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Table 10_4_3.3
Obstetric trauma with 3rd or 4th degree lacerations per 1,000 instrument-assisted vaginal deliveries, by State, 2000 and 2005
State 2005 2000
Ratea SE Ratea SE
Total 168.0 0.7 204.0 0.6
Arizona 168.0 5.1 185.7 4.9
Arkansas 133.5 7.4 DNC DNC
California 145.1 2.0 159.3 1.7
Colorado 189.9 5.5 218.4 4.6
Connecticut 189.8 7.3 252.4 6.4
Florida 130.7 3.8 174.5 3.4
Georgia 158.4 4.1 188.1 3.7
Hawaii 199.7 13.2 236.9 11.2
Illinois 184.4 3.6 201.1 3.1
Iowa 183.6 6.7 230.2 6.1
Kansas 201.6 7.1 231.3 6.4
Kentucky 169.9 6.2 218.5 5.1
Maryland 180.9 6.0 199.1 4.9
Massachusetts 178.2 6.3 223.3 5.2
Minnesota 191.8 4.9 DNC DNC
Missouri 165.6 5.4 188.9 4.3
Nebraska 258.7 8.5 DNC DNC
Nevada 172.2 7.3 DNC DNC
New Hampshire 229.7 14.0 DNC DNC
New York 169.7 4.0 198.9 3.5
North Carolina 173.3 4.2 203.8 3.5
Oklahoma 160.1 6.7 DNC DNC
Oregon 176.1 7.7 193.1 6.5
Rhode Island 191.0 13.2 DNC DNC
South Carolina 170.0 5.9 193.3 5.1
Tennessee 151.3 5.0 184.7 4.5
Utah 164.5 5.9 203.4 4.9
Vermont 220.3 18.7 DNC DNC
Washington 182.7 5.0 228.6 4.6
West Virginia 149.1 10.1 187.4 7.9
Wisconsin 176.9 5.2 231.4 4.9

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

 

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