Table 8_2_9-2a

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 8_2_9.2a
Patients with tuberculosis who completed a curative course of treatment within 1 year of initiation of treatment,^a by race, United States, 2004
Population group		Total		White		Black		API		AI/AN
Population group		Number^b	Percent	Number^b	Percent	Number^b	Percent	Number^b	Percent	Number^b	Percent
Total		10,418	81.9	4,734	81.1	2,968	82.4	2,599	82.8	117	81.3
Age	0–17	992	89.9	510	89.8	327	89.3	142	91.0	*	*
	18–44	4,704	80.4	2,021	78.5	1,391	81.7	1,254	82.3	*	*
	45–64	3,005	81.2	1,293	81.2	924	80.1	743	82.6	*	*
	65 and over	1,717	83.1	910	82.4	326	86.5	460	82.3	*	*
Gender	Male	6,216	80.4	2,950	78.9	1,796	81.2	1,389	82.6	81	81.8
Gender	Female	4,202	84.2	1,784	85.0	1,172	84.4	1,210	83.2	*	*
Ethnicity	Hispanic	2,978	79.6	2,875	79.6	76	82.6	23	76.7	*	*
Ethnicity	Non-Hispanic	7,440	82.9	1,859	83.5	2,892	82.4	2,576	82.9	113	81.9

^a Only cases with known age, sex, race, and ethnicity are shown in this table. Since 2004 the calculation of completion of therapy (COT) has been changed.

^b Numbers shown are only for cases completing therapy within 12 months.

* - Data do not meet the criteria for statistical reliability, data quality, or confidentiality (number of patients < 50).

Key: AI/AN: American Indian or Alaska Native; API: Asian or Pacific Islander.

Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National TB Surveillance System.

Current as of September 2009

Internet Citation: Table 8_2_9-2a: 2008 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports. September 2009. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. http://archive.ahrq.gov/research/findings/nhqrdr/nhqrdr08/8_respiratorydiseases/T8_2_9-2a.html