Table 1_3_6-3

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_3_6.3
Colorectal cancer deaths per 100,000 population per year,^a by State, 1999 and 2005
State	2005			1999
State	Number	Rate	SE	Number	Rate	SE
United States	53,250	17.5	0.1	57,155	20.9	0.1
Alabama	903	18.8	0.6	848	19.0	0.7
Alaska	60	15.0	2.1	61	20.8	3.0
Arizona	927	15.5	0.5	867	17.5	0.6
Arkansas	574	18.9	0.8	623	21.7	0.9
California	5,198	15.8	0.2	5,155	18.1	0.3
Colorado	657	16.6	0.7	604	17.9	0.7
Connecticut	629	15.1	0.6	776	20.7	0.7
Delaware	163	17.9	1.4	183	23.6	1.8
District of Columbia	119	21.1	1.9	142	25.5	2.1
Florida	3,770	16.4	0.3	3,967	19.4	0.3
Georgia	1,330	17.8	0.5	1,192	18.5	0.5
Hawaii	211	14.5	1.0	169	13.8	1.1
Idaho	211	15.5	1.1	217	18.8	1.3
Illinois	2,376	18.5	0.4	2,757	23.1	0.4
Indiana	1,254	19.4	0.5	1,388	23.5	0.6
Iowa	664	18.2	0.7	735	21.5	0.8
Kansas	554	18.6	0.8	585	20.7	0.9
Kentucky	894	21.0	0.7	862	21.9	0.7
Louisiana	885	20.1	0.7	954	23.7	0.8
Maine	274	17.2	1.0	333	23.4	1.3
Maryland	1,029	18.7	0.6	1,068	22.4	0.7
Massachusetts	1,285	17.6	0.5	1,529	22.4	0.6
Michigan	1,914	18.0	0.4	2,029	21.2	0.5
Minnesota	794	14.8	0.5	898	18.7	0.6
Mississippi	582	20.2	0.8	582	21.6	0.9
Missouri	1,154	18.3	0.5	1,300	22.0	0.6
Montana	188	17.7	1.3	186	19.6	1.4
Nebraska	364	18.5	1.0	408	22.2	1.1
Nevada	404	18.5	0.9	368	22.2	1.2
New Hampshire	243	17.6	1.1	270	23.0	1.4
New Jersey	1,778	18.6	0.4	2,026	23.3	0.5
New Mexico	308	16.3	0.9	273	16.8	1.0
New York	3,533	16.8	0.3	4,295	22.4	0.3
North Carolina	1,486	17.3	0.4	1,518	20.1	0.5
North Dakota	151	18.5	1.5	145	19.7	1.7
Ohio	2,372	18.8	0.4	2,810	24.0	0.5
Oklahoma	729	19.5	0.7	739	20.9	0.8
Oregon	671	16.9	0.7	689	19.7	0.8
Pennsylvania	2,945	18.8	0.3	3,472	23.7	0.4
Rhode Island	222	16.8	1.2	278	23.3	1.4
South Carolina	817	18.8	0.7	818	21.7	0.8
South Dakota	177	19.5	1.5	185	21.8	1.6
Tennessee	1,176	19.4	0.6	1,083	19.6	0.6
Texas	3,202	16.8	0.3	3,293	19.9	0.3
Utah	238	13.3	0.9	243	16.1	1.0
Vermont	122	17.6	1.6	137	22.3	1.9
Virginia	1,252	17.2	0.5	1,316	20.9	0.6
Washington	950	15.3	0.5	995	18.6	0.6
West Virginia	440	19.8	0.9	520	24.6	1.1
Wisconsin	1,000	16.3	0.5	1,170	21.1	0.6
Wyoming	71	13.8	1.6	94	20.6	2.1

^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_3_6-3: 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_3_6-3.html