Table 6_2_4-1

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_4.1
Obstetric trauma with 3rd or 4th degree lacerations per 1,000 cesarean deliveries, United States, 2000 and 2006
		2006		2000
Population group		Rate^a	SE	Rate^a	SE
Total		3.93	0.20	4.72	0.33
Age	10–14	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	15–17	3.06	0.81	DSU	DSU
	18–24	2.84	0.23	3.28	0.31
	25–34	3.94	0.21	4.84	0.38
	35–54	5.54	0.42	6.61	0.66
Median income of patient's ZIP code	First quartile (lowest income)	3.44	0.25	3.60	0.33
	Second quartile	3.73	0.32	3.94	0.32
	Third quartile	4.03	0.32	5.19	0.51
	Fourth quartile (highest income)	4.61	0.36	5.98	0.68
Location of patient residence	Large central metropolitan	4.12	0.39	4.40	0.43
	Large fringe metropolitan	4.00	0.39	5.64	0.69
	Medium metropolitan	4.11	0.39	4.83	0.58
	Small metropolitan	3.80	0.50	4.20	0.51
	Micropolitan (nonmetro)	3.05	0.44	3.64	0.57
	Noncore (nonmetro)	3.57	0.51	3.94	0.63
Expected payment source	Private insurance	4.27	0.25	5.18	0.45
	Medicare	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	Medicaid	3.55	0.26	3.96	0.32
	Other insurance	3.44	0.65	2.38	0.71
	Uninsured/self-pay/no charge	3.77	0.73	4.82	0.89
Region of inpatient treatment	Northeast	4.13	0.51	6.05	1.33
	Midwest	4.75	0.56	5.56	0.67
	South	3.49	0.23	4.16	0.30
	West	3.83	0.47	3.72	0.47
Ownership/control of hospital	Private, not for profit	4.08	0.25	5.09	0.43
	Private, for profit	2.81	0.30	3.47	0.58
	Public	4.46	0.69	3.76	0.52
Teaching status of hospital	Teaching	5.37	0.50	5.99	0.84
Teaching status of hospital	Nonteaching	3.23	0.17	4.09	0.26
Location of hospital	Large central metropolitan	4.37	0.40	5.10	0.72
	Large fringe metropolitan	3.41	0.47	5.01	0.56
	Medium metropolitan	4.23	0.37	4.43	0.58
	Small metropolitan	3.61	0.47	4.58	0.56
	Micropolitan (nonmetro)	2.86	0.49	2.77	0.56
	Noncore (nonmetro)	3.83	0.89	4.30	0.96
Bed size of hospital	Less than 100	2.69	0.30	4.12	0.55
	100–299	3.09	0.26	3.91	0.33
	300–499	4.62	0.45	4.33	0.50
	500 or more	4.84	0.52	6.96	1.18

^a Rates are observed rates and are not adjusted for age or severity.

DSU - Data do not meet the criteria for statistical reliability, data quality, or confidentiality.

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_4-1: 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_4-1.html