Table 1_1_5-3

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_5.3
Breast cancer deaths per 100,000 female population per year,^a by State, 1999 and 2006
	2006		1999
State	Rate	SE	Rate	SE
United States	23.5	0.1	26.6	0.1
Alabama	23.5	0.9	25.7	1.0
Alaska	27.8	3.4	20.6	3.4
Arizona	21.8	0.8	25.4	1.0
Arkansas	23.8	1.2	25.3	1.3
California	22.3	0.3	25.1	0.4
Colorado	20.8	0.9	24.8	1.1
Connecticut	23.8	1.0	25.5	1.1
Delaware	21.5	2.1	27.7	2.5
District of Columbia	26.8	2.8	35.6	3.3
Florida	21.5	0.4	24.4	0.5
Georgia	23.5	0.7	26.1	0.8
Hawaii	18.9	1.6	21.2	1.8
Idaho	20.8	1.7	26.9	2.1
Illinois	24.1	0.6	29.5	0.7
Indiana	25.5	0.8	26.4	0.9
Iowa	22.6	1.1	25.9	1.2
Kansas	24.0	1.2	25.3	1.3
Kentucky	23.8	1.0	26.7	1.1
Louisiana	26.2	1.0	29.2	1.1
Maine	21.6	1.6	27.1	1.9
Maryland	25.0	0.9	28.0	1.0
Massachusetts	23.4	0.8	27.2	0.9
Michigan	25.1	0.7	28.1	0.7
Minnesota	20.8	0.9	25.0	1.0
Mississippi	25.2	1.2	28.0	1.4
Missouri	25.4	0.9	25.7	0.9
Montana	18.8	1.8	23.5	2.1
Nebraska	19.8	1.4	24.0	1.6
Nevada	20.5	1.3	26.7	1.7
New Hampshire	20.8	1.6	27.7	2.0
New Jersey	27.0	0.7	28.9	0.8
New Mexico	21.2	1.4	23.5	1.6
New York	22.9	0.4	28.4	0.5
North Carolina	24.2	0.7	26.7	0.8
North Dakota	20.5	2.3	26.0	2.6
Ohio	26.5	0.6	29.4	0.7
Oklahoma	25.2	1.1	26.4	1.2
Oregon	23.2	1.0	26.7	1.2
Pennsylvania	24.8	0.6	29.4	0.6
Rhode Island	21.3	1.8	26.7	2.0
South Carolina	24.4	1.0	27.7	1.1
South Dakota	19.7	2.1	23.0	2.3
Tennessee	24.7	0.8	26.1	0.9
Texas	22.5	0.4	25.2	0.5
Utah	25.5	1.6	21.7	1.6
Vermont	21.8	2.3	25.4	2.7
Virginia	25.2	0.8	27.2	0.9
Washington	22.8	0.8	24.0	0.9
West Virginia	21.5	1.3	25.0	1.5
Wisconsin	22.8	0.8	26.8	0.9
Wyoming	23.5	2.9	23.0	3.0

^a Estimates are age adjusted to the 2000 standard population.

Key: SE: standard error.

Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Health Statistics, National Vital Statistics System - Mortality.

Current as of March 2010

Internet Citation: Table 1_1_5-3: 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_5-3.html