Table 6_2_3-1

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_3.1
Obstetric trauma with 3rd or 4th degree lacerations per 1,000 instrument-assisted vaginal deliveries, United States, 2000 and 2006
		2006		2000
Population group		Rate^a	SE	Rate^a	SE
Total		160.6	0.8	204.0	0.6
Age	10–14	207.5	15.6	250.2	12.9
	15–17	130.1	3.1	177.1	2.6
	18–24	133.2	1.2	167.8	1.1
	25–34	193.0	1.2	239.2	1.0
	35–54	131.7	2.0	176.8	1.6
Median income of patient's ZIP code	First quartile (lowest income)	133.1	1.5	175.0	1.4
	Second quartile	149.4	1.5	193.3	1.3
	Third quartile	169.0	1.5	212.1	1.3
	Fourth quartile (highest income)	191.2	1.5	227.5	1.2
Location of patient residence	Large central metropolitan	157.9	1.4	198.3	1.1
	Large fringe metropolitan	177.0	1.6	218.7	1.2
	Medium metropolitan	172.5	1.7	216.6	1.7
	Small metropolitan	149.3	2.4	198.8	2.1
	Micropolitan (nonmetro)	139.8	2.3	174.2	2.2
	Noncore (nonmetro)	130.3	3.1	191.2	2.7
Expected payment source	Private insurance	184.9	1.0	222.8	0.8
	Medicare	157.4	12.3	110.0	10.0
	Medicaid	127.2	1.2	166.6	1.2
	Other insurance	144.0	5.0	190.3	4.5
	Uninsured/self-pay/no charge	167.7	3.9	185.9	3.3
Region of inpatient treatment	Northeast	176.5	2.3	217.3	1.7
	Midwest	179.9	1.5	221.7	1.3
	South	147.1	1.3	204.9	1.1
	West	153.3	1.5	176.6	1.3
Ownership/control of hospital	Private, not for profit	167.7	0.9	213.3	0.8
	Private, for profit	130.2	1.9	160.7	1.8
	Public	161.6	2.0	196.1	1.9
Teaching status of hospital	Teaching	177.5	1.3	239.4	1.2
Teaching status of hospital	Nonteaching	152.3	0.9	187.9	0.8
Location of hospital	Large central metropolitan	162.0	1.3	202.1	1.1
	Large fringe metropolitan	171.5	1.8	215.2	1.3
	Medium metropolitan	171.0	1.6	218.6	1.6
	Small metropolitan	146.9	2.3	203.8	1.9
	Micropolitan (nonmetro)	134.7	2.4	162.4	2.2
	Noncore (nonmetro)	137.3	4.4	184.8	3.6
Bed size of hospital	Less than 100	140.9	2.0	170.7	1.9
	100–299	148.2	1.3	189.5	1.0
	300–499	165.1	1.4	214.6	1.3
	500 or more	190.0	1.7	238.3	1.4

^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_3-1: 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_3-1.html