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Health Care-Associated Infections: State-by-State View [Rename]

Alabama (AL)Info 
0.74 ratio
0.56 ratio
0.62 ratio
0.70 ratio
1.01 ratio
0.63 ratio
Alaska (AK)Info 
0.46 ratio
1.03 ratio
1.14 ratio
1.23 ratio
0.62 ratio
0.85 ratio
Arizona (AZ)Info 
0.50 ratio
0.73 ratio
0.98 ratio
0.81 ratio
0.80 ratio
0.73 ratio
Arkansas (AR)Info 
0.58 ratio
0.81 ratio
1.05 ratio
0.70 ratio
1.19 ratio
0.75 ratio
California (CA)Info 
0.54 ratio
0.87 ratio
0.94 ratio
0.95 ratio
0.86 ratio
0.79 ratio
Colorado (CO)Info 
0.48 ratio
0.60 ratio
1.10 ratio
0.67 ratio
0.72 ratio
0.92 ratio
Connecticut (CT)Info 
0.52 ratio
0.85 ratio
0.86 ratio
1.00 ratio
0.79 ratio
0.88 ratio
Delaware (DE)Info 
0.31 ratio
0.83 ratio
0.68 ratio
2.13 ratio
0.96 ratio
0.76 ratio
District Of Columbia (DC)Info 
0.58 ratio
0.74 ratio
0.90 ratio
1.02 ratio
0.91 ratio
0.91 ratio
Florida (FL)Info 
0.53 ratio
0.68 ratio
0.75 ratio
0.77 ratio
1.05 ratio
0.65 ratio
Georgia (GA)Info 
0.63 ratio
0.87 ratio
0.81 ratio
0.87 ratio
1.01 ratio
0.70 ratio
Hawaii (HI)Info 
0.13 ratio
0.46 ratio
0.79 ratio
0.23 ratio
0.55 ratio
0.62 ratio
Idaho (ID)Info 
0.36 ratio
0.68 ratio
1.13 ratio
0.73 ratio
0.33 ratio
0.77 ratio
Illinois (IL)Info 
0.49 ratio
0.72 ratio
0.94 ratio
0.96 ratio
0.57 ratio
0.94 ratio
Indiana (IN)Info 
0.58 ratio
0.81 ratio
0.94 ratio
0.97 ratio
0.74 ratio
0.80 ratio
Iowa (IA)Info 
0.56 ratio
0.75 ratio
0.95 ratio
1.10 ratio
0.61 ratio
0.85 ratio
Kansas (KS)Info 
0.47 ratio
0.72 ratio
0.99 ratio
0.71 ratio
0.75 ratio
0.83 ratio
Kentucky (KY)Info 
0.61 ratio
0.72 ratio
1.04 ratio
0.94 ratio
0.95 ratio
0.74 ratio
Louisiana (LA)Info 
0.77 ratio
0.68 ratio
0.99 ratio
0.89 ratio
1.08 ratio
0.73 ratio
Maine (ME)Info 
0.74 ratio
1.01 ratio
1.13 ratio
0.50 ratio
0.78 ratio
0.70 ratio
Maryland (MD)Info 
N/A
N/A
1.03 ratio
1.39 ratio
1.00 ratio
0.92 ratio
Massachusetts (MA)Info 
0.44 ratio
0.90 ratio
0.85 ratio
1.15 ratio
0.72 ratio
0.86 ratio
Michigan (MI)Info 
0.47 ratio
0.81 ratio
1.04 ratio
1.05 ratio
0.85 ratio
0.79 ratio
Minnesota (MN)Info 
0.44 ratio
0.85 ratio
1.14 ratio
1.59 ratio
0.52 ratio
0.84 ratio
Mississippi (MS)Info 
0.64 ratio
0.63 ratio
1.07 ratio
1.24 ratio
0.91 ratio
0.75 ratio
Missouri (MO)Info 
0.44 ratio
0.76 ratio
0.89 ratio
0.67 ratio
0.75 ratio
0.74 ratio
Montana (MT)Info 
0.54 ratio
0.58 ratio
1.52 ratio
0.92 ratio
0.57 ratio
0.78 ratio
National AverageInfo 
1.00 ratio
1.00 ratio
1.00 ratio
1.00 ratio
1.00 ratio
1.00 ratio
National Top 10% Info 
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
Nebraska (NE)Info 
0.62 ratio
0.98 ratio
1.16 ratio
0.49 ratio
0.75 ratio
0.86 ratio
Nevada (NV)Info 
0.43 ratio
0.57 ratio
0.97 ratio
0.80 ratio
0.85 ratio
0.77 ratio
New Hampshire (NH)Info 
0.77 ratio
0.65 ratio
1.06 ratio
