Table 1_1_4-2a

2010 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_1_4.2a
Women under age 70 treated for breast cancer with breast-conserving surgery who received radiation therapy to the breast within 1 year of diagnosis, by race, United States, 2007
		Total		White		Black		Asian
Population group		Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE
Total		76.1	0.3	77.3	0.3	70.0	0.9	71.4	1.6
Age	Under age 40	66.6	1.2	67.0	1.5	66.4	2.9	64.4	5.6
	40-49	73.5	0.6	74.5	0.6	69.5	1.6	69.5	2.9
	50-59	76.8	0.4	78.2	0.5	69.6	1.4	74.2	2.7
	60-69	78.8	0.4	79.7	0.5	72.4	1.7	72.7	3.4
Health insurance, under age 65	Private	76.7	0.3	77.8	0.4	71.4	1.2	71.7	2.0
	Public only	75.5	0.6	77.0	0.6	68.9	1.6	68.2	3.8
	Uninsured/other	74.9	0.6	76.2	0.7	67.6	2.1	73.6	3.9
Health insurance, ages 65-70	Medicare only	76.2	1.9	76.5	2.0	70.3	5.7	DSU	DSU
Health insurance, ages 65-70	Medicare and supplement	79.8	0.8	80.6	0.8	75.2	3.4	68.6	7.9
Family income^a	Negative/poor	70.8	4.4	72.1	6.8	68.5	6.3	DSU	DSU
	Near poor/low	75.9	0.3	77.1	0.4	70.9	1.0	67.6	2.4
	Middle	77.4	0.5	78.5	0.5	70.3	2.2	74.0	2.6
	High	78.2	1.3	78.9	1.4	DSU	DSU	82.8	5.0
Residence location^b	Metropolitan	75.8	0.3	77.0	0.3	70.2	0.9	71.2	1.7
	Large metropolitan	74.4	0.4	75.9	0.4	68.9	1.1	69.2	2.1
	Small metropolitan	78.1	0.5	78.7	0.5	73.7	1.7	77.2	3.2
	Micropolitan	80.7	0.8	81.2	0.9	78.8	3.6	DSU	DSU
	Noncore	80.8	1.0	81.6	1.1	68.9	5.4	DSU	DSU
	Noncore, adjacent	81.7	1.2	82.6	1.2	71.0	5.8	DSU	DSU
	Noncore, rural	77.7	2.3	78.3	2.4	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU

^a Negative/poor refers to household incomes below the Federal poverty line; near poor/low, the poverty line to just below 200 percent of the poverty line; middle, 200 percent to just below 400 percent of the poverty line; and high, 400 percent of the poverty line and over.

^b Large metropolitan includes areas with a population of one million or more; small metropolitan includes areas with a population less than one million.

DSU - Data do not meet the criteria for statistical reliability, data quality, or confidentiality.

Key: SE: standard error.

Source: Commission on Cancer, American College of Surgeons and American Cancer Society, National Cancer Data Base.

Current as of February 2011

Internet Citation: Table 1_1_4-2a: 2010 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports. February 2011. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. http://www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/nhqrdr/nhqrdr10/1_cancer/T1_1_4-2a.html