Table 8_2_7-3

2010 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports

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Table 8_2_7.3
Deaths per 1,000 admissions with pneumonia as principal diagnosis (excluding obstetric and neonatal admissions and 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
Total	40.8	0.2	44.9	0.2	49.0	0.2	55.2	0.2	74.0	0.2
Arizona	23.3	1.8	31.4	1.7	33.1	1.7	39.7	1.8	55.1	1.9
Arkansas	53.1	2.1	60.7	2.1	66.0	2.0	62.8	2.1	DNC	DNC
California	44.5	0.7	47.1	0.7	49.4	0.7	55.8	0.6	72.6	0.7
Colorado	30.2	2.2	30.6	2.2	38.2	2.2	39.6	2.3	54.9	2.4
Connecticut	33.1	1.8	41.5	1.8	48.9	1.7	52.7	1.7	67.4	1.9
Florida	33.0	0.9	35.9	0.9	40.6	0.9	48.3	0.9	62.7	0.9
Georgia	43.0	1.4	49.2	1.4	51.4	1.3	57.7	1.4	80.0	1.4
Hawaii	54.7	3.7	67.3	3.7	69.4	3.6	68.2	3.5	77.2	3.9
Illinois	40.1	1.1	42.2	1.1	48.0	1.0	51.0	1.0	66.7	1.0
Iowa	41.0	2.1	50.2	2.2	57.4	2.1	54.5	2.2	74.1	2.2
Kansas	44.7	2.2	47.4	2.2	50.5	2.2	53.2	2.3	72.2	2.3
Kentucky	46.7	1.6	45.8	1.6	50.5	1.5	50.9	1.6	76.8	1.6
Maine	42.0	3.4	50.0	3.5	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC
Maryland	26.2	1.6	29.8	1.6	33.6	1.6	42.5	1.7	61.3	1.7
Massachusetts	38.9	1.4	44.6	1.4	50.9	1.4	55.2	1.4	76.4	1.4
Michigan	30.1	1.2	32.8	1.2	38.7	1.1	42.0	1.1	66.3	1.2
Minnesota	38.3	1.9	40.2	2.0	42.2	1.8	47.5	1.9	DNC	DNC
Missouri	41.0	1.5	44.3	1.5	49.2	1.4	51.9	1.5	73.9	1.5
Nebraska	56.9	2.8	60.5	2.9	51.7	2.8	59.1	2.9	DNC	DNC
Nevada	35.8	2.9	40.0	2.8	38.6	2.7	45.4	2.8	DNC	DNC
New Hampshire	48.8	3.7	54.8	3.7	58.3	3.8	60.9	3.8	DNC	DNC
New Jersey	38.7	1.3	42.1	1.3	51.1	1.2	55.6	1.2	75.2	1.2
New York	51.8	0.9	55.3	0.9	62.0	0.8	68.4	0.8	87.8	0.8
North Carolina	47.0	1.3	53.5	1.4	58.1	1.3	64.6	1.3	87.9	1.4
Oklahoma	53.1	1.8	55.4	1.8	65.5	1.7	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC
Oregon	41.4	2.3	48.3	2.4	49.9	2.3	58.0	2.5	76.1	2.5
Rhode Island	38.0	3.3	48.1	3.3	45.7	3.1	46.2	3.2	DNC	DNC
South Carolina	48.6	1.9	56.6	2.0	59.7	1.9	70.8	2.0	87.4	2.0
Tennessee	45.0	1.3	52.2	1.4	52.2	1.3	58.5	1.3	84.5	1.3
Texas	38.7	0.8	44.2	0.9	48.0	0.8	55.7	0.8	75.1	0.9
Utah	31.8	3.6	40.0	3.4	36.7	3.1	43.6	3.4	61.8	3.4
Vermont	49.9	4.9	61.6	5.6	63.0	5.2	72.8	5.3	DNC	DNC
Virginia	46.8	1.6	48.0	1.6	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC
Washington	40.3	1.9	41.9	1.9	46.4	1.8	52.7	2.0	67.8	1.9
West Virginia	54.4	2.2	51.4	2.2	56.6	2.2	57.5	2.1	76.8	2.2
Wisconsin	36.8	1.7	43.2	1.7	49.2	1.7	52.3	1.8	75.7	1.8
Wyoming	54.6	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 (APR-DRG) 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 8_2_7-3: 2010 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports. February 2011. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. http://www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/nhqrdr/nhqrdr10/8_respiratorydiseases/T8_2_7-3.html