| Measure1 |
Definition |
All-State Average2 |
State Rate |
State Rank |
| Cancer |
| Breast cancer deaths |
Breast cancer deaths per 100,000 female population per year |
24.0 |
24 |
31 |
| Colorectal cancer deaths |
Colorectal cancer deaths per 100,000 population per year |
17.3 |
16.8 |
15 |
| Diabetes |
| Diabetes flu shots |
Percentage of noninstitutionalized high-risk adults ages 18-64 with diabetes who had a flu shot in the last 12 months |
42.8 |
51.2 |
9 |
| End stage renal disease |
| Dialysis and good urea reduction - Medicare |
Percentage of adult hemodialysis patients with adequate dialysis (urea reduction ratio 65% or greater), Medicare |
95.0 |
94.7 |
24 |
| Heart and vascular diseases |
| Heart attack - recommended hospital care |
Percentage of hospital patients with heart attack who received recommended hospital care |
95.6 |
95.4 |
29 |
| Heart failure - recommended hospital care received |
Percentage of hospital patients with heart failure who received recommended hospital care (evaluation of left ventricular ejection fraction and ACE inhibitor or ARB prescription at discharge, if indicated, for left ventricular systolic dysfunction) |
91.0 |
91.9 |
12 |
| Maternal and child health |
| Prenatal care |
Percentage of women who completed a pregnancy in the last 12 months who received prenatal care in the first trimester |
83.6 |
80.2 |
28 |
| Children fully vaccinated |
Percentage of children ages 19-35 months who received all recommended vaccines (4:3:1:3:3) |
81.0 |
83.5 |
12 |
| Mental health |
| Suicide deaths |
Suicide deaths per 100,000 population |
10.4 |
6 |
2 |
| Respiratory diseases |
| Pneumonia vaccine ever - age 65 plus |
Percentage of adults age 65 and over who ever received a pneumococcal vaccination |
67.2 |
60.7 |
47 |
| Pneumonia - recommended hospital care received |
Percentage of hospital patients with pneumonia who received recommended hospital care |
81.1 |
79.3 |
34 |
| HIV and AIDS |
| HIV deaths |
HIV-infection deaths per 100,000 population |
2.9 |
8.2 |
35 |
| Surgical Care |
| Inpatient surgery - appropriate antibiotic timing |
Percentage of adult surgery patients who received appropriate timing of antibiotics |
81.1 |
80.2 |
29 |
| Nursing home, home health, and hospice care |
| Nursing home long-stay residents - physically restrained |
Percentage of long-stay nursing home residents who were physically restrained |
4.0 |
3.6 |
21 |
| Nursing home long-stay residents - low-risk with pressure sores |
Percentage of low-risk long-stay nursing home residents who have pressure sores |
2.0 |
2.3 |
29 |
| Home health care - improved mobility |
Percentage of home health care patients who get better at walking or moving around |
40.3 |
36.1 |
47 |
| Getting appointments for care |
| Always got appointment for illness/injury/condition - adults on Medicare managed care |
Percentage of adults who needed care right away for an illness, injury, or condition in the last 12 months who always got care as soon as wanted, Medicare managed care |
70.4 |
69.7 |
27 |
| Patient experience of care |
| Always had good communication with providers - adults on Medicare managed care |
Percentage of adults who had a doctor's office or clinic visit in the last 12 months whose health providers always listened carefully, explained things clearly, respected what they had to say, and spent enough time with them, Medicare managed care |
75.3 |
75.4 |
23 |
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