The following is a list of hospitals of standardized infection ratios — observed to expected infection rates — for catheter-associated urinary tract infections for the 50 states and Washington D.C.
SIRs that are less than one indicate the state had fewer CAUTIs 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 CAUTIs from the baseline.
Here, states are listed from smallest to largest SIRs. Note that 12 states and Washington, D.C., have a SIR less than one.
The Hospital Compare data was gathered from July 1, 2013 through June 30, 2014, the most recent data available.
Note: States' SIRs show their individual progress in reducing CAUTIs and are not meant to compare actual CAUTI rates among states.
Wyoming — 0.596
Hawaii — 0.634
West Virginia — 0.826
Colorado — 0.877
North Dakota — 0.9
Oklahoma — 0.904
Montana —0.92
Idaho — 0.925
Vermont —0.929
Alabama — 0.956
New Hampshire — 0.99
Ohio — 0.993
Washington, D.C. — 0.999
Louisiana — 1.001
Iowa — 1.036
Florida — 1.039
Arkansas — 1.06
Kansas — 1.075
Oregon — 1.075
Alaska — 1.079
Virginia — 1.102
Texas — 1.123
Illinois — 1.13
Nevada — 1.15
Wisconsin — 1.15
Missouri — 1.197
New Mexico — 1.2
South Dakota — 1.204
California — 1.215
New Jersey — 1.229
Pennsylvania — 1.231
Kentucky — 1.252
Washington — 1.256
Mississippi — 1.258
Arizona — 1.283
North Carolina — 1.29
Tennessee — 1.293
Michigan — 1.322
New York — 1.322
Delaware — 1.356
Rhode Island — 1.365
Nebraska — 1.42
Indiana — 1.432
Georgia — 1.438
Minnesota — 1.457
South Carolina — 1.514
Maine — 1.578
Connecticut — 1.58
Maryland — 1.609
Massachusetts — 1.696
Utah — 1.281