Table 4_3

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Table 4_3_5.3
Deaths per 1,000 adult hospital admissions with congestive heart failure as principal diagnosis (excluding obstetric and neonatal hospital admissions and transfers to another hospital), by State, 2000 and 2005
State	2005		2000
State	Rate^a	SE	Rate^a	SE
Total	36.6	0.2	55.3	0.2
Arizona	26.8	1.5	44.1	1.9
Arkansas	55.6	1.7	DNC	DNC
California	35.6	0.6	51.9	0.7
Colorado	28.0	2.0	43.6	2.4
Connecticut	34.2	1.5	50.2	1.8
Florida	31.0	0.6	44.2	0.7
Georgia	34.4	1.1	58.4	1.3
Hawaii	46.9	3.3	57.5	3.6
Illinois	34.4	0.8	51.1	1.0
Iowa	48.0	2.0	65.1	2.1
Kansas	40.9	2.0	67.8	2.3
Kentucky	39.6	1.3	58.7	1.6
Maryland	23.0	1.1	44.9	1.4
Massachusetts	36.5	1.2	52.7	1.4
Michigan	28.5	0.8	49.8	1.0
Minnesota	33.7	1.5	DNC	DNC
Missouri	39.2	1.2	55.6	1.4
Nebraska	47.0	2.8	DNC	DNC
Nevada	37.1	2.3	DNC	DNC
New Hampshire	47.0	3.3	DNC	DNC
New Jersey	37.8	0.9	57.6	1.0
New York	45.7	0.7	66.5	0.8
North Carolina	39.0	1.1	61.2	1.2
Oklahoma	43.5	1.7	DNC	DNC
Oregon	43.2	2.2	58.3	2.5
Rhode Island	36.4	2.5	DNC	DNC
South Carolina	50.7	1.5	64.0	1.8
Tennessee	43.8	1.1	66.5	1.3
Texas	35.6	0.7	57.0	0.8
Utah	33.7	3.3	51.1	3.7
Vermont	59.4	5.3	DNC	DNC
Washington	37.6	1.6	52.2	1.8
West Virginia	41.7	1.9	58.1	2.0
Wisconsin	38.9	1.5	56.8	1.7

^a Rates are adjusted by age, gender, age-gender interactions, and All Patient Refined-Diagnosis Related Group (APR-DRG) risk of mortality score.

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, version 3.1. 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.