Table 1_3_6-1

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_3_6.1
Colorectal cancer deaths per 100,000 population per year,^a United States, 1999 and 2006
		2006		1999
Population group		Rate	SE	Rate	SE
Total		17.2	0.1	20.9	0.1
Age, not age adjusted	0–17	DSU	DSU	DNA	DNA
	18–44	1.5	0.0	DNA	DNA
	45–64	17.5	0.2	19.9	0.2
	65 and over	103.9	0.5	124.9	0.6
Race	AI/AN	11.2	0.8	13.4	1.1
	API	10.9	0.3	12.0	0.4
	Black	24.3	0.3	28.4	0.3
	White	16.7	0.1	20.4	0.1
Ethnicity	Hispanic, all races	12.6	0.2	14.3	0.3
	Non-Hispanic, all races	17.5	0.1	21.2	0.1
	Non-Hispanic, Black	24.7	0.3	28.7	0.4
	Non-Hispanic, White	17.0	0.1	20.7	0.1
Gender	Male	20.5	0.1	25.3	0.2
Gender	Female	14.7	0.1	17.8	0.1
Residence location^b	Metropolitan	16.9	0.1	DNA	DNA
	Large central metro	17.2	0.1	DNA	DNA
	Large fringe metro	17.0	0.2	DNA	DNA
	Medium metro	16.6	0.2	DNA	DNA
	Small metro	16.9	0.2	DNA	DNA
	Micropolitan (nonmetro)	18.1	0.2	DNA	DNA
	Noncore (nonmetro)	18.7	0.3	DNA	DNA

^a Estimates are age adjusted to the 2000 standard population, except where indicated. Respondents for which age is not reported are not included in the age adjustment calculations and are excluded from displayed numerators.

^b For more information, see the National Vital Statistics System entry in Appendix A, Data Sources.

DNA - Data have not been analyzed.

DSU - Data do not meet the criteria for statistical reliability, data quality, or confidentiality.

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_3_6-1: 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_3_6-1.html