Table 1_4_2-1

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_4_2.1
Prostate cancer deaths per 100,000 male population per year,^a United States, 1999 and 2005
Population group		2005			1999
Population group		Number	Rate	SE	Number	Rate	SE
Total		28,905	24.5	0.1	31,728	31.3	0.2
Age, not age adjusted	0–17	*	*	*	*	*	*
	18–44	*	*	*	*	*	*
	45–64	2,549	7.2	0.1	2,320	7.9	0.2
	65 and over	26,327	170.8	1.1	29,371	205.4	1.2
Race	American Indian/Alaska Native	113	17.6	1.7	63	16.7	2.2
	Asian/Pacific Islander	372	10.4	0.6	304	13.9	0.8
	Black	4,823	53.3	0.8	5,357	69.0	1.0
	White	23,597	22.6	0.1	26,004	28.7	0.2
Ethnicity	Hispanic, all races	1,300	18.5	0.5	1,050	23.0	0.8
	Non-Hispanic, all races	27,566	24.9	0.2	30,613	31.7	0.2
	Non-Hispanic, Black	4,771	54.1	0.8	5,315	69.7	1.0
	Non-Hispanic, White	22,319	22.8	0.2	24,935	28.9	0.2
Education, ages 25–64	Less than high school	275	4.4	0.3	442	4.2	0.2
	High school graduate	571	3.6	0.2	852	4.2	0.1
	At least some college	575	2.2	0.1	846	2.6	0.1
Residence location^b	Metropolitan	22,679	24.2	0.2	DNA	DNA	DNA
	Large central metro	8,086	26.0	0.3	DNA	DNA	DNA
	Large fringe metro	5,988	22.4	0.3	DNA	DNA	DNA
	Medium metro	5,744	23.9	0.3	DNA	DNA	DNA
	Small metro	2,861	24.9	0.5	DNA	DNA	DNA
	Micropolitan (nonmetro)	3,552	25.2	0.4	DNA	DNA	DNA
	Noncore (nonmetro)	2674	26.3	0.5	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_4_2-1: 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_4_2-1.html