Table 10_4_3-3

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_3.3
Obstetric trauma with 3rd or 4th degree lacerations per 1,000 instrument-assisted vaginal deliveries, by State, 2000 and 2005
State	2005		2000
State	Rate^a	SE	Rate^a	SE
Total	168.0	0.7	204.0	0.6
Arizona	168.0	5.1	185.7	4.9
Arkansas	133.5	7.4	DNC	DNC
California	145.1	2.0	159.3	1.7
Colorado	189.9	5.5	218.4	4.6
Connecticut	189.8	7.3	252.4	6.4
Florida	130.7	3.8	174.5	3.4
Georgia	158.4	4.1	188.1	3.7
Hawaii	199.7	13.2	236.9	11.2
Illinois	184.4	3.6	201.1	3.1
Iowa	183.6	6.7	230.2	6.1
Kansas	201.6	7.1	231.3	6.4
Kentucky	169.9	6.2	218.5	5.1
Maryland	180.9	6.0	199.1	4.9
Massachusetts	178.2	6.3	223.3	5.2
Minnesota	191.8	4.9	DNC	DNC
Missouri	165.6	5.4	188.9	4.3
Nebraska	258.7	8.5	DNC	DNC
Nevada	172.2	7.3	DNC	DNC
New Hampshire	229.7	14.0	DNC	DNC
New York	169.7	4.0	198.9	3.5
North Carolina	173.3	4.2	203.8	3.5
Oklahoma	160.1	6.7	DNC	DNC
Oregon	176.1	7.7	193.1	6.5
Rhode Island	191.0	13.2	DNC	DNC
South Carolina	170.0	5.9	193.3	5.1
Tennessee	151.3	5.0	184.7	4.5
Utah	164.5	5.9	203.4	4.9
Vermont	220.3	18.7	DNC	DNC
Washington	182.7	5.0	228.6	4.6
West Virginia	149.1	10.1	187.4	7.9
Wisconsin	176.9	5.2	231.4	4.9

^a Rates are adjusted by age.

DNC - Data were not collected.

Key: SE: standard error.

Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), Center for Delivery, Organization, and Markets, Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project (HCUP) databases and AHRQ Quality Indicators, version 3.1. State estimates are from the State Inpatient Databases (SID), and not all States participate in HCUP. Estimates for the total U.S. are from the Nationwide Inpatient Sample, which is drawn from the SID and weighted to give national estimates.

Current as of September 2009

Internet Citation: Table 10_4_3-3: 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_3-3.html