Table 1_3_6-2

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_6.2
Colorectal cancer deaths per 100,000 population per year,^a United States, 1999-2003
		2003		2002		2001		2000		1999
Population group		Rate	SE	Rate	SE	Rate	SE	Rate	SE	Rate	SE
Total		19.1	0.1	19.7	0.1	20.1	0.1	20.8	0.1	20.9	0.1
Age	0-17	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	� DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	18-44	1.5	0.0	1.6	0.0	1.6	0.0	1.5	0.0	DSU	DSU
	45-64	18.6	0.2	19.5	0.2	19.4	0.2	19.7	0.2	19.9	0.2
	65 and over	115.7	0.6	117.9	0.6	120.6	0.6	124.6	0.6	124.9	0.6
Race	AI/AN	11.8	0.9	14.2	1.0	12.0	0.9	13.4	1.0	13.4	1.1
	NHOPI	12.1	0.4	12.5	0.4	13.2	0.4	12.7	0.4	12.0	0.4
	Black	26.4	0.3	26.8	0.3	27.6	0.3	28.2	0.3	28.4	0.3
	White	18.6	0.1	19.2	0.1	19.6	0.1	20.3	0.1	20.4	0.1
Ethnicity	Hispanic, all races	13.4	0.3	13.7	0.3	14.1	0.3	14.1	0.3	14.3	0.3
	Non-Hispanic, all races	19.4	0.1	20.0	0.1	20.5	0.1	21.1	0.1	21.2	0.1
	Non-Hispanic, Black	26.8	0.3	27.2	0.3	28.0	0.3	28.7	0.4	28.7	0.4
	Non-Hispanic, White	18.8	0.1	19.5	0.1	19.9	0.1	20.5	0.1	20.7	0.1
Gender	Male	22.9	0.1	23.7	0.1	24.2	0.1	25.1	0.2	25.3	0.2
Gender	Female	16.2	0.1	16.7	0.1	17.2	0.1	17.7	0.1	17.8	0.1
Education,^b ages 25-64	Less than high school	11.4	0.3	11.0	0.2	10.4	0.2	10.9	0.2	10.7	0.2
	High school graduate	11.7	0.2	12.1	0.2	11.9	0.2	12.0	0.2	12.3	0.2
	At least some college	6.6	0.1	7.0	0.1	6.9	0.1	7.2	0.1	7.2	0.1

^a Estimates are age adjusted to the 2000 standard population.� Age data are unadjusted. Respondents for which age is not reported are not included in the age adjustment calculations and are excluded from numerators.

^b Not all States reported education data.

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 Vital Statistics System - Mortality.

Page last reviewed October 2014

Internet Citation: Table 1_3_6-2: 2010 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports. October 2014. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. http://archive.ahrq.gov/research/findings/nhqrdr/nhqrdr10/1_cancer/T1_3_6-2.html