Table 6_2_2-1

2010 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,^a United States, 2000, 2004-2007
		2007		2006		2005		2004		2000
Population group		Rate	SE	Rate	SE	Rate	SE	Rate	SE	Rate	SE
Total		32.3	0.1	36.2	0.1	40.1	0.1	40.4	0.1	51.7	0.1
Age	10-14	64.7	4.1	70.5	4.1	61.5	3.8	86.9	3.9	98.2	3.4
	15-17	46.4	0.7	48.0	0.8	59.1	0.8	53.8	0.8	68.5	0.7
	18-24	30.7	0.2	35.1	0.2	38.9	0.2	37.7	0.2	48.3	0.2
	25-34	34.8	0.2	38.8	0.2	42.3	0.2	44.2	0.2	55.9	0.2
	35-54	23.5	0.3	25.9	0.3	29.7	0.3	29.2	0.3	39.5	0.3
Median income of patient's ZIP Code	First quartile (lowest income)	28.8	0.2	30.5	0.2	33.1	0.2	33.5	0.2	44.5	0.2
	Second quartile	30.3	0.2	33.6	0.2	38.6	0.2	38.7	0.3	48.7	0.2
	Third quartile	33.5	0.3	39.0	0.3	43.2	0.3	43.9	0.3	53.6	0.3
	Fourth quartile (highest income)	38.2	0.3	44.0	0.3	47.4	0.3	46.9	0.3	60.0	0.2
Location of patient residence	Large central metropolitan	32.0	0.2	36.7	0.2	41.2	0.2	38.2	0.2	51.8	0.2
	Large fringe metropolitan	35.5	0.2	38.9	0.3	43.1	0.3	42.7	0.3	54.8	0.2
	Medium metropolitan	29.8	0.3	36.1	0.3	39.2	0.3	42.6	0.3	52.1	0.3
	Small metropolitan	31.1	0.4	34.0	0.4	36.4	0.4	42.2	0.4	52.3	0.4
	Micropolitan (nonmetropolitan)	31.3	0.4	33.3	0.4	37.1	0.4	36.7	0.4	44.0	0.4
	Noncore (nonmetropolitan)	32.2	0.5	31.8	0.5	35.5	0.5	39.4	0.5	45.9	0.5
Expected payment source	Private insurance	38.3	0.2	43.0	0.2	46.1	0.2	47.3	0.2	58.8	0.2
	Medicare	26.5	1.3	34.0	2.1	37.2	1.9	27.6	2.3	33.4	1.8
	Medicaid	26.0	0.2	29.1	0.2	34.0	0.2	32.1	0.2	41.5	0.2
	Other insurance	34.2	0.7	39.1	0.8	36.5	0.8	45.2	0.8	51.2	0.8
	Uninsured/self-pay/no charge	30.9	0.6	33.1	0.6	36.3	0.6	34.0	0.7	44.3	0.6
Region of inpatient treatment	Northeast	30.1	0.3	34.0	0.3	36.0	0.3	39.3	0.3	55.3	0.3
	Midwest	35.8	0.3	40.3	0.3	44.4	0.3	46.4	0.3	54.6	0.3
	South	33.0	0.2	34.9	0.2	39.3	0.2	39.1	0.2	50.6	0.2
	West	29.6	0.3	35.7	0.2	40.7	0.3	38.0	0.2	47.9	0.3
Ownership/control of hospital	Private, not for profit	32.8	0.1	37.1	0.1	40.9	0.2	42.8	0.1	53.9	0.1
	Private, for profit	30.4	0.3	31.8	0.3	36.2	0.3	32.3	0.3	44.0	0.4
	Public	31.8	0.3	36.1	0.3	40.3	0.3	34.9	0.3	46.5	0.3
Teaching status of hospital	Teaching	32.0	0.2	37.6	0.2	44.8	0.2	43.7	0.2	57.1	0.2
Teaching status of hospital	Nonteaching	32.6	0.2	35.5	0.2	37.7	0.2	38.7	0.2	49.1	0.1
Location of hospital	Large central metropolitan	32.5	0.2	36.8	0.2	41.8	0.2	38.7	0.2	51.9	0.2
	Large fringe metropolitan	35.5	0.3	39.1	0.3	42.3	0.3	42.9	0.3	54.8	0.3
	Medium metropolitan	29.9	0.3	36.4	0.3	38.9	0.3	42.8	0.3	52.1	0.3
	Small metropolitan	32.0	0.4	33.6	0.4	37.8	0.4	43.3	0.4	53.5	0.4
	Micropolitan (nonmetropolitan)	30.9	0.4	31.7	0.4	36.9	0.4	33.9	0.4	41.3	0.4
	Noncore (nonmetropolitan)	30.0	0.8	30.9	0.8	30.0	0.7	36.3	0.7	43.9	0.7
Bed size of hospital	Less than 100	30.1	0.4	31.8	0.4	33.3	0.4	36.1	0.4	44.3	0.4
	100-299	31.4	0.2	34.5	0.2	39.9	0.2	38.2	0.2	49.6	0.2
	300-499	34.8	0.2	38.8	0.2	40.7	0.2	45.6	0.2	54.4	0.2
	500 or more	31.8	0.2	37.8	0.3	43.6	0.3	40.4	0.3	56.1	0.3

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

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 February 2011

Internet Citation: Table 6_2_2-1: 2010 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports. February 2011. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. http://www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/nhqrdr/nhqrdr10/6_maternalchildhealth/T6_2_2-1.html