Table 1_4_2-3

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_2.3
Prostate cancer deaths per 100,000 male population per year,^a by State, 1999 and 2005
State	2005			1999
State	Number	Rate	SE	Number	Rate	SE
United States	28,905	24.5	0.1	31,728	31.3	0.2
Alabama	521	30.4	1.4	613	39.1	1.6
Alaska	33	24.6	4.6	20	20.7	5.0
Arizona	572	23.4	1.0	498	24.3	1.1
Arkansas	332	28.8	1.6	378	35.2	1.8
California	3,061	23.9	0.4	3,077	28.4	0.5
Colorado	377	25.5	1.3	361	29.8	1.6
Connecticut	406	24.9	1.2	404	28.8	1.4
Delaware	99	28.0	2.8	93	32.9	3.6
District of Columbia	88	42.5	4.5	113	57.9	5.5
Florida	2,206	22.1	0.5	2,245	25.9	0.6
Georgia	739	29.6	1.1	813	38.8	1.4
Hawaii	117	19.5	1.8	117	22.7	2.1
Idaho	164	29.6	2.3	159	33.5	2.7
Illinois	1,270	26.1	0.7	1,423	33.0	0.9
Indiana	561	23.2	1.0	746	35.2	1.3
Iowa	350	23.9	1.3	417	31.6	1.6
Kansas	256	21.2	1.3	314	29.3	1.7
Kentucky	418	27.4	1.4	462	33.2	1.6
Louisiana	450	28.4	1.4	551	38.5	1.7
Maine	156	25.2	2.0	148	27.8	2.3
Maryland	519	24.7	1.1	580	34.6	1.5
Massachusetts	623	21.9	0.9	801	33.2	1.2
Michigan	924	22.4	0.7	1,139	32.6	1.0
Minnesota	491	23.7	1.1	567	31.2	1.3
Mississippi	336	33.7	1.9	426	44.8	2.2
Missouri	566	23.6	1.0	662	30.6	1.2
Montana	129	29.5	2.6	129	34.8	3.1
Nebraska	201	25.9	1.8	188	26.9	2.0
Nevada	215	24.4	1.7	196	29.5	2.3
New Hampshire	119	22.7	2.1	119	28.8	2.7
New Jersey	837	22.8	0.8	966	30.4	1.0
New Mexico	194	25.4	1.8	197	31.9	2.3
New York	1,791	22.4	0.5	2,056	29.4	0.7
North Carolina	791	25.3	0.9	911	35.2	1.2
North Dakota	87	26.7	2.9	88	28.7	3.1
Ohio	1,280	26.1	0.7	1,342	31.8	0.9
Oklahoma	346	23.8	1.3	393	30.2	1.5
Oregon	424	26.1	1.3	446	32.7	1.6
Pennsylvania	1,492	24.0	0.6	1,720	31.7	0.8
Rhode Island	129	25.3	2.2	133	30.6	2.7
South Carolina	464	29.8	1.4	533	41.1	1.9
South Dakota	93	24.4	2.5	114	33.4	3.1
Tennessee	594	27.7	1.2	661	34.8	1.4
Texas	1,661	24.1	0.6	1,774	30.4	0.7
Utah	169	23.9	1.8	190	32.6	2.4
Vermont	60	21.4	2.8	79	35.4	4.0
Virginia	719	27.2	1.0	787	36.1	1.3
Washington	621	25.4	1.0	600	29.4	1.2
West Virginia	192	22.8	1.7	241	30.8	2.0
Wisconsin	629	26.4	1.1	681	32.6	1.3
Wyoming	33	15.9	2.9	57	32.6	4.4

^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_2-3: 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_2-3.html