Table 1_1_2-2

2009 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_1_2.2
Breast cancer diagnosed at advanced stage (regional and distant SEER summary stage) per 100,000 women age 40 and over, by State, 2004-2006
	2006		2005		2004
State	Rate^a	SE	Rate^a	SE	Rate^a	SE
Alabama	103.9	3.0	102.6	3.0	99.1	3.0
Alaska	79.0	8.5	99.0	9.6	79.7	8.5
Arizona	DSU	DSU	76.0	2.4	82.8	2.5
Arkansas	94.7	3.7	91.3	3.6	96.8	3.8
California	92.0	1.1	94.0	1.1	93.4	1.1
Colorado	85.0	2.9	95.8	3.1	87.8	3.0
Delaware	81.6	6.1	93.9	6.7	95.1	6.8
District of Columbia	123.5	9.6	117.0	9.2	95.7	8.4
Florida	79.1	1.3	80.4	1.3	79.1	1.3
Georgia	92.4	2.1	87.8	2.1	93.0	2.2
Idaho	102.1	5.7	83.0	5.2	87.6	5.4
Illinois	97.6	1.8	95.2	1.8	97.2	1.8
Indiana	82.3	2.3	83.4	2.4	79.9	2.3
Kansas	102.7	4.0	101.1	4.0	90.6	3.8
Kentucky	96.2	3.0	87.4	2.9	90.6	3.0
Louisiana	98.7	3.1	92.8	3.0	101.8	3.1
Maine	94.3	5.1	92.5	5.1	88.7	5.0
Maryland	87.8	2.5	87.4	2.5	DSU	DSU
Massachusetts	87.9	2.3	88.3	2.3	94.7	2.4
Michigan	86.0	1.9	79.5	1.8	83.0	1.9
Minnesota	93.9	2.8	98.7	2.9	92.7	2.8
Mississippi	95.9	3.7	97.9	3.8	99.1	3.8
Missouri	91.7	2.5	91.0	2.5	97.3	2.6
Montana	88.2	6.0	94.8	6.3	86.4	6.1
Nebraska	97.4	4.8	94.4	4.8	93.4	4.8
Nevada	81.5	3.9	78.8	3.8	76.1	3.9
New Hampshire	87.0	5.1	87.5	5.2	92.9	5.4
New Jersey	98.5	2.1	104.6	2.2	101.3	2.2
New York	92.5	1.4	92.4	1.4	90.0	1.4
North Carolina	94.9	2.1	93.4	2.1	87.5	2.1
North Dakota	103.0	8.1	78.5	7.1	84.2	7.4
Ohio	91.1	1.8	88.0	1.7	94.3	1.8
Oklahoma	91.9	3.3	100.8	3.4	104.9	3.5
Oregon	91.3	3.2	90.7	3.2	93.3	3.3
Pennsylvania	95.6	1.7	96.4	1.7	98.2	1.7
Rhode Island	95.2	5.9	88.1	5.7	98.8	6.1
South Carolina	95.6	3.0	91.7	2.9	97.3	3.1
South Dakota	79.7	6.5	86.1	6.8	84.0	6.8
Tennessee	98.8	2.6	100.2	2.6	90.3	2.5
Texas	88.4	1.4	92.0	1.4	90.8	1.4
Vermont	75.9	6.8	82.4	7.2	91.2	7.6
Virginia	88.7	2.2	89.6	2.2	89.8	2.3
Washington	94.4	2.5	99.2	2.6	98.9	2.6
West Virginia	85.3	4.2	92.4	4.3	96.5	4.5
Wisconsin	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Wyoming	91.2	8.7	92.8	8.7	92.3	8.8

^aEstimates are per 100,000 women age 40 and over and are age adjusted to the 2000 U.S. standard million population by 5-year age groups.

DSU - Registry did not meet the data quality criteria for all invasive cancers combined. Data quality criteria include: case ascertainment is 90% or more complete; no more than 5% of cases are ascertained solely on the basis of a death certificate; no more than 3% of cases are missing information on sex; no more than 3% of cases are missing information on age; no more than 5% of cases are missing information on race; and at least 97% of the registry's records passed a set of core single-field, interfield, and interrecord computerized edits.

Key: SE: standard error.

Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Program of Cancer Registries.

Current as of March 2010

Internet Citation: Table 1_1_2-2: 2009 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports. March 2010. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. http://www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/nhqrdr/nhqrdr09/1_cancer/T1_1_2-2.html