Table 8_2_2-2

2010 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports

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Table 8_2_2.2
Hospital patients with pneumonia who had blood cultures collected before antibiotics were administered, by State, 2005-2008
	2008		2007		2006		2005
State	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE
Total	92.9	0.0	90.8	0.0	90.0	0.0	82.9	0.0
Alabama	93.1	0.3	89.7	0.3	88.6	0.3	79.6	0.3
Alaska	90.4	1.0	92.4	1.0	91.9	1.1	87.4	1.2
Arizona	90.8	0.3	88.1	0.4	87.3	0.4	78.5	0.4
Arkansas	93.1	0.3	91.3	0.4	91.6	0.4	84.4	0.4
California	92.4	0.1	90.5	0.1	89.3	0.1	82.0	0.2
Colorado	93.9	0.3	91.6	0.4	91.7	0.4	83.2	0.5
Connecticut	91.1	0.4	90.6	0.4	89.8	0.4	84.1	0.4
Delaware	89.7	0.9	87.7	0.9	85.0	1.0	78.7	1.0
District of Columbia	82.9	1.5	80.5	1.4	82.8	1.1	70.8	1.2
Florida	94.2	0.1	89.8	0.2	88.3	0.2	82.3	0.2
Georgia	92.9	0.2	90.0	0.3	89.2	0.3	80.7	0.3
Hawaii	89.7	0.7	87.8	0.8	88.3	0.7	84.0	0.7
Idaho	95.0	0.5	94.0	0.6	92.9	0.6	85.9	0.8
Illinois	93.4	0.2	91.9	0.2	91.2	0.2	83.9	0.2
Indiana	92.9	0.2	92.1	0.3	91.0	0.3	83.5	0.3
Iowa	95.4	0.3	94.4	0.3	93.8	0.3	85.3	0.4
Kansas	94.3	0.4	93.5	0.4	94.3	0.4	84.8	0.5
Kentucky	92.8	0.2	90.9	0.3	89.9	0.3	82.3	0.3
Louisiana	92.1	0.3	89.1	0.3	89.1	0.3	80.4	0.4
Maine	90.0	0.6	89.6	0.6	88.4	0.6	83.0	0.6
Maryland	89.8	0.3	86.9	0.4	87.0	0.3	82.8	0.3
Massachusetts	91.9	0.3	89.5	0.3	89.8	0.3	81.5	0.3
Michigan	93.2	0.2	91.3	0.2	89.9	0.2	83.4	0.2
Minnesota	94.0	0.3	92.3	0.3	91.8	0.3	82.8	0.4
Mississippi	93.4	0.3	92.1	0.4	90.2	0.4	83.4	0.4
Missouri	94.9	0.2	92.2	0.2	91.6	0.2	84.1	0.3
Montana	93.3	0.7	91.2	0.8	91.9	0.7	87.0	0.7
Nebraska	96.2	0.4	94.8	0.4	95.2	0.4	86.5	0.5
Nevada	90.1	0.6	86.1	0.7	82.5	0.7	69.4	0.8
New Hampshire	94.7	0.5	92.7	0.6	91.6	0.6	82.7	0.7
New Jersey	95.5	0.2	93.6	0.2	94.0	0.2	90.1	0.2
New Mexico	88.7	0.6	87.1	0.6	88.7	0.6	81.9	0.6
New York	90.7	0.2	88.4	0.2	87.5	0.2	81.5	0.2
North Carolina	93.3	0.2	91.5	0.2	90.6	0.2	84.0	0.3
North Dakota	92.4	0.7	93.6	0.7	94.4	0.7	83.9	0.9
Ohio	94.0	0.2	91.5	0.2	91.3	0.2	83.8	0.2
Oklahoma	93.1	0.3	92.3	0.3	92.0	0.3	85.0	0.3
Oregon	92.3	0.4	91.9	0.4	91.2	0.4	82.3	0.5
Pennsylvania	93.2	0.2	91.6	0.2	90.9	0.2	84.2	0.2
Puerto Rico	70.7	0.9	68.3	0.9	70.4	0.8	65.4	0.7
Rhode Island	93.5	0.6	91.2	0.6	89.9	0.6	82.9	0.7
South Carolina	94.8	0.2	91.2	0.3	91.8	0.3	84.6	0.4
South Dakota	93.0	0.8	93.3	0.8	93.6	0.7	82.9	0.8
Tennessee	93.9	0.2	92.1	0.2	89.3	0.2	81.2	0.3
Texas	92.9	0.1	90.7	0.1	89.6	0.2	82.4	0.2
Utah	93.6	0.5	89.2	0.6	90.3	0.5	82.1	0.6
Vermont	96.2	0.6	93.8	0.7	92.6	0.8	86.0	1.0
Virginia	94.1	0.2	91.9	0.3	90.8	0.3	84.2	0.3
Washington	92.8	0.3	90.5	0.3	91.1	0.3	84.4	0.4
West Virginia	92.8	0.3	90.2	0.4	90.2	0.4	80.9	0.4
Wisconsin	94.7	0.2	94.3	0.2	93.9	0.2	86.7	0.3
Wyoming	88.3	1.0	90.4	0.9	89.2	1.0	82.9	1.1

Key: SE: standard error.

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

Current as of February 2011

Internet Citation: Table 8_2_2-2: 2010 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports. February 2011. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. http://www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/nhqrdr/nhqrdr10/8_respiratorydiseases/T8_2_2-2.html