Table 6_2_3-3

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_3.3
Obstetric trauma with 3rd or 4th degree lacerations per 1,000 instrument-assisted vaginal deliveries, by State, 2000, 2004-2007
	2007		2006		2005		2004		2000
State	Rate^a	SE	Rate^a	SE	Rate^a	SE	Rate^a	SE	Rate^a	SE
United States	147.6	0.8	160.6	0.8	168.0	0.7	179.3	0.7	204.0	0.6
Arizona	137.2	5.1	162.6	5.1	168.0	5.1	183.9	5.1	185.7	4.9
Arkansas	119.5	7.5	119.3	7.4	133.5	7.4	141.0	7.5	DNC	DNC
California	124.7	2.1	131.5	2.0	145.1	2.0	149.6	1.9	159.3	1.7
Colorado	162.8	6.0	188.9	5.8	189.9	5.5	200.0	5.5	218.4	4.6
Connecticut	186.8	8.2	196.6	8.0	189.8	7.3	231.0	7.0	252.4	6.4
Florida	115.9	4.1	119.3	3.9	130.7	3.8	146.1	3.8	174.5	3.4
Georgia	142.8	4.1	143.1	4.0	158.4	4.1	167.3	4.0	188.1	3.7
Hawaii	194.4	13.0	171.9	13.5	199.7	13.2	173.3	12.6	236.9	11.2
Illinois	155.1	3.8	170.1	3.7	184.4	3.6	179.5	3.5	201.1	3.1
Iowa	178.5	6.9	186.6	6.8	183.6	6.7	209.2	6.7	230.2	6.1
Kansas	178.0	7.1	186.5	7.0	201.6	7.1	215.8	6.8	231.3	6.4
Kentucky	144.8	6.4	150.1	6.5	169.9	6.2	171.2	5.9	218.5	5.1
Maine	184.0	14.6	176.3	14.1	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC
Maryland	165.3	6.0	159.2	6.0	180.9	6.0	187.6	5.7	199.1	4.9
Massachusetts	154.9	6.7	181.8	6.4	178.2	6.3	184.5	5.9	223.3	5.2
Minnesota	179.1	5.1	195.9	4.9	191.8	4.9	212.5	4.8	DNC	DNC
Missouri	160.3	5.5	165.4	5.4	165.6	5.4	181.5	5.3	188.9	4.3
Nebraska	247.3	9.0	240.1	8.8	258.7	8.5	269.1	8.6	DNC	DNC
Nevada	142.0	7.6	160.7	7.4	172.2	7.3	180.5	7.7	DNC	DNC
New Hampshire	187.0	14.5	208.9	14.1	229.7	14.0	211.1	13.2	DNC	DNC
New Jersey	174.3	5.4	180.0	5.2	183.8	5.1	DNC	DNC	206.0	4.2
New York	145.6	4.0	159.9	4.0	169.7	4.0	177.0	3.7	198.9	3.5
North Carolina	149.8	4.5	173.5	4.3	173.3	4.2	189.2	4.2	203.8	3.5
Oklahoma	145.6	6.4	142.1	6.4	160.1	6.7	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC
Oregon	167.3	7.7	187.8	7.8	176.1	7.7	191.8	7.4	193.1	6.5
Rhode Island	148.9	13.9	189.9	13.8	191.0	13.2	202.9	13.0	DNC	DNC
South Carolina	156.0	6.0	157.9	5.9	170.0	5.9	172.1	5.9	193.3	5.1
Tennessee	138.4	5.1	162.9	4.9	151.3	5.0	167.0	4.9	184.7	4.5
Utah	136.7	6.2	144.8	5.9	164.5	5.9	185.9	5.8	203.4	4.9
Vermont	142.4	20.1	208.1	18.7	220.3	18.7	198.5	18.1	DNC	DNC
Virginia	154.0	4.9	171.3	4.7	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC
Washington	176.7	5.0	170.5	5.0	182.7	5.0	187.2	4.9	228.6	4.6
West Virginia	129.1	10.8	144.6	10.4	149.1	10.1	148.5	9.9	187.4	7.9
Wisconsin	174.9	5.5	169.2	5.3	176.9	5.2	185.6	5.3	231.4	4.9
Wyoming	145.2	16.6	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC

^a Rates are adjusted by age.

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).� Not all States participate in HCUP.� Estimates for the total United States are from the Nationwide Inpatient Sample, which is drawn from the SID and weighted to give national estimates.

Current as of February 2011

Internet Citation: Table 6_2_3-3: 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_3-3.html