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Table 1.107b
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, 2003 and 2004
State 2004 2003
Ratea Standard error Ratea Standard error
Total U.S. 69.8 0.2 76.5 0.2
Arizona 52.5 1.9 59.3 1.9
Arkansas 82.3 2.2 DNC DNC
California 71.0 0.7 79.1 0.6
Colorado 51.5 2.5 61.8 2.2
Florida 61.5 0.9 65.6 0.9
Georgia 73.0 1.5 82.5 1.4
Illinois 64.2 1.1 71.8 1.0
Iowa 69.3 2.4 69.4 2.3
Kansas 66.6 2.5 65.5 2.4
Kentucky 63.6 1.6 71.0 1.6
Maryland 57.1 1.6 66.9 1.5
Massachusetts 71.3 1.4 81.4 1.4
Michigan 53.7 1.2 65.0 1.2
Minnesota 63.3 2.0 66.5 2.0
Missouri 66.7 1.5 74.5 1.5
Nebraska 76.4 3.3 82.4 3.1
Nevada 59.7 3.2 70.0 3.1
New Hampshire 75.2 4.3 84.1 4.1
New Jersey 70.9 1.3 81.6 1.3
New York 85.7 0.9 94.6 0.9
North Carolina 82.7 1.3 91.2 1.3
Oregon 73.0 2.6 78.6 2.5
Rhode Island 65.7 3.4 67.4 3.2
South Carolina 91.8 2.1 98.5 2.0
Tennessee 74.6 1.4 85.0 1.4
Texas 68.9 0.9 82.2 0.9
Utah 52.0 3.7 62.5 3.3
Vermont 91.1 6.0 84.1 5.9
Virginia 75.7 1.6 84.1 1.5
Washington 67.5 1.9 74.5 1.8
West Virginia 70.9 2.3 77.8 2.3
Wisconsin 67.2 1.9 75.0 1.9

a Rates are adjusted by age, gender, age-gender interactions, and all patients refined (APR)-diagnosis related group (DRG) risk of mortality score.

DNC - Data were not collected.

Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Center for Delivery, Organization, and Markets, Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project (HCUP). State estimates are from the State Inpatient Databases (SID), and not all States participate in HCUP. Estimates for the total U.S. are from the Nationwide Inpatient Sample, which is drawn from the SID and weighted to give national estimates. For relevant denominator sources, go to Methods section.

 

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