1	4.4	382.1	4.2	401.9	4.4	418.6	4.7
Kentucky	557.1	4.2	597.3	4.2	620.4	4.4	649.8	4.5	622.5	4.7
Maine	308.1	4.9	316.5	5.0	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	417.8	6.2
Maryland	474.8	3.3	502.6	3.4	488.3	3.4	471.2	3.4	504.2	3.7
Massachusetts	404.7	2.8	424.8	2.9	397.5	2.7	419.2	2.8	427.5	2.8
Michigan	472.2	2.4	504.3	2.5	512.0	2.5	519.5	2.6	533.8	2.6
Minnesota	301.5	2.9	314.0	3.0	332.2	3.1	330.0	3.2	DNC	DNC
Missouri	451.3	3.0	469.1	3.1	499.5	3.2	524.2	3.3	490.2	3.4
Nebraska	282.8	4.4	296.9	4.6	298.9	4.9	310.6	5.0	DNC	DNC
Nevada	344.8	4.4	379.7	4.8	395.5	5.0	397.1	5.2	DNC	DNC
New Hampshire	279.1	5.0	295.2	5.3	297.5	5.4	317.9	5.6	DNC	DNC
New Jersey	469.5	2.6	464.0	2.5	490.9	2.6	518.9	2.7	573.0	2.9
New York	396.7	1.6	415.9	1.6	419.6	1.6	446.4	1.7	452.2	1.7
North Carolina	440.8	2.5	461.8	2.6	482.1	2.7	500.1	2.8	504.3	2.9
Ohio	469.9	2.3	505.3	2.3	521.5	2.4	545.4	2.4	DNC	DNC
Oklahoma	415.4	3.8	436.0	3.9	447.4	4.0	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC
Oregon	243.4	2.8	244.8	2.8	246.1	2.9	245.3	2.9	263.6	3.1
Rhode Island	410.1	6.4	427.6	6.5	449.5	6.7	440.7	6.6	DNC	DNC
South Carolina	456.2	3.6	488.2	3.8	506.5	4.0	530.8	4.5	574.0	4.8
Tennessee	548.0	3.6	572.8	3.6	602.1	3.8	603.6	3.6	567.7	3.6
Texas	469.4	1.9	507.7	2.0	521.0	2.2	529.4	2.6	518.8	2.5
Utah	188.1	3.6	204.3	4.0	229.9	9.2	233.1	4.2	226.7	4.3
Vermont	206.8	6.2	215.7	6.4	240.8	6.8	262.1	7.1	DNC	DNC
Virginia	391.6	2.6	434.8	2.8	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	502.7	3.2
Washington	255.9	2.3	260.9	2.3	276.8	2.4	272.2	2.4	274.9	2.5
West Virginia	529.9	5.5	573.8	5.7	586.9	5.8	648.2	6.3	691.6	6.4
Wisconsin	303.3	2.5	308.9	2.6	331.4	2.7	344.5	2.7	368.0	2.9
Wyoming	253.1	8.1	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 4_3_4-1: 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_3_4-1.html