Table 1_4_1-2

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_4_1.2
All 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		190.1	0.3	193.5	0.3	196.0	0.3	199.6	0.3	200.8	0.3
Age	0-17	2.6	0.1	2.6	0.1	2.6	0.1	2.7	0.1	DNA	DNA
	18-44	18.1	0.1	18.8	0.1	19.5	0.1	19.4	0.1	DNA	DNA
	45-64	211.8	0.6	214.5	0.6	216.7	0.6	221.2	0.6	224.9	0.6
	65 and over	1082.7	1.7	1098.3	1.7	1105.7	1.8	1121.3	1.8	1121.1	1.8
Race	AI/AN	119.3	2.7	125.4	2.8	131.0	3.0	127.8	3.1	134.8	3.4
	NHOPI	113.5	1.1	113.6	1.2	119.5	1.3	121.9	1.3	123.0	1.4
	Black	233.3	0.9	238.8	1.0	243.1	1.0	248.5	1.0	252.5	1.0
	White	188.5	0.3	191.7	0.3	193.9	0.3	197.2	0.3	197.9	0.3
Ethnicity	Hispanic, all races	126.6	0.9	128.4	0.9	132.3	0.9	134.9	1.0	134.8	1.0
	Non-Hispanic, all races	194.1	0.3	197.4	0.3	199.7	0.3	203.1	0.3	204.2	0.3
	Non-Hispanic, Black	237.3	1.0	242.5	1.0	246.7	1.0	252.0	1.0	255.9	1.0
	Non-Hispanic, White	192.4	0.3	195.6	0.3	197.4	0.3	200.6	0.3	201.2	0.3
Gender	Male	233.3	0.4	238.9	0.4	243.7	0.5	248.9	0.5	251.9	0.5
Gender	Female	160.9	0.3	163.1	0.3	164.7	0.3	167.6	0.3	167.6	0.3
Education,^b ages 25-64	Less than high school	157.9	1.0	136.0	0.8	134.5	0.8	140.7	0.9	143.2	0.9
	High school graduate	135.3	0.6	136.8	0.5	135.3	0.5	140.7	0.6	140.0	0.6
	At least some college	70.4	0.3	72.5	0.3	72.4	0.3	75.3	0.3	77.3	0.3

^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.

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_1-2: 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_1-2.html