Here are the 50 states and the District of Columbia listed according to their progress in reducing surgical site infections among abdominal hysterectomy patients. The SSI rates are gathered from CMS' Hospital Compare Database, which was most recently updated in May 2016.
State progress on SSIs from abdominal hysterectomy was measured using the standardized infection ratio, or observed to expected infection rates. The SIR also accounts for differences in the types of patients a hospital treats and differences in hospital characteristics such as size.
SIRs that are less than one indicate the state had fewer SSIs than would be predicted. According to the most recent data available, 33 states had an SIR of less than one, up from 32 states in 2014. Here, states are listed from those showing the most progress in reducing SSI rates from abdominal hysterectomy to those showing the least progress.
Note: States' SIRs show their individual progress in reducing SSIs for abdominal hysterectomy and are not meant to compare actual SSI rates among states.
Oklahoma – 0.314
Wyoming – 0.545
North Dakota – 0.598
Maine – 0.616
Alabama – 0.624
North Carolina – 0.639
Missouri – 0.643
Arkansas – 0.684
Florida – 0.71
Washington – 0.716
Ohio – 0.724
Texas – 0.732
Tennessee – 0.743
Nebraska – 0.762
Nevada – 0.767
Oregon – 0.769
South Carolina – 0.773
Arizona – 0.779
Alaska – 0.802
Mississippi – 0.853
Indiana – 0.876
New Hampshire – 0.895
Illinois – 0.904
Pennsylvania – 0.916
Rhode Island – 0.92
Iowa – 0.924
South Dakota – 0.927
Wisconsin – 0.928
Kansas – 0.939
Colorado – 0.951
Kentucky – 0.963
Georgia – 0.97
Michigan – 0.983
Connecticut – 1.001
California – 1.004
Delaware – 1.015
Louisiana – 1.056
Massachusetts – 1.056
Virginia – 1.066
Hawaii – 1.07
New York – 1.083
Maryland – 1.085
Idaho – 1.108
Utah – 1.113
New Jersey – 1.127
Minnesota – 1.179
New Mexico – 1.263
Washington, D.C. – 1.331
Montana – 1.394
West Virginia – 1.405
Vermont – 1.728
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