Table 1_3_6-3

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_3_6.3
Colorectal cancer deaths per 100,000 population per year,^a by State, 1999 and 2006
	2006		1999
State	Rate	SE	Rate	SE
United States	17.2	0.1	20.9	0.1
Alabama	19.8	0.6	19.0	0.7
Alaska	16.8	2.1	20.8	3.0
Arizona	14.6	0.5	17.5	0.6
Arkansas	17.7	0.8	21.7	0.9
California	15.5	0.2	18.1	0.3
Colorado	15.9	0.6	17.9	0.7
Connecticut	16.1	0.6	20.7	0.7
Delaware	16.1	1.3	23.6	1.8
District of Columbia	22.9	2.0	25.5	2.1
Florida	15.9	0.3	19.4	0.3
Georgia	17.0	0.5	18.5	0.5
Hawaii	14.3	1.0	13.8	1.1
Idaho	14.2	1.0	18.8	1.3
Illinois	19.4	0.4	23.1	0.4
Indiana	18.9	0.5	23.5	0.6
Iowa	18.6	0.7	21.5	0.8
Kansas	17.7	0.8	20.7	0.9
Kentucky	19.6	0.7	21.9	0.7
Louisiana	19.8	0.7	23.7	0.8
Maine	16.8	1.0	23.4	1.3
Maryland	18.5	0.6	22.4	0.7
Massachusetts	17.1	0.5	22.4	0.6
Michigan	17.7	0.4	21.2	0.5
Minnesota	15.3	0.5	18.7	0.6
Mississippi	19.8	0.8	21.6	0.9
Missouri	18.0	0.5	22.0	0.6
Montana	18.9	1.3	19.6	1.4
Nebraska	19.3	1.0	22.2	1.1
Nevada	17.9	0.9	22.2	1.2
New Hampshire	17.2	1.1	23.0	1.4
New Jersey	18.7	0.4	23.3	0.5
New Mexico	15.7	0.9	16.8	1.0
New York	17.0	0.3	22.4	0.3
North Carolina	16.9	0.4	20.1	0.5
North Dakota	18.6	1.6	19.7	1.7
Ohio	19.3	0.4	24.0	0.5
Oklahoma	17.1	0.7	20.9	0.8
Oregon	15.5	0.6	19.7	0.8
Pennsylvania	18.8	0.3	23.7	0.4
Rhode Island	15.1	1.1	23.3	1.4
South Carolina	18.3	0.6	21.7	0.8
South Dakota	16.0	1.3	21.8	1.6
Tennessee	18.0	0.5	19.6	0.6
Texas	16.9	0.3	19.9	0.3
Utah	12.7	0.8	16.1	1.0
Vermont	16.2	1.5	22.3	1.9
Virginia	17.1	0.5	20.9	0.6
Washington	14.8	0.5	18.6	0.6
West Virginia	19.6	0.9	24.6	1.1
Wisconsin	16.1	0.5	21.1	0.6
Wyoming	18.9	1.9	20.6	2.1

^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_3_6-3: 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_3_6-3.html