Table 8_2_9-2b

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_9.2b
Patients with tuberculosis who completed a curative course of treatment within 1 year of initiation of treatment,^a by ethnicity, United States, 2004
Population group		Total		Non-Hispanic						Hispanic, all races
		Total		All races		White		Black		Hispanic, all races
		Number^b	Percent	Number^b	Percent	Number^b	Percent	Number^b	Percent	Number^b	Percent
Total		10,418	81.9	7,440	82.9	1,859	83.5	2,892	82.4	2,978	79.6
Age	0–17	992	89.9	545	89.9	81	92.0	313	88.9	447	89.8
	18–44	4,704	80.4	3,122	82.0	490	81.5	1,353	81.9	1,582	77.5
	45–64	3,005	81.2	2,385	82.0	699	83.8	906	80.0	620	78.3
	65 and over	1,717	83.1	1,388	83.7	589	83.7	320	86.5	329	80.4
Gender	Male	6,216	80.4	4,407	82.2	1,206	83.2	1,749	81.2	1,809	76.3
Gender	Female	4,202	84.2	3,033	83.8	653	83.9	1,143	84.4	1,169	85.5

^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.

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

Current as of September 2009

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