1.32 ratio
0.63 ratio
0.94 ratio
New Jersey (NJ)Info 
0.60 ratio
0.87 ratio
0.75 ratio
0.83 ratio
0.90 ratio
0.86 ratio
New Mexico (NM)Info 
0.64 ratio
0.84 ratio
1.21 ratio
1.45 ratio
0.48 ratio
0.99 ratio
New York (NY)Info 
0.47 ratio
0.76 ratio
0.98 ratio
1.04 ratio
1.00 ratio
0.76 ratio
North Carolina (NC)Info 
0.46 ratio
0.74 ratio
0.81 ratio
0.51 ratio
0.82 ratio
0.78 ratio
North Dakota (ND)Info 
0.41 ratio
0.53 ratio
1.49 ratio
1.75 ratio
0.96 ratio
1.02 ratio
Ohio (OH)Info 
0.42 ratio
0.61 ratio
0.78 ratio
0.78 ratio
0.92 ratio
0.82 ratio
Oklahoma (OK)Info 
0.50 ratio
0.67 ratio
0.86 ratio
0.86 ratio
0.94 ratio
0.69 ratio
Oregon (OR)Info 
0.42 ratio
0.92 ratio
0.76 ratio
1.05 ratio
0.66 ratio
0.77 ratio
Pennsylvania (PA)Info 
0.51 ratio
0.78 ratio
0.80 ratio
0.92 ratio
0.79 ratio
0.82 ratio
Puerto Rico (PR)Info 
0.41 ratio
0.44 ratio
N/A
N/A
0.46 ratio
0.38 ratio
Rhode Island (RI)Info 
0.52 ratio
0.99 ratio
1.45 ratio
1.64 ratio
0.65 ratio
1.04 ratio
South Carolina (SC)Info 
0.68 ratio
0.82 ratio
0.86 ratio
0.84 ratio
0.95 ratio
0.83 ratio
South Dakota (SD)Info 
0.29 ratio
0.87 ratio
1.35 ratio
0.93 ratio
0.52 ratio
0.69 ratio
Tennessee (TN)Info 
0.48 ratio
0.77 ratio
0.75 ratio
0.87 ratio
1.15 ratio
0.76 ratio
Texas (TX)Info 
0.48 ratio
0.70 ratio
0.88 ratio
0.80 ratio
0.82 ratio
0.74 ratio
Utah (UT)Info 
0.39 ratio
0.97 ratio
1.16 ratio
1.00 ratio
0.68 ratio
1.09 ratio
Vermont (VT)Info 
0.45 ratio
0.56 ratio
1.33 ratio
1.33 ratio
0.57 ratio
0.86 ratio
Virgin Islands (VI)Info 
2.48 ratio
2.68 ratio
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
Virginia (VA)Info 
0.48 ratio
0.78 ratio
1.03 ratio
0.86 ratio
0.85 ratio
0.69 ratio
Washington (WA)Info 
0.41 ratio
0.78 ratio
0.86 ratio
0.76 ratio
0.56 ratio
0.94 ratio
West Virginia (WV)Info 
0.42 ratio
0.48 ratio
1.44 ratio
0.78 ratio
1.37 ratio
0.85 ratio
Wisconsin (WI)Info 
0.40 ratio
0.68 ratio
0.83 ratio
1.04 ratio
0.53 ratio
0.84 ratio
Wyoming (WY)Info 
0.24 ratio
0.39 ratio
0.14 ratio
0.00 ratio
0.44 ratio
0.74 ratio
 
N/A: Not all hospitals report all data for all measures

Note: The health care-associated infection (HAI) data are reported as standardized infection ratios (SIRs).  A SIR greater than 1.0 means that more HAIs were observed in a facility or state than predicted, and a SIR less than 1.0 means there were fewer HAIs observed than predicted.  A score of 0, meaning no infections, is best. So, for example, a hospital with a SIR of 1.50 reported 50% more infections than would be predicted from national rates, and one with a SIR of 0.70 reported 30% fewer infections than national rates for its mix of ICUs.

NA: Not all hospitals report health care-associated infection data.  For more information, see Methodology. 

 
 

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