Table 4_4_1-3

2010 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports

The National Healthcare Quality Report (NHQR) is a comprehensive national overview of quality of health care in the United States. It is organized around four dimensions of quality of care: effectiveness, patient safety, timeliness, and patient centeredness.

Table 4_4_1.3
Deaths per 1,000 admissions with abdominal aortic aneurysm repair (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	56.8	1.2	64.4	1.2	68.3	1.2	66.3	1.1	83.7	1.0
Arizona	50.7	8.2	49.0	8.4	48.3	8.2	64.3	7.8	86.6	7.6
Arkansas	74.8	13.2	90.7	12.2	89.7	12.0	60.0	12.3	DNC	DNC
California	62.4	4.2	64.8	4.4	74.2	4.2	63.3	4.0	80.1	3.5
Colorado	56.4	9.9	58.9	10.7	61.1	10.4	57.2	9.9	84.4	9.1
Connecticut	68.8	10.7	75.1	9.7	60.7	9.8	65.7	10.1	90.5	8.1
Florida	56.7	4.3	60.8	4.1	62.2	4.0	58.1	4.1	79.6	3.5
Georgia	53.0	8.3	61.4	8.0	72.8	8.0	82.0	8.8	93.0	7.8
Hawaii	87.8	20.3	DSU	DSU	76.9	17.3	DSU	DSU	88.2	23.4
Illinois	60.4	5.8	54.5	5.8	64.6	5.9	57.2	6.0	81.5	5.4
Iowa	35.6	10.2	55.4	12.9	62.1	12.0	81.1	11.1	80.6	9.1
Kansas	90.0	16.7	53.2	13.8	77.1	13.0	53.6	14.3	86.1	12.8
Kentucky	56.3	8.9	61.9	9.8	53.0	9.2	59.3	8.9	87.6	8.4
Maine	DSU	DSU	54.4	14.8	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC
Maryland	48.1	9.3	57.8	9.0	56.6	8.3	51.5	8.4	69.5	7.9
Massachusetts	54.1	6.9	70.8	6.9	58.5	6.7	69.8	6.9	82.1	5.8
Michigan	52.2	5.9	75.5	6.0	63.8	5.6	68.0	5.7	80.1	5.4
Minnesota	32.9	8.3	42.6	8.4	54.3	7.9	42.4	8.5	DNC	DNC
Missouri	59.3	7.0	61.1	7.2	65.5	7.1	69.0	6.7	80.5	6.2
Nebraska	62.2	14.5	97.5	14.4	78.0	17.4	86.5	16.0	DNC	DNC
Nevada	62.2	12.0	51.0	10.8	69.1	12.0	71.6	11.1	DNC	DNC
New Hampshire	62.8	15.8	70.5	16.6	79.3	15.3	71.0	15.8	DNC	DNC
New Jersey	77.7	7.5	84.6	6.9	83.1	6.6	81.3	7.1	105.3	6.0
New York	67.1	4.7	74.5	4.8	82.9	4.9	77.4	4.6	93.1	4.1
North Carolina	60.8	7.0	63.9	7.1	70.0	7.4	57.5	7.2	92.1	6.3
Oklahoma	66.3	9.8	72.4	11.4	63.8	10.0	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC
Oregon	70.6	10.7	77.3	10.3	65.7	10.5	71.5	10.3	78.8	10.0
Rhode Island	67.5	17.9	78.7	21.8	DSU	DSU	95.7	14.7	DNC	DNC
South Carolina	56.6	9.7	67.1	11.0	72.0	11.2	70.2	10.8	91.3	9.3
Tennessee	55.3	7.3	54.1	7.5	70.0	7.3	75.6	8.2	84.1	6.7
Texas	51.1	4.8	42.5	5.1	60.1	4.9	61.6	4.9	82.3	4.2
Utah	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	72.5	17.8	DSU	DSU	80.3	16.6
Vermont	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DNC	DNC
Virginia	71.4	8.3	55.7	8.0	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC
Washington	76.2	8.2	61.2	9.1	59.0	8.6	56.5	8.3	95.9	8.3
West Virginia	55.5	14.8	55.2	14.4	57.4	16.6	77.1	12.5	115.9	11.6
Wisconsin	59.3	7.3	57.4	8.3	79.0	8.0	71.1	7.9	76.1	7.6
Wyoming	DSU	DSU	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.

DSU - Data do not meet the criteria for statistical reliability, data quality, or confidentiality.

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 Unites 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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