T6_2_2_3

2011 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_2.3
Obstetric trauma^a per 1,000 vaginal deliveries without instrument assistance,^b by State, 2000, 2004, 2007, and 2008
	2008		2007		2004		2000
State	Rate	SE	Rate	SE	Rate	SE	Rate	SE
Total	23.7	0.4	23.8	0.4	30.0	0.4	39.2	0.5
Arizona	22.2	0.6	22.7	0.6	27.2	0.7	36.4	0.8
Arkansas	23.1	1.0	25.0	1.1	30.9	1.2	DNC	DNC
California	21.7	0.3	22.4	0.3	27.8	0.3	33.2	0.3
Colorado	21.0	0.7	21.9	0.7	23.3	0.7	30.7	0.8
Connecticut	32.1	1.2	32.9	1.2	39.7	1.3	50.5	1.3
Florida	21.5	0.4	21.3	0.4	25.8	0.4	32.2	0.5
Georgia	24.8	0.5	24.8	0.5	30.2	0.6	35.6	0.6
Hawaii	29.5	1.6	29.1	1.6	33.1	1.8	47.1	2.1
Illinois	20.4	0.4	22.5	0.4	28.0	0.5	36.5	0.5
Indiana	24.5	0.7	24.9	0.7	31.2	0.8	DNC	DNC
Iowa	25.4	1.0	24.1	1.0	32.8	1.2	49.4	1.4
Kansas	26.0	1.0	28.8	1.1	34.4	1.2	47.0	1.5
Kentucky	25.4	0.9	27.1	0.9	32.2	1.1	39.4	1.2
Louisiana	22.2	0.9	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC
Maine	30.8	1.9	32.3	1.9	DNC	DNC	51.4	2.3
Maryland	26.6	0.8	23.4	0.7	32.0	0.9	37.4	0.9
Massachusetts	23.5	0.7	22.9	0.7	33.8	0.8	43.1	0.9
Minnesota	28.5	0.8	28.4	0.8	35.3	0.9	DNC	DNC
Missouri	28.1	0.8	28.4	0.8	33.0	0.8	43.7	1.0
Nebraska	36.8	1.6	36.6	1.5	49.1	2.0	DNC	DNC
Nevada	30.6	1.2	24.1	1.0	31.6	1.2	DNC	DNC
New Hampshire	25.8	1.8	30.1	1.9	33.1	1.9	DNC	DNC
New Jersey	28.0	0.7	29.4	0.7	36.3	0.8	46.2	0.8
New York	23.2	0.4	24.5	0.4	30.9	0.4	37.5	0.5
North Carolina	23.0	0.5	23.3	0.5	30.2	0.6	37.8	0.7
Ohio	22.2	0.5	23.3	0.5	28.6	0.6	DNC	DNC
Oklahoma	26.8	1.0	28.1	1.0	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC
Oregon	26.8	0.9	27.6	0.9	31.3	1.0	38.8	1.1
Rhode Island	21.5	1.6	25.3	1.8	25.8	1.7	DNC	DNC
South Carolina	23.0	0.8	22.6	0.8	30.9	1.0	36.6	1.1
South Dakota	20.2	1.7	25.0	1.9	40.4	2.5	DNC	DNC
Tennessee	24.9	0.7	27.1	0.8	32.6	0.8	38.3	0.9
Utah	17.1	0.7	17.5	0.7	27.0	0.9	29.4	0.9
Vermont	30.1	2.8	29.2	2.7	32.1	2.9	DNC	DNC
Virginia	25.5	0.7	28.0	0.7	33.9	0.8	39.9	0.8
Washington	26.3	0.7	27.4	0.7	31.0	0.8	39.7	0.9
West Virginia	19.0	1.3	10.2	1.8	27.7	1.6	36.2	1.8
Wisconsin	22.1	0.7	24.7	0.7	31.7	0.8	40.0	0.9
Wyoming	15.2	1.7	19.9	2.1	DNC	DNC	DNC	DNC

^a. Consistent with the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) Patient Safety Indicators (PSI) software, obstetric trauma must involve 3rd or 4th degree lacerations.

^b. Rates are adjusted by age using U.S. hospitalizations for 2000 as the U.S. standard population.

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, modified version 4.1.� State estimates are from the State Inpatient Databases (SID), and 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.

Page last reviewed October 2014

Internet Citation: T6_2_2_3: 2011 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports. October 2014. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. http://archive.ahrq.gov/research/findings/nhqrdr/nhqrdr11/6_maternalchildhealth/T6_2_2_3.html