Table 4_3_5-3

2010 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports

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Table 4_3_5.3
Deaths per 1,000 admissions with congestive heart failure as principal diagnosis (excluding obstetric and neonatal admissions and transfers to another hospital), age 18 and over, by State, 2000, 2004-2007
State	Rate^a	SE	Rate^a	SE	Rate^a	SE	Rate^a	SE	Rate^a	SE
	2007		2006		2005		2004		2000
United States	28.2	0.2	32.7	0.2	36.6	0.2	40.0	0.2	55.3	0.2
Arizona	16.8	1.4	20.5	1.5	26.8	1.5	28.4	1.5	44.1	1.9
Arkansas	45.2	1.8	50.9	1.7	55.6	1.7	59.9	1.7	DNC	DNC
California	29.3	0.6	32.3	0.6	35.6	0.6	40.2	0.6	51.9	0.7
Colorado	23.8	1.9	23.3	1.9	28.0	2.0	29.9	2.1	43.6	2.4
Connecticut	26.5	1.4	29.4	1.4	34.2	1.5	39.1	1.5	50.2	1.8
Florida	23.0	0.6	25.6	0.6	31.0	0.6	33.5	0.6	44.2	0.7
Georgia	27.6	1.0	32.4	1.1	34.4	1.1	40.5	1.1	58.4	1.3
Hawaii	38.0	3.0	37.3	3.1	46.9	3.3	47.1	3.3	57.5	3.6
Illinois	27.6	0.8	30.9	0.8	34.4	0.8	36.4	0.8	51.1	1.0
Iowa	35.9	1.8	42.2	2.0	48.0	2.0	48.2	2.0	65.1	2.1
Kansas	37.0	2.0	38.3	2.0	40.9	2.0	43.6	2.0	67.8	2.3
Kentucky	31.6	1.3	34.7	1.3	39.6	1.3	40.3	1.3	58.7	1.6
Maine	34.3	2.9	38.8	2.9	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC
Maryland	18.9	1.0	19.6	1.0	23.0	1.1	29.3	1.2	44.9	1.4
Massachusetts	28.0	1.1	32.4	1.1	36.5	1.2	38.1	1.2	52.7	1.4
Michigan	22.2	0.8	23.8	0.8	28.5	0.8	31.2	0.9	49.8	1.0
Minnesota	30.4	1.5	33.4	1.5	33.7	1.5	36.5	1.6	DNC	DNC
Missouri	32.1	1.2	35.7	1.2	39.2	1.2	39.2	1.2	55.6	1.4
Nebraska	38.2	2.5	36.2	2.5	47.0	2.8	49.8	2.9	DNC	DNC
Nevada	27.1	2.3	34.2	2.2	37.1	2.3	40.3	2.3	DNC	DNC
New Hampshire	38.9	3.1	41.0	3.3	47.0	3.3	46.6	3.3	DNC	DNC
New Jersey	28.2	0.9	32.5	0.9	37.8	0.9	40.6	0.9	57.6	1.0
New York	36.8	0.7	40.5	0.7	45.7	0.7	49.9	0.7	66.5	0.8
North Carolina	31.2	1.0	34.4	1.1	39.0	1.1	41.5	1.1	61.2	1.2
Oklahoma	35.4	1.6	41.2	1.7	43.5	1.7	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC
Oregon	33.5	1.9	41.4	2.0	43.2	2.2	49.8	2.3	58.3	2.5
Rhode Island	30.1	2.4	29.6	2.5	36.4	2.5	38.4	2.6	DNC	DNC
South Carolina	38.0	1.4	38.3	1.5	50.7	1.5	53.4	1.6	64.0	1.8
Tennessee	33.2	1.1	38.7	1.1	43.8	1.1	47.0	1.1	66.5	1.3
Texas	27.7	0.6	32.5	0.7	35.6	0.7	41.6	0.7	57.0	0.8
Utah	31.6	3.3	39.1	3.3	33.7	3.3	41.0	3.3	51.1	3.7
Vermont	57.1	5.3	56.9	5.3	59.4	5.3	57.9	5.2	DNC	DNC
Virginia	34.3	1.2	36.8	1.1	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC
Washington	31.4	1.5	32.6	1.6	37.6	1.6	39.2	1.6	52.2	1.8
West Virginia	33.9	1.8	35.9	1.9	41.7	1.9	43.8	1.8	58.1	2.0
Wisconsin	26.9	1.3	31.8	1.4	38.9	1.5	41.8	1.5	56.8	1.7
Wyoming	54.0	6.4	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.

Current as of February 2011

Internet Citation: Table 4_3_5-3: 2010 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports. February 2011. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. http://www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/nhqrdr/nhqrdr10/4_heartdiseases/T4_3_5-3.html