Table 1_4_3-1

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_3.1
Lung 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		159,289	52.6	0.1	152,154	55.5	0.1
Age, not age adjusted	0–17	*	*	*	*	*	*
	18–44	2,469	2.2	0.0	*	*	*
	45–64	43,987	60.4	0.3	40,778	67.6	0.3
	65 and over	112,826	306.7	0.9	108,448	311.7	0.9
Race	American Indian/Alaska Native	674	34.1	1.4	497	36.3	1.7
	Asian/Pacific Islander	2,609	25.7	0.5	1,943	27.9	0.7
	Black	16,566	58.4	0.5	15,963	64.8	0.5
	White	139,440	53.1	0.1	133,751	55.4	0.2
Ethnicity	Hispanic, all races	4,490	22.4	0.3	3,545	25.0	0.4
	Non-Hispanic, all races	154,575	54.8	0.1	148,204	57.2	0.1
	Non-Hispanic, Black	16,436	59.6	0.5	15,834	65.7	0.5
	Non-Hispanic, White	134,922	55.5	0.2	129,966	57.2	0.2
Gender	Male	90,185	69.0	0.2	89,451	76.9	0.3
Gender	Female	69,104	40.5	0.2	62,703	40.2	0.2
Education, ages 25–64	Less than high school	6,799	56.0	0.7	10,321	49.8	0.5
	High school graduate	13,007	39.4	0.3	18,813	41.0	0.3
	At least some college	7,370	14.2	0.2	10,714	16.5	0.2
Residence location^b	Metropolitan	124,230	51.1	0.1	DNA	DNA	DNA
	Large central metro	38,859	47.4	0.2	DNA	DNA	DNA
	Large fringe metro	35,497	50.7	0.3	DNA	DNA	DNA
	Medium metro	33,024	53.9	0.3	DNA	DNA	DNA
	Small metro	16,850	57.2	0.4	DNA	DNA	DNA
	Micropolitan (nonmetro)	20,575	58.6	0.4	DNA	DNA	DNA
	Noncore (nonmetro)	14484	59.2	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_3-1: 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_3-1.html