Table 8_2

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Table 8_2_7.3
Deaths per 1,000 adult hospital admissions with pneumonia as principal diagnosis (excluding obstetric and neonatal admissions and transfers to another hospital), by State, 2000 and 2005
State	2005		2000
State	Rate^a	SE	Rate^a	SE
Total	49.0	0.2	74.0	0.2
Arizona	33.1	1.7	55.1	1.9
Arkansas	66.0	2.0	DNC	DNC
California	49.4	0.7	72.6	0.7
Colorado	38.2	2.2	54.9	2.4
Connecticut	48.9	1.7	67.4	1.9
Florida	40.6	0.9	62.7	0.9
Georgia	51.4	1.3	80.0	1.4
Hawaii	69.4	3.6	77.2	3.9
Illinois	48.0	1.0	66.7	1.0
Iowa	57.4	2.1	74.1	2.2
Kansas	50.5	2.2	72.2	2.3
Kentucky	50.5	1.5	76.8	1.6
Maryland	33.6	1.6	61.3	1.7
Massachusetts	50.9	1.4	76.4	1.4
Michigan	38.7	1.1	66.3	1.2
Minnesota	42.2	1.8	DNC	DNC
Missouri	49.2	1.4	73.9	1.5
Nebraska	51.7	2.8	DNC	DNC
Nevada	38.6	2.7	DNC	DNC
New Hampshire	58.3	3.8	DNC	DNC
New Jersey	51.1	1.2	75.2	1.2
New York	62.0	0.8	87.8	0.8
North Carolina	58.1	1.3	87.9	1.4
Oklahoma	65.5	1.7	DNC	DNC
Oregon	49.9	2.3	76.1	2.5
Rhode Island	45.7	3.1	DNC	DNC
South Carolina	59.7	1.9	87.4	2.0
Tennessee	52.2	1.3	84.5	1.3
Texas	48.0	0.8	75.1	0.9
Utah	36.7	3.1	61.8	3.4
Vermont	63.0	5.2	DNC	DNC
Washington	46.4	1.8	67.8	1.9
West Virginia	56.6	2.2	76.8	2.2
Wisconsin	49.2	1.7	75.7	1.8

^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.