Table 6_2_2-1

2009 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 6_2_2.1
Obstetric trauma with 3rd or 4th degree lacerations per 1,000 vaginal deliveries without instrument assistance, United States, 2000 and 2006
		2006		2000
Population group		Rate^a	SE	Rate^a	SE
Total		36.2	0.1	51.7	0.1
Age	10–14	70.5	4.1	98.2	3.4
	15–17	48.0	0.8	68.5	0.7
	18–24	35.1	0.2	48.3	0.2
	25–34	38.8	0.2	55.9	0.2
	35–54	25.9	0.3	39.5	0.3
Median income of patient's ZIP code	First quartile (lowest income)	30.5	0.2	44.5	0.2
	Second quartile	33.6	0.2	48.7	0.2
	Third quartile	39.0	0.3	53.6	0.3
	Fourth quartile (highest income)	44.0	0.3	60.0	0.2
Location of patient residence	Large central metropolitan	36.7	0.2	51.8	0.2
	Large fringe metropolitan	38.9	0.3	54.8	0.2
	Medium metropolitan	36.1	0.3	52.1	0.3
	Small metropolitan	34.0	0.4	52.3	0.4
	Micropolitan (nonmetro)	33.3	0.4	44.0	0.4
	Noncore (nonmetro)	31.8	0.5	45.9	0.5
Expected payment source	Private insurance	43.0	0.2	58.8	0.2
	Medicare	34.0	2.1	33.4	1.8
	Medicaid	29.1	0.2	41.5	0.2
	Other insurance	39.1	0.8	51.2	0.8
	Uninsured/self-pay/no charge	33.1	0.6	44.3	0.6
Region of inpatient treatment	Northeast	34.0	0.3	55.3	0.3
	Midwest	40.3	0.3	54.6	0.3
	South	34.9	0.2	50.6	0.2
	West	35.7	0.2	47.9	0.3
Ownership/control of hospital	Private, not for profit	37.1	0.1	53.9	0.1
	Private, for profit	31.8	0.3	44.0	0.4
	Public	36.1	0.3	46.5	0.3
Teaching status of hospital	Teaching	37.6	0.2	57.1	0.2
Teaching status of hospital	Nonteaching	35.5	0.2	49.1	0.1
Location of hospital	Large central metropolitan	36.8	0.2	51.9	0.2
	Large fringe metropolitan	39.1	0.3	54.8	0.2
	Medium metropolitan	36.4	0.3	52.1	0.3
	Small metropolitan	33.6	0.4	53.5	0.4
	Micropolitan (nonmetro)	31.7	0.4	41.3	0.4
	Noncore (nonmetro)	30.9	0.8	43.9	0.7
Bed size of hospital	Less than 100	31.8	0.4	44.3	0.4
	100–299	34.5	0.2	49.6	0.2
	300–499	38.8	0.2	54.4	0.2
	500 or more	37.8	0.3	56.1	0.3

^a Rates are adjusted by age and comorbidities. When reporting is by age, the adjustment is by comorbidities only.

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 March 2010

Internet Citation: Table 6_2_2-1: 2009 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports. March 2010. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. http://www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/nhqrdr/nhqrdr09/6_maternalchildhealth/T6_2_2-1.html