Table 1_1_5-3

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_5.3
Breast cancer deaths per 100,000 female population per year,^a by State, 1999 and 2005
State	2005			1999
State	Number	Rate	SE	Number	Rate	SE
United States	41,116	24.1	0.1	41,144	26.6	0.1
Alabama	751	27.4	1.0	653	25.7	1.0
Alaska	47	17.7	2.7	42	20.6	3.4
Arizona	683	21.1	0.8	684	25.4	1.0
Arkansas	409	24.3	1.2	401	25.3	1.3
California	4,168	22.6	0.4	4,060	25.1	0.4
Colorado	516	22.5	1.0	489	24.8	1.1
Connecticut	532	23.4	1.0	541	25.5	1.1
Delaware	118	23.6	2.2	120	27.7	2.5
District of Columbia	95	29.8	3.1	118	35.6	3.3
Florida	2,693	22.5	0.4	2,579	24.4	0.5
Georgia	1,057	23.7	0.7	1,008	26.1	0.8
Hawaii	151	19.0	1.6	138	21.2	1.8
Idaho	143	19.2	1.6	171	26.9	2.1
Illinois	1,865	25.6	0.6	2,007	29.5	0.7
Indiana	827	22.8	0.8	898	26.4	0.9
Iowa	422	21.1	1.1	479	25.9	1.2
Kansas	386	23.8	1.2	386	25.3	1.3
Kentucky	584	23.8	1.0	602	26.7	1.1
Louisiana	735	29.3	1.1	683	29.2	1.1
Maine	198	22.2	1.6	215	27.1	1.9
Maryland	821	25.7	0.9	791	28.0	1.0
Massachusetts	940	23.2	0.8	1,045	27.2	0.9
Michigan	1,411	23.8	0.6	1,531	28.1	0.7
Minnesota	657	22.4	0.9	670	25.0	1.0
Mississippi	429	26.0	1.3	429	28.0	1.4
Missouri	974	28.0	0.9	856	25.7	0.9
Montana	134	23.3	2.0	122	23.5	2.1
Nebraska	258	23.9	1.5	249	24.0	1.6
Nevada	290	24.1	1.4	245	26.7	1.7
New Hampshire	183	23.2	1.7	186	27.7	2.0
New Jersey	1,438	26.7	0.7	1,436	28.9	0.8
New Mexico	241	22.3	1.4	215	23.5	1.6
New York	2,859	24.0	0.5	3,127	28.4	0.5
North Carolina	1,249	25.4	0.7	1,168	26.7	0.8
North Dakota	93	22.3	2.4	111	26.0	2.6
Ohio	1,867	26.3	0.6	1,960	29.4	0.7
Oklahoma	521	25.1	1.1	522	26.4	1.2
Oregon	474	21.9	1.0	511	26.7	1.2
Pennsylvania	2,132	24.8	0.6	2,386	29.4	0.6
Rhode Island	173	24.5	1.9	179	26.7	2.0
South Carolina	655	26.2	1.0	604	27.7	1.1
South Dakota	117	23.7	2.2	110	23.0	2.3
Tennessee	928	26.7	0.9	833	26.1	0.9
Texas	2,532	23.1	0.5	2,408	25.2	0.5
Utah	240	24.1	1.6	185	21.7	1.6
Vermont	79	20.4	2.3	89	25.4	2.7
Virginia	1,095	25.8	0.8	1,008	27.2	0.9
Washington	794	23.1	0.8	725	24.0	0.9
West Virginia	329	27.1	1.5	286	25.0	1.5
Wisconsin	764	22.6	0.8	825	26.8	0.9
Wyoming	59	21.0	2.8	58	23.0	3.0

^a Estimates are age adjusted to the 2000 standard population.

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_5-3: 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_5-3.html