Table 1_3_1-1

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_3_1.1
Adults age 50 and over who received colorectal cancer screening,^a United States, 2000-2008
		2008		2005		2003		2000
Population group		Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE
Total		60.1	0.6	55.5	0.6	51.7	0.6	49.8	0.6
Age	50-64	54.7	0.9	49.2	0.7	45.4	0.8	43.8	0.7
Age	65 and over	66.5	0.8	63.1	0.8	59.2	0.8	56.8	0.8
Race	AI/AN only	36.7	6.8	38.1	9.3	41.6	7.9	48.7	8.0
	Asian only	53.6	2.8	42.4	3.8	37.6	3.4	42.1	3.9
	NHOPI only	�DSU	DSU	�DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	Black only	54.4	1.8	48.6	1.6	47.3	1.6	43.8	1.6
	White only	61.3	0.7	56.8	0.6	52.6	0.6	50.8	0.6
	Multiple races	55.9	5.6	55.8	5.1	47.0	6.0	53.7	7.0
Ethnicity	Hispanic, all races	42.8	1.9	37.3	1.8	37.1	1.7	34.8	1.7
	Non-Hispanic, all races	61.7	0.7	57.0	0.6	52.8	0.6	50.7	0.6
	Non-Hispanic, Black	54.8	1.8	48.5	1.6	47.4	1.6	43.7	1.6
	Non-Hispanic, White	63.1	0.7	58.5	0.6	54.0	0.7	51.7	0.6
Gender	Male	62.0	0.9	56.6	0.8	54.4	0.9	50.8	0.8
Gender	Female	58.6	0.8	54.8	0.7	49.6	0.7	49.1	0.7
Health insurance,^b ages 50-64	Private	60.2	1.0	53.4	0.8	49.2	0.9	46.7	0.8
	Public only	52.4	2.0	48.8	1.9	44.8	2.0	44.2	2.2
	Uninsured	26.6	2.2	24.1	1.7	21.8	1.7	23.5	1.7
Health insurance, age 65 and over	Medicare and private	71.3	1.1	68.2	1.0	63.3	1.0	61.1	1.0
	Medicare and public	61.7	2.4	60.2	2.1	57.8	2.0	46.2	2.4
	Medicare only	59.8	1.6	54.1	1.5	49.5	1.7	49.3	1.5
Family income^c	Negative/poor	41.8	1.9	40.5	1.5	39.1	1.7	38.6	1.6
	Near poor/low	50.4	1.4	48.0	1.3	42.4	1.3	43.7	1.3
	Middle	58.5	1.2	54.3	1.1	51.6	1.0	48.5	1.0
	High	69.1	1.0	63.7	0.9	59.6	0.9	57.1	0.9
Education, age 25 and over	Less than high school	43.8	1.5	42.4	1.2	38.2	1.1	38.0	1.0
	High school graduate	57.2	1.1	52.7	0.9	49.9	1.0	48.2	1.0
	At least some college	67.5	0.8	62.9	0.7	59.4	0.8	57.0	0.8
Location of residence^d	Metropolitan	60.9	0.7	DNA	DNA	DNA	DNA	DNA	DNA
	Large central metro	56.3	1.3	51.9	1.1	DNA	DNA	DNA	DNA
	Large fringe metro	63.1	1.3	60.2	1.1	DNA	DNA	DNA	DNA
	Medium metro	63.4	1.2	56.0	1.2	DNA	DNA	DNA	DNA
	Small metro	61.1	2.3	59.4	1.6	DNA	DNA	DNA	DNA
	Micropolitan (nonmetropolitan)	59.1	2.3	54.3	1.9	DNA	DNA	DNA	DNA
	Noncore (nonmetropolitan)	54.3	1.9	49.1	2.0	DNA	DNA	DNA	DNA
Activity limitations^d	Basic activities	60.7	1.1	DNA	DNA	DNA	DNA	DNA	DNA
	Complex activities	58.5	1.5	DNA	DNA	DNA	DNA	DNA	DNA
	Neither basic nor complex activities	60.7	0.8	DNA	DNA	DNA	DNA	DNA	DNA

^a Cancer screening determined if received colonoscopy, sigmoidoscopy, proctoscopy, or a fecal occult blood test in the last 2 years. Estimates are age adjusted to the 2000 standard population.� Age data and health insurance data for age 65 and over are unadjusted.

^b A small number of people who were covered by both public and private health insurance plans were included in the "private" category only.��

^c Negative or poor refers to family incomes below the Federal poverty line for a given household size and composition; near poor/low, over 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.

^d For more information, see the National Health Interview Survey entry in Appendix A, Data Sources.

DNA - Data have not been analyzed.

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

Key: AI/AN: American Indian or Alaska Native; NHOPI: Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander; SE: standard error.

Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Health Statistics, National Health Interview Survey.

Current as of February 2011

Internet Citation: Table 1_3_1-1: 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_3_1-1.html