SIRs that are less than one indicate the state had fewer CLABSIs than would have been predicted. SIRs greater than one indicate infection rates were higher than would have been predicted.
For SIRs less than one, subtracting the SIR from one shows the percent decrease in CLABSIs from the baseline.
Here, states are listed from smallest to largest SIRs. Note that all states have a SIR less than one.
The Hospital Compare data was gathered from January 1, 2015, through March 31, 2015, the most recent data available.
Note: States’ SIRs show their individual progress in reducing CLABSIs and are not meant to compare actual CLABSI rates among states.
Hawaii — 0.206
Idaho — 0.246
Wisconsin — 0.276
Utah — 0.285
Minnesota — 0.332
Delaware — 0.343
Oregon — 0.353
Wyoming — 0.378
Kansas — 0.392
Rhode Island — 0.399
Tennessee — 0.419
West Virginia — 0.42
South Dakota — 0.45
Illinois — 0.453
Colorado — 0.459
Massachusetts — 0.474
Missouri — 0.498
Michigan — 0.504
Texas — 0.516
Vermont — 0.517
North Carolina — 0.518
Nevada — 0.524
Virginia — 0.528
Arizona — 0.529
Oklahoma — 0.531
Pennsylvania — 0.532
Ohio — 0.535
California — 0.54
Maryland — 0.571
Iowa — 0.58
Washington — 0.581
Montana — 0.585
Florida — 0.586
Maine — 0.599
Indiana — 0.608
New Jersey — 0.61
New York — 0.62
South Carolina — 0.621
Kentucky— 0.623
Alaska — 0.633
North Dakota — 0.636
Nebraska — 0.641
Mississippi — 0.652
Georgia — 0.657
Arkansas — 0.68
Connecticut — 0.726
Alabama — 0.769
New Mexico — 0.79
New Hampshire — 0.793
District of Columbia — 0.799
Louisiana — 0.799
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