Table 5_2_4-2a

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 5_2_4.2a
HIV infection deaths per 100,000 population,^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		4.0	0.0	2.1	0.0	18.6	0.2	0.6	0.1	2.4	0.3
Age, not age adjusted	0–17	0.1	0.0	DSU	DSU	0.2	0.0	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	18–44	4.7	0.1	2.5	0.1	19.5	0.4	0.5	0.1	2.9	0.5
	45–64	8.1	0.1	4.2	0.1	40.7	0.7	1.2	0.2	3.8	0.7
	65 and over	1.6	0.1	0.8	0.0	9.7	0.5	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Gender	Male	5.9	0.1	3.4	0.1	115.4	1.8	1.1	0.1	3.3	0.5
Gender	Female	2.2	0.0	0.7	0.0	12.2	0.2	DSU	DSU	1.5	0.3
Geographic location^b	Metropolitan	4.4	0.0	2.3	0.0	19.2	0.2	0.6	0.1	2.6	0.4
	Large central metro	7.1	0.1	4.0	0.1	23.2	0.4	0.7	0.1	3.4	0.7
	Large fringe metro	2.8	0.1	1.4	0.0	14.6	0.4	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	Medium metro	3.3	0.1	1.8	0.1	17.1	0.5	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	Small metro	2.5	0.1	1.3	0.1	14.1	0.7	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	Micropolitan (nonmetro)	2.1	0.1	1.0	0.1	14.6	0.8	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	Noncore (nonmetro)	1.8	0.1	0.9	0.1	11.6	0.9	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU

^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 5_2_4-2a: 2009 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports. March 2010. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. http://www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/nhqrdr/nhqrdr09/5_hiv_aids/T5_2_4-2a.html