Table 6_2_4-1

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_4.1
Obstetric trauma with 3rd or 4th degree lacerations per 1,000 cesarean deliveries, United States, 2000, 2004-2007
		2007		2006		2005		2004		2000
Population group		Rate	SE	Rate	SE	Rate	SE	Rate	SE	Rate	SE
Total		3.6	0.2	3.9	0.2	4.1	0.2	4.4	0.2	4.7	0.3
Age	10-14	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	15-17	2.6	0.7	3.1	0.8	2.8	0.7	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	18-24	2.7	0.2	2.8	0.2	3.1	0.3	3.1	0.3	3.3	0.3
	25-34	3.6	0.2	3.9	0.2	4.3	0.3	4.7	0.3	4.8	0.4
	35-54	4.9	0.3	5.5	0.4	4.9	0.3	5.2	0.3	6.6	0.7
Median income of patient's ZIP Code	First quartile (lowest income)	3.3	0.3	3.4	0.3	3.2	0.3	3.5	0.3	3.6	0.3
	Second quartile	3.5	0.3	3.7	0.3	4.0	0.3	4.1	0.3	3.9	0.3
	Third quartile	3.6	0.3	4.0	0.3	4.4	0.3	5.1	0.4	5.2	0.5
	Fourth quartile (highest income)	4.1	0.3	4.6	0.4	4.8	0.5	4.9	0.4	6.0	0.7
Location of patient residence	Large central metropolitan	3.6	0.3	4.1	0.4	4.4	0.4	4.7	0.5	4.4	0.4
	Large fringe metropolitan	4.1	0.3	4.0	0.4	4.4	0.4	4.4	0.3	5.6	0.7
	Medium metropolitan	3.0	0.3	4.1	0.4	4.0	0.4	4.3	0.5	4.8	0.6
	Small metropolitan	4.4	0.7	3.8	0.5	3.9	0.7	4.2	0.7	4.2	0.5
	Micropolitan (nonmetropolitan)	3.4	0.4	3.1	0.4	3.5	0.5	3.6	0.6	3.6	0.6
	Noncore (nonmetropolitan)	2.9	0.5	3.6	0.5	2.4	0.4	3.8	0.6	3.9	0.6
Expected payment source	Private	3.9	0.2	4.3	0.3	4.5	0.3	4.9	0.3	5.2	0.4
	Medicare	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	Medicaid	3.3	0.2	3.5	0.3	3.5	0.2	3.6	0.3	4.0	0.3
	Other	2.1	0.5	3.4	0.6	2.3	0.6	3.1	0.8	2.4	0.7
	Uninsured/self-pay/no charge	3.9	0.7	3.8	0.7	5.1	1.0	2.9	0.7	4.8	0.9
Region of inpatient treatment	Northeast	4.1	0.4	4.1	0.5	4.9	0.6	6.0	0.9	6.0	1.3
	Midwest	4.5	0.5	4.8	0.6	4.9	0.5	4.6	0.4	5.6	0.7
	South	3.3	0.3	3.5	0.2	3.2	0.3	3.7	0.3	4.2	0.3
	West	3.2	0.3	3.8	0.5	4.2	0.6	4.0	0.4	3.7	0.5
Ownership/control of hospital	Private, not for profit	3.8	0.2	4.1	0.3	4.3	0.3	4.8	0.3	5.1	0.4
	Private, for profit	2.2	0.3	2.8	0.3	2.7	0.4	2.8	0.3	3.5	0.6
	Public	3.9	0.4	4.5	0.7	4.3	0.6	3.9	0.5	3.8	0.5
Teaching status of hospital	Teaching	4.6	0.3	5.4	0.5	5.8	0.5	6.1	0.6	6.0	0.8
Teaching status of hospital	Nonteaching	3.0	0.2	3.2	0.2	3.2	0.2	3.5	0.2	4.1	0.3
Location of hospital	Large central metropolitan	3.7	0.3	4.4	0.4	4.5	0.4	4.8	0.5	5.1	0.7
	Large fringe metropolitan	3.9	0.3	3.4	0.5	4.2	0.6	4.0	0.4	5.0	0.6
	Medium metropolitan	3.1	0.3	4.2	0.4	3.9	0.4	4.3	0.5	4.4	0.6
	Small metropolitan	4.3	0.8	3.6	0.5	3.8	0.7	4.6	0.8	4.6	0.6
	Micropolitan (nonmetropolitan)	2.8	0.4	2.9	0.5	3.0	0.6	3.4	0.7	2.8	0.6
	Noncore (nonmetropolitan)	3.8	0.9	3.8	0.9	2.6	0.8	3.3	1.0	4.3	1.0
Bed size of hospital	Less than 100	2.8	0.3	2.7	0.3	2.4	0.3	3.0	0.4	4.1	0.5
	100-299	2.9	0.2	3.1	0.3	4.0	0.4	4.0	0.4	3.9	0.3
	300-499	3.8	0.4	4.6	0.4	4.3	0.4	4.5	0.4	4.3	0.5
	500 or more	4.6	0.5	4.8	0.5	4.9	0.6	5.3	0.7	7.0	1.2

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 February 2011

Internet Citation: Table 6_2_4-1: 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_4-1.html