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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Aug 1.
Published in final edited form as: Am J Obstet Gynecol. 2016 May 12;215(2):143–152. doi: 10.1016/j.ajog.2016.05.007
Tertile 1, N (%) Tertile 3, N (%) P-Value
Deliveries 165276 (100) 87712 (100)
Death1 <10 (<0.01) 12 (0.01) 0.03
Transfers 345 (0.21) 457 (0.52) <0.001
Hysterectomy 222 (0.13) 158 (0.18) 0.005
Ventilation 118 (0.07) 147 (0.17) <0.001
Renal Failure 103 (0.06) 141 (0.16) <0.001
Cardiac Arrest1 <10 (<0.01) <10 (<0.01) 1
Heart Failure Procedure 333 (0.2) 452 (0.52) <0.001
Shock 72 (0.04) 73 (0.08) <0.001
Sepsis 47 (0.03) 43 (0.05) 0.009
Coagulation 461 (0.28) 450 (0.51) <0.001
Amniotic Embolism1 <10 (0.01) <10 (<0.01) 0.07
Thrombotic Embolism 26 (0.02) 59 (0.07) <0.001
Puerperal CVD 54 (0.03) 70 (0.08) <0.001
Anesthesia Complications 35 (0.02) 37 (0.04) 0.003
Pulmonary Edema 43 (0.03) 43 (0.05) 0.003
Respiratory Distress 85 (0.05) 101 (0.12) <0.001
AMI1 <10 (<0.01) <10 (<0.01) 0.42
Eclampsia 40 (0.02) 71 (0.08) <0.001
Blood Transfusion 1686 (1.02) 3201 (3.65) <0.001
Sickle Cell Anemia 23 (0.01) 31 (0.04) <0.001
Intracranial Injury1 <10 (<0.01) <10 (<0.01) 0.35
Injury Thorax/Abdomen/Pelvis1 <10 (<0.01) <10 (<0.01) 0.12
Aneurysm1 <10 (<0.01) <10 (<0.01) 1
Heart Surgery 86 (0.05) 95 (0.11) <0.001
Cardio monitoring1 <10 (<0.01) <10 (<0.01) 1
Tracheostomy1 <10 (<0.01) <10 (<0.01)) 1
Conversion cardiac rhythm 12 (0.01) 12 (0.01) 0.13
Severe Maternal Morbidity 2253 (1.4) 3862 (4.4) <0.001
Race/Ethnicity2
Asian 38640 (23.4) 8175 (9.3) <0.001
Black 16936 (10.3) 27164 (31.0)
Hispanic 35004 (21.2) 30883 (35.2) <0.001
White 71993 (43.6) 19776 (22.6)
Other race 2703 (1.6) 1714 (1.9)
1

Number of events masked in the compliance with SPARCS regulations

2

NOTE: differs from percentage given in the manuscript, which measures the percent of black and white women that deliver in each tertile.