Table 6_2_2-3

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_2.3
Obstetric trauma with 3rd or 4th degree lacerations per 1,000 vaginal deliveries without instrument assistance, by State, 2000 and 2006
	2006		2000
State	Rate^a	SE	Rate^a	SE
Total	36.2	0.1	51.7	0.1
Arizona	37.0	0.8	51.7	0.8
Arkansas	31.9	1.3	DNC	DNC
California	32.5	0.3	41.6	0.3
Colorado	33.4	0.9	55.1	1.0
Connecticut	49.3	1.3	69.5	1.2
Florida	28.6	0.5	41.7	0.5
Georgia	38.3	0.7	46.2	0.7
Hawaii	68.8	1.9	78.6	2.0
Illinois	38.6	0.6	52.3	0.6
Iowa	39.9	1.3	61.3	1.3
Kansas	43.4	1.2	68.8	1.2
Kentucky	48.5	1.1	63.8	1.1
Maine	38.9	2.2	DNC	DNC
Maryland	40.1	1.0	50.2	1.0
Massachusetts	29.7	0.9	48.1	0.9
Minnesota	43.7	0.9	DNC	DNC
Missouri	40.1	0.9	59.7	0.9
Nebraska	62.9	1.6	DNC	DNC
Nevada	39.7	1.4	DNC	DNC
New Hampshire	37.8	2.2	DNC	DNC
New Jersey	43.7	0.8	59.0	0.8
New York	31.2	0.5	41.3	0.5
North Carolina	37.3	0.7	51.3	0.7
Oklahoma	38.3	1.2	DNC	DNC
Oregon	38.1	1.2	46.9	1.1
Rhode Island	38.5	2.3	DNC	DNC
South Carolina	44.8	1.1	57.1	1.1
Tennessee	36.9	0.9	48.8	0.9
Utah	27.3	1.1	40.2	1.1
Vermont	35.8	3.3	DNC	DNC
Virginia	37.2	0.8	DNC	DNC
Washington	35.4	0.9	48.0	0.9
West Virginia	35.2	1.8	47.8	1.8
Wisconsin	32.6	0.9	46.9	0.9

^a Rates are adjusted by age and comorbidities.

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 March 2010

Internet Citation: Table 6_2_2-3: 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_2-3.html