Table 1_4_2-2a

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_2.2a
Prostate cancer deaths per 100,000 male 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		23.5	0.1	21.7	0.1	50.5	0.8	9.6	0.5	14.4	1.5
Age, not age adjusted	0–17	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	18–44	0.1	0.0	0.1	0.0	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	45–64	7.3	0.1	6.4	0.1	17.1	0.7	2.2	0.4	DSU	DSU
	65 and over	163.8	1.0	153.7	1.1	326.4	5.1	61.9	3.4	92.0	9.8
Geographic location^b	Metropolitan	23.4	0.2	21.5	0.2	49.9	0.8	9.5	0.5	10.6	1.7
	Large central metro	24.2	0.3	21.4	0.3	49.7	1.1	9.6	0.7	DSU	DSU
	Large fringe metro	21.9	0.3	20.7	0.3	49.0	1.8	7.5	1.1	DSU	DSU
	Medium metro	23.4	0.3	22.0	0.3	51.7	1.9	11.9	1.3	DSU	DSU
	Small metro	24.3	0.5	23.0	0.5	49.8	2.8	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	Micropolitan (nonmetro)	23.7	0.4	22.2	0.4	53.6	2.7	13.0	2.8	22.1	4.2
	Noncore (nonmetro)	24.2	0.5	22.5	0.5	56.9	3.2	DSU	DSU	19.8	3.8

^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_2-2a: 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_2-2a.html