States' Progress in Reducing SSIs After Hysterectomy

The following are the standardized infection ratios — observed to expected infection rates — for surgical site infections after abdominal hysterectomy for every state and Washington, D.C.

SIRs that are less than one indicate the state had fewer SSIs after hysterectomy than would have been predicted. SIRs greater than one indicate infection rates were higher than would be predicted.

For SIRs less than one, subtracting the SIR from one shows the percent decrease in SSIs from the baseline (an SIR of 0.80 means there was a 20 percent reduction from baseline). For SIRs greater than one, subtracting one from the SIR shows the percent increase (an SIR of 1.35 means there was a 35 percent increase from baseline).

Here, states are listed from smallest to largest SIR, or from the states with the lowest infection rates to the highest infection rates as compared with expected infection rates.

Note: States' SIRs show their individual progress in reducing SSIs after abdominal hysterectomy and are not meant to compare actual SSI rates among states. Data was updated April 16 and comes from CMS' Hospital Compare database.

Alaska — 0.189

Oklahoma — 0.494

Alabama — 0.509

Kansas — 0.563

Nebraska — 0.624

Wyoming — 0.64

Idaho — 0.642

Washington — 0.656

Hawaii — 0.688

Ohio — 0.692

Oregon — 0.719

Indiana — 0.727

Missouri — 0.752

Tennessee — 0.758

Texas — 0.778

Arkansas — 0.783

Georgia — 0.785

West Virginia — 0.789

Illinois — 0.793

Virginia — 0.794

North Carolina — 0.806

South Carolina — 0.809

California — 0.825

Arizona — 0.839

Nevada — 0.903

New Jersey — 0.922

New Mexico — 0.931

Vermont — 0.936

Florida — 0.938

Mississippi — 0.944

Pennsylvania — 0.966

Washington, D.C. — 0.97

Iowa — 0.979

Wisconsin — 0.996

Delaware — 1.099

Maine — 1.119

Kentucky — 1.124

Colorado — 1.141

Louisiana — 1.147

Massachusetts — 1.16

Montana — 1.225

South Dakota — 1.248

Michigan — 1.251

New York — 1.333

Minnesota — 1.359

Maryland — 1.365

Utah — 1.372

New Hampshire — 1.426

Rhode Island — 1.453

North Dakota — 1.528

Connecticut — 1.543

 

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