Table 11_1_1_4

2011 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 11_1_1.4
Long-stay^a nursing home residents who had moderate to severe pain, by race/ethnicity^b and State, 2009^c
			Non-Hispanic
	Total		White		Black		AI/AN		API		Hispanic, all races
State	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE
Total	6.25	0.02	6.56	0.03	5.15	0.05	9.03	0.39	2.89	0.12	5.22	0.10
Alabama	4.12	0.14	4.63	0.17	2.70	0.22	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	0.00	0.00
Alaska	13.21	1.47	14.25	1.87	DSU	DSU	9.45	2.60	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Arizona	8.98	0.31	9.07	0.36	7.51	1.34	10.65	1.33	DSU	DSU	9.07	0.84
Arkansas	4.77	0.17	5.10	0.19	2.85	0.35	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
California	7.37	0.09	8.34	0.12	8.15	0.29	7.69	1.17	2.81	0.18	5.98	0.21
Colorado	6.67	0.21	6.78	0.23	5.89	0.98	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	6.21	0.69
Connecticut	4.76	0.14	4.85	0.16	4.88	0.50	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	3.51	0.62
Delaware	5.72	0.39	5.51	0.44	6.90	0.91	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
District of Columbia	1.49	0.25	DSU	DSU	1.63	0.29	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Florida	5.47	0.10	5.97	0.12	4.82	0.22	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	2.98	0.23
Georgia	6.06	0.14	6.81	0.18	4.68	0.21	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	4.26	1.26
Hawaii	3.67	0.32	6.19	0.92	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	2.89	0.33	DSU	DSU
Idaho	8.06	0.45	8.16	0.46	DSU	DSU	0.00	0.00	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Illinois	7.13	0.10	7.61	0.12	5.63	0.21	13.76	3.30	3.02	0.53	5.88	0.52
Indiana	5.67	0.12	5.80	0.13	4.41	0.39	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	4.74	1.40
Iowa	7.17	0.17	7.13	0.17	9.42	1.76	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Kansas	7.40	0.20	7.49	0.21	5.78	0.87	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	7.37	1.77
Kentucky	6.24	0.17	6.36	0.18	4.68	0.52	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Louisiana	7.00	0.17	7.72	0.21	5.52	0.28	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Maine	6.53	0.34	6.45	0.34	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Maryland	2.78	0.12	3.11	0.15	2.26	0.18	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Massachusetts	3.41	0.09	3.40	0.10	3.46	0.45	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	3.10	0.61
Michigan	6.06	0.13	6.03	0.14	6.40	0.34	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	3.79	1.03
Minnesota	6.45	0.15	6.38	0.16	7.46	1.08	11.50	2.26	DSU	DSU	8.03	2.32
Mississippi	5.87	0.19	6.87	0.26	4.07	0.28	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Missouri	7.68	0.15	7.82	0.16	6.68	0.41	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	6.35	1.77
Montana	7.84	0.40	7.72	0.41	DSU	DSU	11.23	2.31	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Nebraska	7.71	0.25	7.75	0.26	7.10	1.40	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Nevada	8.89	0.48	9.15	0.54	7.79	1.53	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	11.05	2.39
New Hampshire	5.63	0.29	5.57	0.29	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
New Jersey	3.99	0.10	3.95	0.12	4.68	0.27	DSU	DSU	1.42	0.41	3.50	0.38
New Mexico	8.71	0.41	9.34	0.55	DSU	DSU	6.56	1.18	DSU	DSU	7.99	0.75
New York	4.69	0.07	4.75	0.08	4.66	0.16	8.74	2.09	3.31	0.40	4.48	0.23
North Carolina	5.20	0.12	5.52	0.15	4.35	0.23	6.14	1.59	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
North Dakota	7.48	0.36	7.27	0.36	DSU	DSU	15.93	3.44	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Ohio	9.50	0.11	9.56	0.12	9.15	0.30	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	8.55	1.31
Oklahoma	10.46	0.24	10.72	0.26	7.40	0.76	10.65	1.16	DSU	DSU	8.89	2.12
Oregon	8.49	0.37	8.35	0.38	8.15	2.35	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Pennsylvania	6.13	0.09	6.17	0.10	5.74	0.28	14.29	4.18	DSU	DSU	5.51	0.84
Puerto Rico	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Rhode Island	4.39	0.25	4.33	0.26	6.01	1.56	DSU	DSU	0.00	0.00	DSU	DSU
South Carolina	3.25	0.15	3.65	0.19	2.37	0.22	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
South Dakota	7.50	0.34	7.55	0.35	DSU	DSU	6.86	1.52	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Tennessee	4.50	0.12	4.68	0.14	3.51	0.28	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Texas	6.69	0.09	7.26	0.11	5.67	0.22	11.81	2.69	2.86	0.68	5.19	0.20
Utah	15.08	0.56	15.14	0.59	16.95	4.88	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	16.90	3.14
Vermont	5.84	0.46	5.88	0.46	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Virgin Islands	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Virginia	5.12	0.14	5.56	0.17	4.12	0.26	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Washington	8.78	0.23	8.88	0.25	10.75	1.32	17.02	3.16	2.99	0.74	7.38	1.59
West Virginia	5.99	0.26	5.93	0.26	6.93	1.39	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Wisconsin	7.01	0.16	7.08	0.16	5.03	0.77	10.14	2.48	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Wyoming	9.54	0.63	9.71	0.65	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU

^a. Long-stay residents typically enter a nursing facility because they can no longer care for themselves at home. They tend to stay in the facility for several months or years.

^b. Race/ethnicity categories exclude records with missing values.

^c. Data reflect care for the third quarter of each calendar year.

DSU: Data do no meet the criteria for statistical reliability, data quality, or confidentiality.

Key: AI/AN: American Indian or Alaska Native; API: Asian or Pacific Islander; SE: standard error.

Source: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Minimum Data Set.

Current as of March 2012

Internet Citation: Table 11_1_1_4: 2011 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports. March 2012. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. http://www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/nhqrdr/nhqrdr11/11_supportive_palliative_care/T11_1_1_4.html