Table 1_3_6-1

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_3_6.1
Colorectal cancer deaths per 100,000 population per year,^a United States, 1999 and 2005
Population group		2005			1999
Population group		Number	Rate	SE	Number	Rate	SE
Total		53,250	17.5	0.1	57,155	20.9	0.1
Age, not age adjusted	0–17	*	*	*	*	*	*
	18–44	1,644	1.5	0.0	*	*	*
	45–64	12,496	17.2	0.2	12,024	19.9	0.2
	65 and over	39,100	106.3	0.5	43,464	124.9	0.6
Race	American Indian/Alaska Native	240	12.0	0.8	170	13.4	1.1
	Asian/Pacific Islander	1,134	11.2	0.3	834	12.0	0.4
	Black	6,883	24.8	0.3	6,777	28.4	0.3
	White	44,993	16.9	0.1	49,374	20.4	0.1
Ethnicity	Hispanic, all races	2,542	12.4	0.3	2,031	14.3	0.3
	Non-Hispanic, all races	50,628	17.8	0.1	54,976	21.2	0.1
	Non-Hispanic, Black	6,803	25.2	0.3	6,709	28.7	0.4
	Non-Hispanic, White	42,479	17.2	0.1	47,275	20.7	0.1
Gender	Male	26,841	20.9	0.1	28,240	25.3	0.2
Gender	Female	26,409	14.8	0.1	28,915	17.8	0.1
Education, ages 25–64	Less than high school	1,349	11.4	0.3	2,186	10.7	0.2
	High school graduate	3,386	10.5	0.2	5,613	12.3	0.2
	At least some college	3,130	6.1	0.1	4,816	7.2	0.1
Residence location^b	Metropolitan	42,014	17.2	0.1	DNA	DNA	DNA
	Large central metro	14,277	17.2	0.1	DNA	DNA	DNA
	Large fringe metro	12,194	17.4	0.2	DNA	DNA	DNA
	Medium metro	10,411	16.9	0.2	DNA	DNA	DNA
	Small metro	5,132	17.3	0.2	DNA	DNA	DNA
	Micropolitan (nonmetro)	6,529	18.5	0.2	DNA	DNA	DNA
	Noncore (nonmetro)	4707	19.0	0.3	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_3_6-1: 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_3_6-1.html