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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Feb 7.
Published in final edited form as: WMJ. 2017 Dec;116(5):215–220.

Table 3.

Severe Maternal Morbidity Rate by Demographics, Payer, and Public Health Region of Residence, Wisconsin, 2010–2014

25-Condition SMM 24-Condition SMM


Delivery
With SMM
Rate Per 10,000 Delivery
(Hospitalizations (95% CI)
Rate Ratio
(95% CI)
Delivery
With SMM
Rate Per 10,000 Delivery
Hospitalizations (95% CI)
Rate Ratio
(95% CI)
Age
  < 20 290 139.6 (123.6, 155.7) 1.6 (1.4, 1.9) 79 38.0 (29.6, 46.4) 1.2 (0.9, 1.5)
  20–24 670 98.8 (91.3, 106.2) 1.2 (1.0, 1.3) 190 28.0 (24.0, 32.0) 0.9 (0.7, 1.0)
  25–29 866 85.4 (79.7, 91.1) Reference 332 32.7 (29.2, 36.3) Reference
  30–34 833 93.3 (87.0, 99.7) 1.1 (1.0, 1.2) 366 41.0 (36.8, 45.2) 1.3 (1.1, 1.5)
  35–39 443 128.4 (116.5, 140.4) 1.5 (1.3, 1.7) 227 65.8 (57.2, 74.4) 2.0 (1.7, 2.4)
  40+ 127 181.4 (149.8, 212.9) 2.1 (1.8, 2.6) 72 102.8 (79.1, 126.6) 3.1 (2.4, 4.1)
Race/ethnicitya
  Non-Hispanic white 1,922 86.2 (82.3, 90.0) Reference 775 34.7 (32.3, 37.2) Reference
  Non-Hispanic black 476 148.0 (134.7, 161.3) 1.7 (1.6, 1.9) 197 61.3 (52.7, 69.8) 1.8 (1.5, 2.1)
  Hispanic 347 126.3 (113.0, 139.6) 1.5 (1.3, 1.6) 116 42.2 (34.5, 49.9) 1.2 (1.0, 1.5)
  Non-Hispanic Asian/Pacific Islander 172 135.7 (115.4, 156.0) 1.6 (1.3, 1.8) 61 48.1 (36.0, 60.2) 1.4 (1.1, 1.8)
  Non-Hispanic American Indian/Alaska Native 56 158.9 (117.3, 200.5) 1.8 (1.4, 2.4) 14 39.7 (18.9, 60.5) 1.1 (0.7, 1.9)
  Non-Hispanic Other 29 100.5 (63.9, 137.1) 1.2 (0.8, 1.7) 16 55.5 (28.3, 82.6) 1.6 (1.0, 2.6)
Payer
  Private 1,551 85.1 (80.9, 89.3) Reference 652 35.8 (33.0, 38.5) Reference
  Medicaid 1,548 120.9 (114.9, 126.9) 1.4 (1.3, 1.5) 543 42.4 (38.8, 46.0) 1.2 (1.1, 1.3)
  Other 130 125.8 (104.2, 147.4) 1.5 (1.2, 1.8) 71 68.7 (52.7, 84.7) 1.9 (1.5, 2.5)
Public health region of residence
  Western 310 75.3 (66.9, 83.7) Reference 131 31.8 (26.4, 37.3) Reference
  Northeastern 663 98.2 (90.7, 105.7) 1.3 (1.1, 1.5) 202 29.9 (25.8, 34.0) 0.9 (0.8, 1.2)
  Northern 271 113.9 (100.3, 127.4) 1.5 (1.3, 1.8) 94 39.5 (31.5, 47.5) 1.2 (1.0, 1.7)
  Southeastern 1,259 101.7 (96.1, 107.4) 1.4 (1.2, 1.5) 538 43.5 (39.8, 47.2) 1.4 (1.1, 1.7)
  Southern 726 112.8 (104.6, 121.0) 1.5 (1.3, 1.7) 301 46.8 (41.5, 52.0) 1.5 (1.2, 1.8)
Delivery type
  Vaginal 606 57.9 (54.9, 61.0) Reference 306 17.2 (15.6, 18.9) Reference
  Primary cesarean 1,250 273.4 (258.6, 288.9) 4.7 (4.4, 5.1) 553 121.0 (111.2, 131.4) 7.0 (6.2, 8.0)
  Repeat cesarean 1,373 159.6 (147.3, 172.7) 2.8 (2.5, 3.0) 407 80.6 (71.9, 90.0) 4.7 (4.0, 5.4)

Abbreviations: SMM, severe maternal morbidity.

Bold type indicates a statistically significant difference from a ratio of 1.0.

a

18,927 hospitalizations missing race/ethnicity (5.9%).