Table 1_4_2-3

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_2.3
Prostate cancer deaths per 100,000 male population per year,^a by State, 1999 and 2006
	2006		1999
State	Rate	SE	Rate	SE
United States	23.5	0.1	31.3	0.2
Alabama	28.5	1.3	39.1	1.6
Alaska	17.7	3.5	20.7	5.0
Arizona	19.2	0.8	24.3	1.1
Arkansas	25.2	1.4	35.2	1.8
California	22.2	0.4	28.4	0.5
Colorado	22.4	1.2	29.8	1.6
Connecticut	24.1	1.2	28.8	1.4
Delaware	21.6	2.5	32.9	3.6
District of Columbia	39.7	4.3	57.9	5.5
Florida	19.9	0.4	25.9	0.6
Georgia	28.1	1.0	38.8	1.4
Hawaii	13.5	1.4	22.7	2.1
Idaho	24.5	2.1	33.5	2.7
Illinois	25.1	0.7	33.0	0.9
Indiana	23.2	1.0	35.2	1.3
Iowa	25.3	1.3	31.6	1.6
Kansas	20.9	1.3	29.3	1.7
Kentucky	25.5	1.3	33.2	1.6
Louisiana	28.5	1.3	38.5	1.7
Maine	23.7	2.0	27.8	2.3
Maryland	26.1	1.1	34.6	1.5
Massachusetts	24.5	0.9	33.2	1.2
Michigan	22.3	0.7	32.6	1.0
Minnesota	23.2	1.1	31.2	1.3
Mississippi	32.3	1.7	44.8	2.2
Missouri	23.7	1.0	30.6	1.2
Montana	28.5	2.5	34.8	3.1
Nebraska	23.4	1.7	26.9	2.0
Nevada	23.8	1.7	29.5	2.3
New Hampshire	24.5	2.2	28.8	2.7
New Jersey	20.9	0.8	30.4	1.0
New Mexico	26.1	1.8	31.9	2.3
New York	21.7	0.5	29.4	0.7
North Carolina	27.8	0.9	35.2	1.2
North Dakota	27.0	2.9	28.7	3.1
Ohio	24.6	0.7	31.8	0.9
Oklahoma	22.8	1.2	30.2	1.5
Oregon	25.6	1.2	32.7	1.6
Pennsylvania	24.0	0.6	31.7	0.8
Rhode Island	21.2	2.1	30.6	2.7
South Carolina	27.9	1.3	41.1	1.9
South Dakota	26.8	2.6	33.4	3.1
Tennessee	26.5	1.1	34.8	1.4
Texas	22.1	0.6	30.4	0.7
Utah	26.7	1.9	32.6	2.4
Vermont	21.2	2.9	35.4	4.0
Virginia	25.3	1.0	36.1	1.3
Washington	24.5	1.0	29.4	1.2
West Virginia	21.1	1.6	30.8	2.0
Wisconsin	24.0	1.0	32.6	1.3
Wyoming	26.9	3.6	32.6	4.4

^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_2-3: 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_2-3.html