The following are the standardized infection ratios — observed to expected infection rates — for catheter-associated urinary tract infections for every state (except Wyoming) 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 be predicted.
Here, states are listed from smallest to largest SIR, or from the states with the lowest infection rates to the highest infection rates as compared with expected infection rates.
Note: States' SIRs show their individual progress in reducing CAUTIs and are not meant to compare actual CAUTI rates among states. Data was updated April 16 and comes from CMS' Hospital Compare database.
North Dakota — 0.696
Hawaii — 0.712
Oklahoma — 0.747
West Virginia — 0.761
South Dakota — 0.775
Louisiana — 0.91
Florida — 0.916
Alaska — 0.935
Alabama — 0.948
Wisconsin — 0.954
Colorado — 0.956
Iowa — 0.961
New Mexico — 0.974
Kansas — 0.981
Texas — 1.004
New Jersey — 1.061
Arkansas — 1.021
New Hampshire — 1.028
Ohio — 1.031
Missouri — 1.04
Vermont — 1.052
Pennsylvania — 1.064
California — 1.078
Illinois — 1.095
Virginia — 1.115
Mississippi — 1.132
Georgia — 1.161
Michigan — 1.178
Washington — 1.197
North Carolina — 1.199
Kentucky — 1.201
Arizona — 1.211
Nevada — 1.237
Montana — 1.257
Idaho — 1.271
Nebraska — 1.272
Oregon — 1.29
Indiana — 1.314
New York — 1.357
Washington, D.C. — 1.367
Rhode Island — 1.456
Tennessee — 1.473
Delaware — 1.526
Minnesota — 1.544
Utah — 1.615
Massachusetts — 1.717
South Carolina — 1.729
Connecticut — 1.916
Maine — 2.004
Maryland — 2.092
(Wyoming was excluded because the measure did not apply for this reporting period)