Table 6_2_3-1

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_3.1
Obstetric trauma with 3rd or 4th degree lacerations per 1,000 instrument-assisted vaginal deliveries,^a United States, 2000, 2004-2007
		2007		2006		2005		2004		2000
Population group		Rate	SE	Rate	SE	Rate	SE	Rate	SE	Rate	SE
Total		147.6	0.8	160.6	0.8	168.0	0.7	179.3	0.7	204.0	0.6
Age	10-14	145.8	15.9	207.5	15.6	140.0	16.2	168.4	16.0	250.2	12.9
	15-17	123.1	3.1	130.1	3.1	142.9	3.1	141.0	3.0	177.1	2.6
	18-24	117.8	1.2	133.2	1.2	139.0	1.2	150.2	1.1	167.8	1.1
	25-34	180.3	1.2	193.0	1.2	201.2	1.2	213.1	1.1	239.2	1.0
	35-54	121.7	2.0	131.7	2.0	137.5	1.9	148.6	1.8	176.8	1.6
Median income of patient's ZIP Code	First quartile (lowest income)	123.1	1.5	133.1	1.5	143.0	1.5	148.5	1.5	175.0	1.4
	Second quartile	136.9	1.5	149.4	1.5	162.2	1.5	171.9	1.5	193.3	1.3
	Third quartile	151.9	1.6	169.0	1.5	177.8	1.5	186.8	1.5	212.1	1.3
	Fourth quartile (highest income)	180.9	1.5	191.2	1.5	189.8	1.5	206.1	1.4	227.5	1.2
Location of patient residence	Large central metropolitan	148.7	1.3	157.9	1.4	174.7	1.3	169.6	1.3	198.3	1.1
	Large fringe metropolitan	163.6	1.6	177.0	1.6	177.8	1.6	196.9	1.5	218.7	1.2
	Medium metropolitan	142.6	1.8	172.5	1.7	166.8	1.7	185.3	1.7	216.6	1.7
	Small metropolitan	138.7	2.4	149.3	2.4	156.6	2.5	188.3	2.2	198.8	2.1
	Micropolitan (nonmetropolitan)	130.0	2.3	139.8	2.3	151.4	2.3	160.7	2.3	174.2	2.2
	Noncore (nonmetropolitan)	140.5	3.2	130.3	3.1	148.6	3.0	163.3	3.0	191.2	2.7
Expected payment source	Private	170.5	1.0	184.9	1.0	187.9	1.0	204.9	0.9	222.8	0.8
	Medicare	123.9	8.9	157.4	12.3	145.3	9.3	138.1	14.3	110.0	10.0
	Medicaid	114.1	1.2	127.2	1.2	137.8	1.2	139.1	1.2	166.6	1.2
	Other	148.8	4.4	144.0	5.0	183.0	4.8	179.4	4.7	190.3	4.5
	Uninsured/self-pay/no charge	156.9	4.1	167.7	3.9	172.7	4.3	155.0	4.2	185.9	3.3
Region of inpatient treatment	Northeast	150.5	2.1	176.5	2.3	175.2	2.0	200.8	2.0	217.3	1.7
	Midwest	166.3	1.5	179.9	1.5	184.3	1.5	199.1	1.5	221.7	1.3
	South	141.4	1.3	147.1	1.3	157.4	1.2	169.2	1.2	204.9	1.1
	West	136.8	1.5	153.3	1.5	163.9	1.5	164.7	1.4	176.6	1.3
Ownership/control of hospital	Private, not for profit	149.2	0.9	167.7	0.9	170.2	0.9	192.1	0.9	213.3	0.8
	Private, for profit	126.6	2.1	130.2	1.9	139.4	1.9	122.0	1.9	160.7	1.8
	Public	160.3	2.2	161.6	2.0	193.2	2.2	173.5	2.1	196.1	1.9
Teaching status of hospital	Teaching	159.1	1.3	177.5	1.3	193.8	1.4	210.8	1.3	239.4	1.2
Teaching status of hospital	Nonteaching	141.5	0.9	152.3	0.9	156.9	0.9	166.4	0.9	187.9	0.8
Location of hospital	Large central metropolitan	151.8	1.2	162.0	1.3	176.6	1.2	172.9	1.2	202.1	1.1
	Large fringe metropolitan	160.2	1.8	171.5	1.8	174.5	1.8	192.1	1.7	215.2	1.3
	Medium metropolitan	143.1	1.8	171.0	1.6	165.0	1.6	186.1	1.6	218.6	1.6
	Small metropolitan	138.9	2.3	146.9	2.3	158.0	2.4	194.7	2.1	203.8	1.9
	Micropolitan (nonmetropolitan)	131.1	2.3	134.7	2.4	146.9	2.3	148.2	2.4	162.4	2.2
	Noncore (nonmetropolitan)	136.6	4.8	137.3	4.4	151.9	4.4	162.4	4.3	184.8	3.6
Bed size of hospital	Less than 100	134.5	2.1	140.9	2.0	145.1	2.0	153.8	2.1	170.7	1.9
	100-299	143.3	1.2	148.2	1.3	164.3	1.2	170.3	1.1	189.5	1.0
	300-499	143.2	1.4	165.1	1.4	176.9	1.5	191.5	1.4	214.6	1.3
	500 or more	169.9	1.7	190.0	1.7	182.0	1.8	198.8	1.7	238.3	1.4

^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_3-1: 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_3-1.html