Table 8_2_9-2d

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_9.2d
Patients with tuberculosis who completed a curative course of treatment within 1 year of initiation of treatment, by ethnicity (foreign born only),^a 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		5,766	81.3	3,547	82.7	305	82.7	840	83.5	2,219	79.1
Age	0–17	353	89.8	209	89.3	*	*	111	89.5	144	90.6
	18–44	3,233	80.4	1,873	82.4	123	80.4	577	83.7	1,360	77.8
	45–64	1,391	81.5	914	82.9	79	87.8	120	78.9	477	79.1
	65 and over	789	81.2	551	81.3	79	79.0	*	*	238	81.0
Gender	Male	3,318	79.6	1,929	82.6	167	79.9	482	84.1	1,389	75.8
Gender	Female	2,448	83.7	1,618	82.8	138	86.3	358	82.7	830	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.

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

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

Current as of September 2009

Internet Citation: Table 8_2_9-2d: 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_9-2d.html