Table 1 Patient characteristics, hospital characteristics, and community factors by delivery hospitalizations involving severe maternal morbidity by race and ethnicity, United States, 2016–2019.
Characteristics | Delivery hospitalizations with any severe maternal morbidity n = 128,540 n (%) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
*Total | White | Black | Hispanic | Asian/Pacific Islander | Other | |
Total number | 128,540 (100) | 57,445 (45) | 32,560 (25) | 24,475 (19) | 7005 (5.50) | 7055 (5.50) |
Patient characteristics | ||||||
Age group, years | ||||||
12 to 19 years old | 7025 (5.47) | 2330 (4.06) | 2215 (6.80) | 1950 (7.97) | 120 (1.71) | 410 (5.81) |
20 to 24 years old | 22,155 (17.24) | 9050 (15.75) | 6495 (19.95) | 5080 (20.75) | 460 (6.57) | 1070 (15.17) |
25 to 34 years old | 68,400 (53.21) | 32,140 (55.95) | 16,520 (50.74) | 12,105 (49.46) | 3825 (54.60) | 3810 (54.00) |
35 to 55 years older | 30,960 (24.08) | 13,925 (24.24) | 7330 (22.51) | 5340 (21.82) | 2600 (37.12) | 1765 (25.02) |
Primary expected payer | ||||||
Medicaid | 62,895 (48.93) | 20,830 (36.26) | 20,255 (62.21) | 15,650 (63.94) | 2235 (31.90) | 3925 (55.64) |
Private insurance | 56,115 (43.66) | 32,680 (56.89) | 9435 (28.98) | 7075 (28.91) | 4295 (61.31) | 2630 (37.28) |
Self-pay/No charge | 3355 (2.61) | 1130 (1.97) | 765 (2.35) | 1030 (4.21) | 210 (3.01) | 220 (3.12) |
Other | 6030 (4.69) | 2735 (4.76) | 2070 (6.36) | 705 (2.88) | 260 (3.71) | 260 (3.68) |
Missing | 145 (0.11) | 70 (0.12) | 35 (0.10) | 15 (0.06) | 5 (0.07) | 20 (0.28) |
Hospital characteristics | ||||||
Hospital region | ||||||
Northeast | 20,625 (16.05) | 9090 (15.82) | 5085 (15.62) | 3590 (14.67) | 1180 (16.84) | 1680 (23.81) |
Midwest | 27,350 (21.28) | 16,275 (28.33) | 7265 (22.31) | 1965 (8.03) | 975 (13.92) | 870 (12.33) |
South | 50,265 (39.10) | 20,585 (35.83) | 17,310 (53.16) | 8490 (34.69) | 1150 (16.42) | 2730 (38.70) |
West | 30,300 (23.57) | 11,495 (20.02) | 2900 (8.91) | 10,430 (42.61) | 3700 (52.82) | 1775 (25.16) |
Teaching status | ||||||
Nonteaching hospital | 27,605 (21.48) | 15,275 (26.59) | 5020 (15.42) | 4650 (19.00) | 1160 (16.56) | 1500 (21.26) |
Teaching hospital | 100,935 (78.52) | 42,170 (73.41) | 27,540 (84.58) | 19,825 (81.00) | 5845 (83.44) | 5555 (78.74) |
Ownership type | ||||||
Government | 17,555 (13.66) | 6960 (12.12) | 4470 (13.73) | 4395 (17.96) | 700 (9.99) | 1030 (14.60) |
Private | 110,985 (86.34) | 50,485 (87.88) | 28,090 (86.27) | 20,080 (82.04) | 6305 (90.01) | 6025 (85.40) |
Community factors | ||||||
Community income | ||||||
Quartile 1 | 42,730 (33.24) | 14,035 (24.43) | 16,415 (50.41) | 9055 (37.00) | 1035 (14.78) | 2190 (31.04) |
Quartiles 2 and 3 | 61,545 (47.88) | 30,490 (53.08) | 12,845 (39.45) | 12,135 (49.58) | 2980 (42.54) | 3095 (43.87) |
Quartile 4 | 22,925 (17.84) | 12,390 (21.57) | 3000 (9.22) | 3020 (12.34) | 2955 (42.18) | 1560 (22.11) |
Missing | 1340 (1.04) | 530 (0.92) | 300 (0.92) | 265 (1.08) | 35 (0.50) | 210 (2.98) |
Location of residence | ||||||
Large metropolitan | 76,740 (59.70) | 27,740 (48.29) | 22,245 (68.32) | 16,900 (69.05) | 5365 (76.59) | 4490 (63.64) |
Small metropolitan | 35,625 (27.71) | 18,740 (32.62) | 7820 (24.02) | 6155 (25.15) | 1365 (19.49) | 1545 (21.90) |
Micropolitan | 9510 (7.40) | 6400 (11.14) | 1475 (4.53) | 890 (3.64) | 230 (3.28) | 515 (7.30) |
Rural | 6285 (4.89) | 4445 (7.74) | 935 (2.87) | 405 (1.65) | 40 (0.57) | 460 (6.52) |
Missing | 380 (0.30) | 120 (0.21) | 85 (0.26) | 125 (0.51) | 5 (0.07) | 45 (0.64) |
