Table 1_4_1-3a

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_4_1.3a
All 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		178.4	0.2	177.5	0.3	215.5	0.9	106.7	1.0	117.8	2.4
Age	0-17	2.4	0.1	2.5	0.1	2.2	0.1	2.0	0.2	DSU	DSU
	18-44	15.9	0.1	15.6	0.1	20.0	0.4	11.9	0.4	8.7	0.8
	45-64	200.2	0.5	195.9	0.6	271.8	1.8	113.3	1.8	135.2	4.4
	65 and over	1028.6	1.6	1039.1	1.8	1131.4	5.8	579.2	6.6	636.6	16.6
Gender	Female	151.3	0.3	151.2	0.3	174.9	1.0	90.0	1.2	102.1	3.0
Gender	Male	217.5	0.4	215.1	0.4	282.3	1.6	130.2	1.7	139.4	4.1
Geographic location^b	Metropolitan	175.3	0.3	174.3	0.3	213.8	0.9	105.9	1.0	93.8	2.8
	Large central metro	170.2	0.4	166.4	0.5	217.6	1.3	110.1	1.4	73.3	4.1
	Large fringe metro	176.1	0.5	177.0	0.5	201.9	2.0	92.9	2.1	98.1	6.5
	Medium metro	177.9	0.5	177.2	0.6	216.7	2.2	111.6	2.4	109.8	5.5
	Small metro	183.0	0.8	181.6	0.8	221.5	3.3	90.1	5.6	104.3	7.0
	Micropolitan (nonmetropolitan)	190.5	0.7	189.2	0.8	226.1	3.2	130.7	5.4	144.8	6.5
	Noncore (nonmetropolitan)	194.7	0.9	192.7	0.9	234.2	3.9	92.3	11.4	173.4	6.5

^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_4_1-3a: 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_4_1-3a.html