2007 National Healthcare Quality Report: Data Tables Appendix--Table 1.138b

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Table 1.138b
Percent of home health care patients who are short of breath less often, by State, 2005 and 2006

State	2006			2005
State	Number of providers	Percent	Standard error	Number of providers	Percent	Standard error
Total	8,547	56.4	0.2	6286	55.3	0.2
Alabama	143	59.5	1.0	139	56.7	1.0
Alaska	15	58.6	3.0	9	55.2	3.5
Arizona	79	62.7	1.0	65	62.2	0.9
Arkansas	172	47.3	1.4	132	45.2	1.5
California	597	61.7	0.6	515	60.0	0.6
Colorado	136	60.3	1.0	97	57.7	1.1
Connecticut	84	57.3	1.2	72	57.4	1.3
Delaware	16	58.0	3.5	13	59.7	1.9
District of Columbia	21	54.6	8.2	11	58.6	5.4
Florida	730	56.1	0.6	503	54.1	0.6
Georgia	97	60.6	1.3	91	58.2	1.4
Hawaii	14	70.6	2.3	13	69.0	1.8
Idaho	48	54.1	2.0	45	54.4	1.7
Illinois	418	57.9	0.9	286	60.1	0.8
Indiana	175	57.3	1.0	128	56.7	1.1
Iowa	177	52.5	1.1	123	51.2	1.1
Kansas	132	57.1	1.4	91	56.3	1.4
Kentucky	101	56.6	1.1	97	53.1	1.0
Louisiana	219	45.1	1.2	182	43.5	1.1
Maine	29	60.8	1.8	26	58.5	1.5
Maryland	49	66.9	1.5	44	64.4	1.3
Massachusetts	121	58.5	1.1	95	56.0	1.0
Michigan	316	61.8	0.7	252	61.4	0.6
Minnesota	206	54.3	1.2	112	53.5	1.2
Mississippi	56	56.7	1.7	53	54.1	1.5
Missouri	162	58.5	1.0	138	57.5	0.9
Montana	35	57.9	2.7	30	59.9	2.6
Nebraska	65	58.7	1.7	46	55.5	1.9
Nevada	62	61.1	1.7	47	59.8	1.9
New Hampshire	36	60.5	1.6	30	57.7	1.5
New Jersey	50	65.2	1.1	48	62.7	1.3
New Mexico	67	63.0	1.6	55	61.4	1.7
New York	184	59.6	0.9	152	58.4	0.9
North Carolina	167	61.8	0.8	157	60.4	0.7
North Dakota	26	63.2	3.6	22	61.0	2.9
Ohio	439	55.9	0.8	273	53.8	0.8
Oklahoma	205	47.2	1.3	165	44.9	1.3
Oregon	57	60.7	1.3	57	60.7	1.3
Pennsylvania	285	59.8	0.7	225	58.8	0.8
Rhode Island	21	64.1	1.6	20	60.2	1.7
South Carolina	67	64.9	1.1	61	63.5	1.1
South Dakota	38	56.3	2.7	24	56.8	2.6
Tennessee	139	57.8	1.0	129	55.2	1.1
Texas	1,724	48.0	0.6	954	48.3	0.6
Utah	56	64.9	1.7	45	63.3	1.4
Vermont	12	60.4	1.6	12	56.5	2.7
Virginia	173	59.7	1.0	143	58.0	1.1
Washington	60	62.3	1.2	56	61.5	1.1
West Virginia	61	57.8	1.2	56	55.2	1.3
Wisconsin	124	59.2	1.4	83	55.4	1.2
Wyoming	26	57.9	3.1	18	61.9	3.0

Source: Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Outcome and Assessment Information Set. Data were downloaded from http://www.medicare.gov/Download/DownloadDB.asp on March 31, 2006, for the 2005 estimates and on April 26, 2007 for the 2006 estimates.