Table 10_4_2-1

2008 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports

The National Healthcare Quality Report (NHQR) is a comprehensive national overview of quality of health care in the United States. It is organized around four dimensions of quality of care: effectiveness, patient safety, timeliness, and patient centeredness.

Table 10_4_2.1
Obstetric trauma with 3rd or 4th degree lacerations per 1,000 vaginal deliveries without instrument assistance, United States, 2000 and 2005
Population group		2005		2000
Population group		Rate^a	SE	Rate^a	SE
Total		40.1	0.1	51.7	0.1
Age	10–14	61.5	3.8	98.2	3.4
	15–17	59.1	0.8	68.5	0.7
	18–24	38.9	0.2	48.3	0.2
	25–34	42.3	0.2	55.9	0.2
	35–54	29.7	0.3	39.5	0.3
Median income of patient's ZIP Code	First quartile (lowest income)	33.1	0.2	44.5	0.2
	Second quartile	38.6	0.2	48.7	0.2
	Third quartile	43.2	0.3	53.6	0.3
	Fourth quartile (highest income)	47.4	0.3	60.0	0.2
Location of patient residence	Large central metropolitan	41.2	0.2	51.8	0.2
	Large fringe metropolitan	43.1	0.3	54.8	0.2
	Medium metropolitan	39.2	0.3	52.1	0.3
	Small metropolitan	36.4	0.4	52.3	0.4
	Micropolitan (nonmetro)	37.1	0.4	44.0	0.4
	Noncore (nonmetro)	35.5	0.5	45.9	0.5
Expected payment source	Private insurance	46.1	0.2	58.8	0.2
	Medicare	37.2	1.9	33.4	1.8
	Medicaid	34.0	0.2	41.5	0.2
	Other insurance	36.5	0.8	51.2	0.8
	Uninsured/self-pay/no charge	36.3	0.6	44.3	0.6
Region of inpatient treatment	Northeast	36.0	0.3	55.3	0.3
	Midwest	44.4	0.3	54.6	0.3
	South	39.3	0.2	50.6	0.2
	West	40.7	0.3	47.9	0.3
Ownership/control of hospital	Private, not for profit	40.9	0.2	53.9	0.1
	Private, for profit	36.2	0.3	44.0	0.4
	Public	40.3	0.3	46.5	0.3
Teaching status of hospital	Teaching	44.8	0.2	57.1	0.2
Teaching status of hospital	Nonteaching	37.7	0.2	49.1	0.1
Location of hospital	Large central metropolitan	41.8	0.2	51.9	0.2
	Large fringe metropolitan	42.3	0.3	54.8	0.3
	Medium metropolitan	38.9	0.3	52.1	0.3
	Small metropolitan	37.8	0.4	53.5	0.4
	Micropolitan (nonmetro)	36.9	0.4	41.3	0.4
	Noncore (nonmetro)	30.0	0.7	43.9	0.7
Bed size of hospital	Less than 100	33.3	0.4	44.3	0.4
	100–299	39.9	0.2	49.6	0.2
	300–499	40.7	0.2	54.4	0.2
	500 or more	43.6	0.3	56.1	0.3

^a Rates are adjusted by age. When reporting is by age, there is no adjustment.

Key: SE: standard error.

Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), Center for Delivery, Organization, and Markets, Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project, Nationwide Inpatient Sample and AHRQ Quality Indicators, version 3.1.

Current as of September 2009

Internet Citation: Table 10_4_2-1: 2008 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports. September 2009. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. http://www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/nhqrdr/nhqrdr08/10_patientsafety/T10_4_2-1.html