T2_2_2_3

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 2_2_2.3
Deaths per 1,000 hospital admissions with acute myocardial infarction,^a age 18 and over,^b by State, 2000, 2004, 2007, and 2008
	2008		2007		2004		2000
State	Rate	SE	Rate	SE	Rate	SE	Rate	SE
Total	58.8	0.3	66.1	0.3	81.7	0.3	104.5	0.3
Arizona	46.0	2.0	48.7	2.2	71.3	2.3	95.4	2.5
Arkansas	78.6	2.9	91.1	3.2	114.8	3.1	DNC	DNC
California	63.7	1.0	70.4	1.0	82.8	1.0	102.4	1.0
Colorado	53.8	3.1	60.6	3.1	75.7	3.2	81.0	3.0
Connecticut	56.8	2.5	59.7	2.7	72.6	2.6	92.8	2.7
Florida	51.2	1.0	55.9	1.0	76.2	1.0	92.1	1.0
Georgia	61.5	1.8	68.7	2.0	85.7	2.0	115.8	2.2
Hawaii	68.6	4.4	84.3	4.5	90.7	4.5	113.7	4.9
Illinois	53.2	1.4	62.6	1.5	77.0	1.5	101.1	1.5
Indiana	58.1	1.9	66.4	2.0	78.5	2.0	DNC	DNC
Iowa	64.0	2.9	74.5	3.1	92.0	3.2	111.4	2.9
Kansas	66.5	3.4	71.7	3.6	88.8	3.7	119.4	3.5
Kentucky	57.8	2.0	65.6	2.1	79.4	2.2	103.9	2.3
Louisiana	68.1	2.4	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC
Maine	60.1	3.5	70.0	3.9	DNC	DNC	94.0	3.9
Maryland	58.8	2.4	66.7	2.3	70.4	2.1	92.0	2.1
Massachusetts	62.9	1.9	65.2	1.9	73.4	1.8	91.3	1.9
Michigan	45.6	1.4	55.2	1.4	67.3	1.4	99.3	1.5
Minnesota	61.5	2.4	66.9	2.5	71.7	2.5	DNC	DNC
Missouri	60.9	1.8	66.5	1.9	85.9	1.9	112.7	1.9
Nebraska	59.4	4.3	86.8	4.6	104.3	4.8	DNC	DNC
Nevada	67.0	3.6	74.5	3.7	85.1	3.4	DNC	DNC
New Hampshire	62.1	4.4	69.1	4.6	89.1	4.8	DNC	DNC
New Jersey	58.8	1.6	66.3	1.7	83.4	1.7	102.3	1.6
New York	61.2	1.2	70.0	1.2	88.5	1.1	108.2	1.2
North Carolina	56.6	1.6	70.0	1.8	84.8	1.8	108.8	1.8
Ohio	50.4	1.3	55.0	1.4	70.8	1.4	DNC	DNC
Oklahoma	68.3	2.7	72.7	2.8	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC
Oregon	62.7	2.8	74.4	2.9	90.1	3.2	110.5	3.4
Rhode Island	67.5	4.6	69.7	4.9	75.8	4.4	DNC	DNC
South Carolina	64.7	2.4	70.4	2.6	91.9	2.7	114.8	2.7
South Dakota	63.3	6.5	82.3	7.2	89.8	6.6	DNC	DNC
Tennessee	59.7	1.7	70.9	1.8	93.2	2.0	116.9	2.0
Texas	60.6	1.1	67.8	1.2	87.1	1.2	113.2	1.2
Utah	68.7	5.0	71.8	5.3	86.4	5.3	86.0	5.2
Vermont	86.3	7.4	71.6	7.2	105.5	7.8	DNC	DNC
Virginia	60.0	1.9	67.0	2.0	80.5	2.0	102.9	2.1
Washington	64.0	2.3	75.8	2.4	79.4	2.4	103.8	2.5
West Virginia	68.8	2.9	71.8	3.1	87.8	3.1	107.7	3.0
Wisconsin	60.6	2.2	64.6	2.3	92.1	2.4	116.5	2.5
Wyoming	85.1	11.5	94.0	10.8	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC

^a. Consistent with the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) Inpatient Quality Indicators (IQI) software, acute myocardial infarction must be the principal diagnosis. Excludes obstetric admissions and transfers to another hospital.

^b. Rates are adjusted by age, major diagnostic category (MDC), all patient refined-diagnosis related group (APR-DRG) risk of mortality score, and transfers into the hospital.� The AHRQ IQI software was modified to not use the present on admission (POA) indicators (or estimates of the likelihood of POA for secondary diagnosis).

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, modified version 4.1. State estimates are from the State Inpatient Databases (SID), and 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.

Page last reviewed October 2014

Internet Citation: T2_2_2_3: 2011 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports. October 2014. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. http://archive.ahrq.gov/research/findings/nhqrdr/nhqrdr11/2_heartdiseases/T2_2_2_3.html