Table 1_4_1-3

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_4_1.3
All cancer deaths per 100,000 population per year,^a by State, 1999 and 2006
	2006		1999
State	Rate	SE	Rate	SE
United States	180.7	0.2	200.8	0.3
Alabama	197.7	2.0	210.9	2.2
Alaska	177.4	6.7	190.5	8.3
Arizona	155.7	1.6	179.9	1.9
Arkansas	196.0	2.5	214.1	2.7
California	162.3	0.7	184.9	0.8
Colorado	157.7	2.0	171.1	2.2
Connecticut	177.8	2.1	191.0	2.3
Delaware	191.4	4.5	223.3	5.3
District of Columbia	198.7	5.8	241.4	6.6
Florida	172.0	0.9	190.6	1.0
Georgia	180.4	1.5	202.3	1.8
Hawaii	147.6	3.2	156.6	3.6
Idaho	163.2	3.4	186.4	4.0
Illinois	187.2	1.2	210.4	1.3
Indiana	197.7	1.7	217.4	1.9
Iowa	179.6	2.3	189.1	2.4
Kansas	180.5	2.5	192.4	2.6
Kentucky	211.2	2.2	224.2	2.4
Louisiana	203.5	2.2	230.5	2.4
Maine	193.8	3.5	214.6	3.9
Maryland	186.8	1.8	209.4	2.1
Massachusetts	186.7	1.6	206.4	1.7
Michigan	191.0	1.3	205.2	1.5
Minnesota	171.2	1.8	187.0	2.0
Mississippi	209.2	2.7	227.9	2.9
Missouri	196.2	1.8	207.9	1.9
Montana	179.6	4.1	195.1	4.5
Nebraska	176.9	3.0	189.0	3.2
Nevada	183.2	2.8	206.7	3.5
New Hampshire	182.6	3.6	203.5	4.1
New Jersey	182.3	1.4	209.3	1.5
New Mexico	158.3	2.8	173.3	3.2
New York	169.0	0.9	196.6	1.0
North Carolina	192.8	1.5	207.1	1.6
North Dakota	183.2	5.0	186.7	5.1
Ohio	198.0	1.3	215.4	1.3
Oklahoma	194.8	2.3	206.7	2.4
Oregon	181.3	2.1	198.2	2.4
Pennsylvania	190.8	1.1	209.5	1.2
Rhode Island	181.7	3.9	210.3	4.2
South Carolina	193.2	2.1	211.7	2.4
South Dakota	171.9	4.4	197.4	4.9
Tennessee	204.7	1.8	213.9	2.0
Texas	174.5	0.9	196.1	1.1
Utah	136.4	2.7	155.7	3.2
Vermont	171.8	5.0	203.7	5.7
Virginia	183.9	1.6	209.1	1.8
Washington	174.2	1.7	198.3	1.9
West Virginia	205.9	3.0	225.1	3.3
Wisconsin	181.2	1.7	195.5	1.9
Wyoming	175.4	5.8	195.1	6.5

^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_4_1-3: 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_4_1-3.html