Table T2_6_2_1-1

2012 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports

This appendix provides detailed data tables for all measures analyzed for the 2012 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports. Tables are included for measures discussed in the main text of the reports as well as for other measures that were examined but not included in the main text.

Table 2_6_2_1.1
Birth trauma^a - injury to newborn per 1,000 live births,^b United States, 2004–2009
		2009		2008		2007		2006		2005		2004
Population group		Rate	SE	Rate	SE	Rate	SE	Rate	SE	Rate	SE	Rate	SE
Total		2.19	0.10	2.30	0.14	2.20	0.09	2.16	0.08	2.45	0.13	2.69	0.20
Gender	Male	2.30	0.12	2.47	0.16	2.39	0.12	2.31	0.11	2.68	0.15	2.91	0.21
Gender	Female	2.08	0.11	2.11	0.13	2.01	0.10	1.99	0.09	2.22	0.13	2.46	0.20
Median income of patient's ZIP Code	First quartile (lowest income)	2.16	0.16	2.21	0.20	1.94	0.14	2.16	0.14	2.40	0.17	2.48	0.27
	Second quartile	2.35	0.16	2.37	0.17	2.23	0.14	2.28	0.14	2.26	0.15	2.33	0.18
	Third quartile	2.22	0.14	2.35	0.16	2.17	0.13	2.11	0.12	2.48	0.16	2.78	0.25
	Fourth quartile (highest income)	2.03	0.15	2.25	0.20	2.53	0.15	2.05	0.14	2.69	0.28	3.16	0.31
Location of patient residence	Large central metropolitan	1.96	0.15	2.29	0.28	1.86	0.13	1.95	0.13	2.30	0.15	2.78	0.34
	Large fringe metropolitan	2.13	0.17	2.49	0.25	2.44	0.16	2.00	0.14	2.93	0.36	3.18	0.34
	Medium metropolitan	1.99	0.21	2.04	0.16	2.38	0.25	2.36	0.20	2.50	0.29	2.30	0.23
	Small metropolitan	2.64	0.38	1.93	0.21	2.44	0.32	2.23	0.21	2.04	0.22	1.98	0.25
	Micropolitan	2.86	0.28	2.47	0.22	2.14	0.22	2.44	0.24	1.95	0.22	2.87	0.57
	Nonmetropolitan	2.73	0.31	2.61	0.28	2.48	0.36	2.68	0.34	2.73	0.43	2.31	0.42
Expected payment source	Private insurance	2.24	0.13	2.25	0.14	2.37	0.11	2.06	0.10	2.47	0.18	2.92	0.26
	Medicaid	2.15	0.11	2.31	0.15	2.03	0.11	2.28	0.12	2.42	0.14	2.39	0.18
	Other insurance	2.70	0.40	1.67	0.29	1.99	0.37	2.44	0.42	2.25	0.38	3.18	0.54
	Uninsured/self-pay/no charge	2.00	0.34	DSU	DSU	2.10	0.25	1.89	0.23	2.69	0.40	2.36	0.31
Region of inpatient treatment	Northeast	2.31	0.27	2.44	0.38	2.46	0.23	2.71	0.26	2.59	0.28	3.27	0.49
	Midwest	2.12	0.19	2.15	0.17	2.24	0.20	2.10	0.16	2.19	0.18	2.31	0.24
	South	2.42	0.19	2.54	0.30	2.17	0.14	2.10	0.14	2.75	0.28	2.88	0.37
	West	1.78	0.15	2.00	0.16	2.05	0.21	1.94	0.14	2.09	0.16	2.34	0.41
Ownership/control of hospital	Private, not for profit	2.23	0.13	2.21	0.13	2.34	0.12	2.21	0.10	2.57	0.17	3.03	0.25
	Private, for profit	1.86	0.21	1.76	0.15	1.66	0.13	1.62	0.15	2.03	0.18	1.62	0.19
	Public	2.32	0.23	3.16	0.57	2.03	0.22	2.41	0.27	2.36	0.21	1.95	0.48
Teaching status of hospital	Teaching	2.23	0.20	2.35	0.30	2.35	0.17	2.46	0.16	2.92	0.26	2.89	0.36
Teaching status of hospital	Nonteaching	2.17	0.12	2.27	0.13	2.12	0.11	2.00	0.10	2.23	0.14	2.59	0.23
Location of hospital	Large central metropolitan	1.95	0.15	2.37	0.28	1.95	0.14	2.03	0.14	2.33	0.15	3.11	0.40
	Large fringe metropolitan	2.23	0.22	2.38	0.30	2.40	0.21	1.89	0.17	3.07	0.45	2.74	0.36
	Medium metropolitan	2.04	0.23	2.08	0.16	2.39	0.24	2.35	0.20	2.49	0.28	2.15	0.24
	Small metropolitan	2.75	0.40	1.95	0.22	2.43	0.37	2.32	0.21	1.80	0.24	2.21	0.32
	Micropolitan	2.53	0.31	2.47	0.26	2.09	0.24	2.34	0.29	1.95	0.35	2.81	0.79
	Nonmetropolitan	3.32	0.51	2.81	0.52	3.05	0.71	3.04	0.67	3.42	0.79	1.91	0.57
Bed size of hospital	Less than 100	2.17	0.20	2.14	0.20	2.38	0.23	2.13	0.22	2.34	0.25	1.77	0.21
	100–299	2.33	0.19	2.23	0.15	2.16	0.17	2.15	0.14	2.30	0.18	2.47	0.25
	300–499	2.09	0.18	2.01	0.21	2.03	0.13	2.16	0.17	2.57	0.33	2.85	0.35
	500 or more	2.10	0.20	2.91	0.47	2.40	0.21	2.17	0.16	2.67	0.26	3.40	0.61

^a Consistent with the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality Patient Safety Indicators software, newborns weighing less than 2,000 grams and newborns with injury to brachial plexus or with osteogenesis imperfecta are excluded.

^b Rates are observed rates and are not adjusted for gender or severity. Rates prior to 2004 are not reported because of International Classification of Diseases, 9th Revision (ICD-9-CM) coding changes.

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 4.1.

Page last reviewed June 2013

Internet Citation: Table T2_6_2_1-1: 2012 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports. June 2013. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. http://archive.ahrq.gov/research/findings/nhqrdr/nhqrdr12/6_maternalchildhealth/T2_6_2_1-1.html