Table 1_4_3-3

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_3.3
Lung cancer deaths per 100,000 population per year,^a by State, 1999 and 2006
	2006		1999
State	Rate	SE	Rate	SE
United States	51.5	0.1	55.5	0.1
Alabama	60.1	1.1	62.6	1.2
Alaska	46.6	3.4	53.6	4.3
Arizona	43.1	0.8	49.6	1.0
Arkansas	65.3	1.4	67.9	1.5
California	40.2	0.4	48.1	0.4
Colorado	38.0	1.0	40.3	1.1
Connecticut	46.9	1.1	48.8	1.2
Delaware	59.7	2.5	68.2	2.9
District of Columbia	46.5	2.8	54.0	3.1
Florida	51.3	0.5	56.5	0.5
Georgia	55.7	0.8	59.9	1.0
Hawaii	38.7	1.6	36.7	1.7
Idaho	42.0	1.7	43.0	1.9
Illinois	52.5	0.6	56.7	0.7
Indiana	61.7	1.0	65.6	1.0
Iowa	49.3	1.2	50.8	1.2
Kansas	54.7	1.4	53.9	1.4
Kentucky	74.5	1.3	74.0	1.4
Louisiana	60.8	1.2	65.5	1.3
Maine	61.0	2.0	58.2	2.0
Maryland	52.7	1.0	58.6	1.1
Massachusetts	52.7	0.9	54.1	0.9
Michigan	55.4	0.7	56.3	0.8
Minnesota	45.0	0.9	47.3	1.0
Mississippi	67.2	1.5	70.5	1.6
Missouri	62.0	1.0	62.0	1.0
Montana	48.3	2.1	53.4	2.4
Nebraska	47.7	1.6	51.4	1.7
Nevada	56.1	1.6	64.0	1.9
New Hampshire	51.4	1.9	56.1	2.2
New Jersey	47.0	0.7	52.9	0.8
New Mexico	34.9	1.3	37.8	1.5
New York	44.2	0.5	50.0	0.5
North Carolina	59.6	0.8	60.7	0.9
North Dakota	48.1	2.6	41.6	2.4
Ohio	59.4	0.7	61.0	0.7
Oklahoma	63.4	1.3	62.7	1.3
Oregon	53.2	1.2	54.5	1.3
Pennsylvania	52.6	0.6	54.7	0.6
Rhode Island	49.5	2.0	60.1	2.3
South Carolina	58.6	1.1	60.2	1.2
South Dakota	48.6	2.3	49.7	2.5
Tennessee	68.1	1.0	67.2	1.1
Texas	49.1	0.5	55.2	0.6
Utah	23.4	1.1	26.4	1.3
Vermont	49.7	2.7	54.9	3.0
Virginia	54.1	0.9	58.7	1.0
Washington	49.3	0.9	57.3	1.0
West Virginia	70.5	1.8	73.4	1.9
Wisconsin	48.0	0.9	48.6	0.9
Wyoming	44.6	2.9	52.0	3.4

^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_3-3: 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_3-3.html