2007 National Healthcare Quality Report: Data Tables Appendix--Table 2.6c

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Table 2.6c
Percent of adult surgery patients who received prophylactic antibiotics within 1 hour prior to surgical incision, all payers, by State, 2005 and 2006

State	2006	2005
State	Percent^a	Percent^a
Total^b	78	72
Alabama	74	75
Alaska	74	55
Arizona	71	73
Arkansas	74	72
California	73	67
Colorado	82	68
Connecticut	85	85
Delaware	87	82
District of Columbia	82	88
Florida	81	76
Georgia	69	67
Hawaii	73	55
Idaho	87	78
Illinois	75	69
Indiana	78	67
Iowa	77	71
Kansas	77	62
Kentucky	76	62
Louisiana	67	69
Maine	85	73
Maryland	84	79
Massachusetts	83	80
Michigan	81	79
Minnesota	77	62
Mississippi	77	65
Missouri	78	77
Montana	85	81
Nebraska	82	69
Nevada	68	69
New Hampshire	77	66
New Jersey	88	81
New Mexico	68	70
New York	81	72
North Carolina	83	77
North Dakota	87	85
Ohio	78	72
Oklahoma	77	76
Oregon	71	77
Pennsylvania	76	63
Rhode Island	91	94
South Carolina	80	77
South Dakota	86	85
Tennessee	73	68
Texas	69	63
Utah	71	61
Vermont	83	78
Virginia	77	65
Washington	81	76
West Virginia	73	65
Wisconsin	83	76
Wyoming	75	51

^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.