Table 1_1_5-1

2008 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports

The National Healthcare Quality Report (NHQR) is a comprehensive national overview of quality of health care in the United States. It is organized around four dimensions of quality of care: effectiveness, patient safety, timeliness, and patient centeredness.

Table 1_1_5.1
Breast cancer deaths per 100,000 female population per year,^a United States, 1999 and 2005
Population group		2005			1999
Population group		Number	Rate	SE	Number	Rate	SE
Total		41,116	24.1	0.1	41,144	26.6	0.1
Age, not age adjusted	0–17	*	*	*	*	*	*
	18–44	2,856	5.1	0.1	3,172	DNA	DNA
	45–64	14,772	39.6	0.3	13,462	43.4	0.4
	65 and over	23,488	109.9	0.7	24,505	119.6	0.8
Race	American Indian/Alaska Native	166	15.2	1.2	130	15.5	1.4
	Asian/Pacific Islander	796	12.2	0.4	583	12.7	0.5
	Black	5,802	32.8	0.4	5,358	35.1	0.5
	White	34,352	23.4	0.1	35,073	26.0	0.1
Ethnicity	Hispanic, all races	1,936	15.0	0.4	1,538	16.4	0.4
	Non-Hispanic, all races	39,121	24.8	0.1	39,511	27.2	0.1
	Non-Hispanic, Black	5,748	33.5	0.4	5,319	35.7	0.5
	Non-Hispanic, White	32,431	24.0	0.1	33,491	26.6	0.1
Education, ages 25–64	Less than high school	1,111	19.7	0.6	1,952	20.3	0.5
	High school graduate	3,975	24.7	0.4	6,668	27.0	0.3
	At least some college	4,626	18.1	0.3	6,827	20.2	0.2
Residence location^b	Metropolitan	33,413	24.1	0.1	DNA	DNA	DNA
	Large central metro	11,568	24.3	0.2	DNA	DNA	DNA
	Large fringe metro	9,850	24.5	0.2	DNA	DNA	DNA
	Medium metro	8,089	23.5	0.3	DNA	DNA	DNA
	Small metro	3,906	23.7	0.4	DNA	DNA	DNA
	Micropolitan (nonmetro)	4,528	23.7	0.4	DNA	DNA	DNA
	Noncore (nonmetro)	3,175	24.1	0.4	DNA	DNA	DNA

^a Estimates are age adjusted to the 2000 standard population, except where indicated. Respondents for which age is not reported are not included in the age adjustment calculations and are excluded from displayed numerators.

^b For more information, see the National Vital Statistics System entry in Appendix A, Data Sources.

DNA - Data have not been analyzed.

* - Data do not meet the criteria for statistical reliability, data quality, or confidentiality.

Key: SE: standard error.

Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Health Statistics, National Vital Statistics System - Mortality.

Current as of September 2009

Internet Citation: Table 1_1_5-1: 2008 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports. September 2009. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. http://www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/nhqrdr/nhqrdr08/1_cancer/T1_1_5-1.html