Table 1_4_3-2

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_3.2
Lung cancer deaths per 100,000 population,^a United States, 1999-2003
		2003		2002		2001		2000		1999
Population group		Rate	SE	Rate	SE	Rate	SE	Rate	SE	Rate	SE
Total		54.1	0.1	54.9	0.1	55.3	0.1	56.1	0.1	55.5	0.1
Age	0-17	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	18-44	2.3	0.0	2.5	0.0	2.6	0.0	2.7	0.0	DSU	DSU
	45-64	63.1	0.3	64.2	0.3	64.8	0.3	67.2	0.3	67.6	0.3
	65 and over	312.1	0.9	314.6	0.9	315.3	0.9	316.9	1.0	311.7	0.9
Race	AI/AN	31.3	1.4	33.1	1.5	34.2	1.5	32.3	1.5	36.3	1.7
	NHOPI	26.9	0.6	25.6	0.6	28.2	0.6	28.1	0.6	27.9	0.7
	Black	60.8	0.5	61.9	0.5	62.5	0.5	64.0	0.5	64.8	0.5
	White	54.5	0.1	55.3	0.1	55.6	0.1	56.2	0.2	55.4	0.2
Ethnicity	Hispanic, all races	23.2	0.4	23.7	0.4	23.8	0.4	24.8	0.4	25.0	0.4
	Non-Hispanic, all races	56.2	0.1	56.9	0.1	57.2	0.1	57.9	0.1	57.2	0.1
	Non-Hispanic, Black	62.0	0.5	62.9	0.5	63.4	0.5	64.9	0.5	65.7	0.5
	Non-Hispanic, White	56.7	0.2	57.5	0.2	57.7	0.2	58.2	0.2	57.2	0.2
Gender	Male	71.7	0.2	73.2	0.2	75.2	0.3	41.3	0.2	76.9	0.3
Gender	Female	41.3	0.2	41.6	0.2	41.0	0.2	76.7	0.3	40.2	0.2
Education,^b ages 25-64	Less than high school	58.8	0.6	48.2	0.5	46.1	0.5	49.1	0.5	49.8	0.5
	High school graduate	41.0	0.3	41.1	0.3	39.8	0.3	41.8	0.3	41.0	0.3
	At least some college	15.0	0.1	15.2	0.1	15.7	0.1	16.4	0.2	16.5	0.2

^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.

Current as of February 2011

Internet Citation: Table 1_4_3-2: 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_3-2.html