Table 8_2_8-2c

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 8_2_8.2c
Patients with tuberculosis who completed a curative course of treatment within 1 year of initiation of treatment, by race (foreign born only),^a United States, 2005
		Total		White		Black		API
Population group		Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE
Total		81.9	0.5	82.0	0.7	84.7	1.1	80.7	0.7
Age	0–17	91.9	1.4	90.9	2.2	92.0	2.6	94.1	2.6
	18–44	82.6	0.6	81.9	0.9	84.5	1.4	82.7	1.1
	45–64	80.6	1.0	82.4	1.5	81.0	2.9	79.0	1.4
	65 and over	77.4	1.3	77.2	2.2	DSU	DSU	76.9	1.7
Gender	Male	80.9	0.6	80.3	0.9	82.9	1.6	80.8	1.0
Gender	Female	83.3	0.7	85.2	1.1	87.1	1.6	80.5	1.1
Ethnicity	Hispanic	81.9	0.7	82.0	0.7	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Ethnicity	Non-Hispanic	81.8	0.6	81.6	2.0	84.9	1.1	80.8	0.8

^a Only cases with known age, sex, race, and ethnicity are shown in this table. Since 2004, the calculation of completion of therapy has been changed. Estimates are only for cases completing therapy within 12 months. Standard error was calculated assuming simple random sampling.

DSU - Data do not meet the criteria for statistical reliability, data quality, or confidentiality (number of patients < 50).

Key: API: Asian or Pacific Islander; SE: standard error.

Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National TB Surveillance System.

Current as of March 2010

Internet Citation: Table 8_2_8-2c: 2009 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports. March 2010. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. http://archive.ahrq.gov/research/findings/nhqrdr/nhqrdr09/8_respiratorydiseases/T8_2_8-2c.html