Table 1_4_1-2a

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_4_1.2a
All cancer deaths per 100,000 population per year,^a by race, United States, 2006
		Total		White		Black		API		AI/AN
Population group		Rate	SE	Rate	SE	Rate	SE	Rate	SE	Rate	SE
Total		180.7	0.2	179.9	0.3	217.4	0.9	106.5	1.0	119.4	2.5
Age, not age adjusted	0–17	2.3	0.1	2.4	0.1	2.3	0.1	2.1	0.2	DSU	DSU
	18–44	16.6	0.1	16.2	0.1	21.2	0.4	12.2	0.4	10.0	0.9
	45–64	202.7	0.5	198.8	0.6	273.1	1.8	113.8	1.9	125.2	4.3
	65 and over	1040.0	1.7	1051.0	1.8	1137.1	5.9	572.4	6.7	659.3	17.3
Gender	Male	220.1	0.4	217.9	0.4	546.1	3.4	126.7	1.7	135.5	4.2
Gender	Female	153.6	0.3	153.6	0.3	176.1	1.0	92.2	1.2	108.3	3.2
Geographic location^b	Metropolitan	178.1	0.3	177.3	0.3	215.8	0.9	105.7	1.0	96.8	2.9
	Large central metro	173.3	0.5	170.4	0.5	217.9	1.3	108.2	1.4	73.4	4.2
	Large fringe metro	178.0	0.5	178.9	0.5	202.6	2.0	94.5	2.1	96.2	6.7
	Medium metro	181.2	0.5	180.2	0.6	222.2	2.2	112.7	2.4	111.3	5.7
	Small metro	186.8	0.8	184.9	0.8	228.0	3.4	101.8	6.1	122.5	7.7
	Micropolitan (nonmetro)	191.6	0.7	190.1	0.8	231.8	3.3	128.4	5.5	148.3	6.8
	Noncore (nonmetro)	193.5	0.9	191.6	0.9	230.4	4.0	95.2	11.5	168.2	6.6

^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.

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

Key: AI/AN: American Indian or Alaska Native; API: Asian or Pacific Islander; 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_4_1-2a: 2009 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports. March 2010. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. http://archive.ahrq.gov/research/findings/nhqrdr/nhqrdr09/1_cancer/T1_4_1-2a.html