Table 1_4_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_4_1.1
All cancer deaths per 100,000 population per year,^a United States, 2004-2007
		2007		2006		2005		2004
Population group		Rate	SE	Rate	SE	Rate	SE	Rate	SE
Total		178.4	0.2	180.7	0.2	183.8	0.2	185.8	0.2
Age	0-17	2.4	0.1	2.3	0.1	2.5	0.1	2.6	0.1
	18-44	15.9	0.1	16.6	0.1	17.2	0.1	17.3	0.1
	45-64	200.2	0.5	202.7	0.5	205.4	0.5	207.2	0.5
	65 and over	1028.6	1.6	1040.0	1.7	1055.5	1.7	1063.1	1.7
Race	AI/AN	117.8	2.4	119.4	2.5	123.2	2.6	124.9	2.7
	NHOPI	106.7	1.0	106.5	1.0	110.5	1.1	110.5	1.1
	Black	215.5	0.9	217.4	0.9	222.7	0.9	227.2	0.9
	White	177.5	0.3	179.9	0.3	182.6	0.3	184.4	0.3
Ethnicity	Hispanic, all races	116.2	0.7	118.0	0.8	122.8	0.8	121.9	0.8
	Non-Hispanic, all races	183.1	0.3	185.3	0.3	188.2	0.3	190.1	0.3
	Non-Hispanic, Black	220.0	0.9	221.7	0.9	226.8	0.9	231.1	0.9
	Non-Hispanic, White	182.3	0.3	184.6	0.3	187.0	0.3	188.6	0.3
Gender	Male	217.5	0.4	220.1	0.4	225.1	0.4	227.7	0.4
Gender	Female	151.3	0.3	153.6	0.3	155.6	0.3	157.4	0.3
Education,^b ages 25-64	Less than high school	151.8	1.4	158.3	1.3	151.0	1.1	158.9	1.1
	High school graduate	126.4	0.7	129.3	0.7	128.4	0.6	130.6	0.6
	At least some college	63.9	0.4	64.9	0.4	67.6	0.4	68.0	0.3
Geographic location^c	Metropolitan	175.3	0.3	178.1	0.3	181.3	0.3	DNA	DNA
	Large central metro	170.2	0.4	173.3	0.5	177.9	0.5	180.8	0.5
	Large fringe metro	176.1	0.5	178.0	0.5	180.5	0.5	183.5	0.5
	Medium metro	177.9	0.5	181.2	0.5	183.1	0.5	184.2	0.6
	Small metro	183.0	0.8	186.8	0.8	190.2	0.8	189.9	0.8
	Micropolitan (nonmetropolitan)	190.5	0.7	191.6	0.7	192.8	0.7	195.2	0.8
	Noncore (nonmetropolitan)	194.7	0.9	193.5	0.9	197.2	0.9	197.0	0.9

^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.

^c For more information, see the National Vital Statistics System entry in Appendix A, Data Sources.

DNA - Data have not been analyzed.

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.

Current as of February 2011

Internet Citation: Table 1_4_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_4_1-1.html