Table 1_4_1-3

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_4_1.3
All 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	559,303	183.8	0.2	549,829	200.8	0.3
Alabama	9,913	204.1	2.0	9,506	210.9	2.2
Alaska	732	169.2	6.7	633	190.5	8.3
Arizona	9,820	163.7	1.6	9,006	179.9	1.9
Arkansas	6,361	208.3	2.6	6,137	214.1	2.7
California	54,729	167.0	0.7	53,064	184.9	0.8
Colorado	6,395	159.6	2.0	5,862	171.1	2.2
Connecticut	7,052	175.7	2.1	7,054	191.0	2.3
Delaware	1,799	197.8	4.7	1,737	223.3	5.3
District of Columbia	1,150	206.0	6.1	1,340	241.4	6.6
Florida	40,592	178.1	0.9	38,477	190.6	1.0
Georgia	14,358	190.4	1.6	13,225	202.3	1.8
Hawaii	2,169	148.9	3.2	1,916	156.6	3.6
Idaho	2,368	174.1	3.6	2,162	186.4	4.0
Illinois	24,250	190.1	1.2	25,024	210.4	1.3
Indiana	12,796	199.3	1.8	12,898	217.4	1.9
Iowa	6,453	182.5	2.3	6,346	189.1	2.4
Kansas	5,428	185.4	2.5	5,334	192.4	2.6
Kentucky	9,505	219.9	2.3	8,925	224.2	2.4
Louisiana	9,249	209.3	2.2	9,412	230.5	2.4
Maine	3,218	201.9	3.6	3,035	214.6	3.9
Maryland	10,371	188.3	1.9	10,143	209.4	2.1
Massachusetts	13,182	185.2	1.6	13,853	206.4	1.7
Michigan	20,094	190.8	1.3	19,744	205.2	1.5
Minnesota	8,823	167.8	1.8	8,892	187.0	2.0
Mississippi	6,065	208.4	2.7	6,143	227.9	2.9
Missouri	12,417	197.7	1.8	12,186	207.9	1.9
Montana	1,956	184.4	4.2	1,854	195.1	4.5
Nebraska	3,355	174.8	3.0	3,410	189.0	3.2
Nevada	4,238	191.0	3.0	3,556	206.7	3.5
New Hampshire	2,549	183.7	3.6	2,408	203.5	4.1
New Jersey	17,171	182.1	1.4	18,177	209.3	1.5
New Mexico	3,141	162.6	2.9	2,857	173.3	3.2
New York	35,555	170.8	0.9	37,609	196.6	1.0
North Carolina	16,724	192.8	1.5	15,815	207.1	1.6
North Dakota	1,302	168.9	4.7	1,366	186.7	5.1
Ohio	24,702	196.5	1.2	25,233	215.4	1.3
Oklahoma	7,446	197.6	2.3	7,312	206.7	2.4
Oregon	7,326	186.9	2.2	6,905	198.2	2.4
Pennsylvania	29,615	193.3	1.1	30,311	209.5	1.2
Rhode Island	2,291	184.1	3.9	2,463	210.3	4.2
South Carolina	8,652	197.3	2.1	8,089	211.7	2.4
South Dakota	1,612	180.9	4.5	1,632	197.4	4.9
Tennessee	12,995	211.5	1.9	11,941	213.9	2.0
Texas	34,291	178.5	1.0	32,755	196.1	1.1
Utah	2,520	139.4	2.8	2,393	155.7	3.2
Vermont	1,202	172.9	5.0	1,255	203.7	5.7
Virginia	13,877	188.8	1.6	13,365	209.1	1.8
Washington	11,048	179.5	1.7	10,653	198.3	1.9
West Virginia	4,617	207.7	3.1	4,762	225.1	3.3
Wisconsin	10,943	182.3	1.7	10,755	195.5	1.9
Wyoming	886	167.7	5.7	899	195.1	6.5

^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_4_1-3: 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_4_1-3.html