State-by-state progress in reducing abdominal hysterectomy SSIs

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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