Table 1_3_6-3a

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_6.3a
Colorectal cancer deaths per 100,000 population,^a by race, United States, 2007
		Total		White		Black		API		AI/AN
Population group		Rate	SE	Rate	SE	Rate	SE	Rate	SE	Rate	SE
Total		16.9	0.1	16.4	0.1	23.5	0.3	10.9	0.3	11.5	0.8
Age	0-17	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	18-44	1.4	0.0	1.4	0.0	1.9	0.1	1.1	0.1	DSU	DSU
	45-64	18.1	0.2	17.0	0.2	29.1	0.6	11.1	0.6	14.0	1.4
	65 and over	100.6	0.5	100.1	0.5	125.1	2.0	59.9	2.1	59.8	5.1
Gender	Female	14.4	0.1	13.9	0.1	19.8	0.3	9.6	0.4	10.2	1.0
Gender	Male	20.1	0.1	19.6	0.1	29.0	0.5	12.5	0.5	13.2	1.2
Geographic location^b	Metropolitan	16.5	0.1	16.0	0.1	23.2	0.3	10.7	0.3	9.9	0.9
	Large central metro	16.5	0.1	15.6	0.2	23.3	0.4	11.5	0.4	9.1	1.5
	Large fringe metro	16.7	0.2	16.4	0.2	23.6	0.7	8.7	0.6	DSU	DSU
	Medium metro	16.1	0.2	15.8	0.2	22.1	0.7	10.9	0.7	11.1	1.8
	Small metro	17.0	0.2	16.6	0.2	24.6	1.1	9.9	1.9	12.4	2.4
	Micropolitan (nonmetropolitan)	18.3	0.2	17.8	0.2	26.4	1.1	13.7	1.8	15.8	2.1
	Noncore (nonmetropolitan)	18.9	0.3	18.6	0.3	25.1	1.3	DSU	DSU	13.4	1.8

^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 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 Vital Statistics System.

Current as of February 2011

Internet Citation: Table 1_3_6-3a: 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_6-3a.html