2007 National Healthcare Quality Report: Data Tables Appendix--Table 1.102c

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Table 1.102c
Percent of pneumonia patients who had blood cultures collected before antibiotics were administered, all payers, by State, 2004 and 2006

State	2006	2004
State	Percent^a	Percent^a
Total^b	90	82
Alabama	88	78
Alaska	94	88
Arizona	86	82
Arkansas	94	84
California	89	81
Colorado	92	82
Connecticut	90	84
Delaware	84	81
District of Columbia	82	72
Florida	88	82
Georgia	89	79
Hawaii	88	84
Idaho	94	88
Illinois	91	82
Indiana	91	82
Iowa	95	84
Kansas	95	84
Kentucky	89	77
Louisiana	89	80
Maine	89	83
Maryland	87	82
Massachusetts	90	81
Michigan	90	83
Minnesota	94	82
Mississippi	89	79
Missouri	91	79
Montana	92	89
Nebraska	96	87
Nevada	78	68
New Hampshire	93	83
New Jersey	94	88
New Mexico	90	78
New York	88	81
North Carolina	90	81
North Dakota	92	80
Ohio	91	83
Oklahoma	90	82
Oregon	90	84
Pennsylvania	91	83
Rhode Island	88	81
South Carolina	92	81
South Dakota	95	80
Tennessee	90	80
Texas	90	79
Utah	91	77
Vermont	94	78
Virginia	90	84
Washington	90	84
West Virginia	89	82
Wisconsin	95	86
Wyoming	93	88

^a State average percent precalculated and supplied as part of the Hospital Compare database. The 2004 data reflect care for the period January to June 2004; the 2006 data reflect care for the period April 2005 to March 2006.

^b Estimates are the means of reporting States.

Source: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Hospital Compare.