Table 1_1_3_3

2011 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_1_3.3
Women with clinical Stage I-IIb breast cancer who received axillary node dissection or sentinel lymph node biopsy at the time of surgery (lumpectomy or mastectomy), by State,^a 2004-2008
	2008			2007			2006			2005			2004
Population group	Number	Percent	SE	Number	Percent	SE	Number	Percent	SE	Number	Percent	SE	Number	Percent	SE
Total^b	79,299	93.7	0.1	48,445	89.9	0.1	39,992	87.8	0.2	37,433	86.7	0.2	34,798	85.3	0.2
Alabama	903	94.8	0.7	430	85.1	1.7	466	88.6	1.5	427	86.4	1.7	320	83.1	2.1
Alaska	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Arizona	399	94.7	1.1	311	93.6	1.4	271	85.2	2.2	248	81.5	2.5	189	86.2	2.5
Arkansas	143	95.8	1.7	121	88.4	2.9	171	77.2	3.2	161	91.9	2.2	122	93.4	2.2
California	7,332	94.1	0.3	4,967	92.9	0.4	4,400	91.4	0.4	3,873	88.2	0.5	3,452	88.4	0.6
Colorado	1,031	95.6	0.6	707	92.9	1.0	682	94.6	0.9	709	93.1	1.0	503	89.7	1.4
Connecticut	1,307	91.7	0.8	677	87.2	1.3	507	82.1	1.7	506	82.6	1.7	531	77.8	1.8
Delaware	349	94.0	1.3	182	86.8	2.5	134	90.3	2.6	87	70.1	4.9	71	69.0	5.5
District of Columbia	237	94.1	1.5	246	87.8	2.1	243	84.4	2.3	226	86.7	2.3	147	73.5	3.6
Florida	4,587	94.4	0.3	2,703	86.5	0.7	1,711	85.3	0.9	1,654	79.5	1.0	1,360	80.4	1.1
Georgia	2,322	94.4	0.5	1,511	92.2	0.7	1,001	90.3	0.9	1,012	91.1	0.9	907	85.8	1.2
Hawaii	352	94.0	1.3	61	85.3	4.5	47	78.7	6.0	87	74.7	4.7	132	86.4	3.0
Idaho	506	93.1	1.1	316	93.0	1.4	281	94.0	1.4	220	93.6	1.7	225	93.8	1.6
Illinois	4,276	95.0	0.3	3,188	91.4	0.5	2,784	90.1	0.6	2,476	89.1	0.6	2,180	86.8	0.7
Indiana	1,919	92.2	0.6	1,126	86.7	1.0	845	84.7	1.2	754	81.2	1.4	644	83.7	1.5
Iowa	837	95.1	0.8	705	92.2	1.0	581	90.4	1.2	441	90.0	1.4	435	89.9	1.5
Kansas	569	96.3	0.8	371	95.2	1.1	352	93.8	1.3	343	95.3	1.1	383	90.1	1.5
Kentucky	1,361	94.1	0.6	790	92.9	0.9	697	90.7	1.1	496	87.9	1.5	462	87.2	1.6
Louisiana	951	94.3	0.8	662	93.1	1.0	472	90.0	1.4	400	89.0	1.6	509	88.4	1.4
Maine	401	92.8	1.3	232	93.5	1.6	199	91.0	2.0	192	94.8	1.6	124	83.9	3.3
Maryland	1,884	92.4	0.6	1,078	89.9	0.9	754	89.9	1.1	747	88.5	1.2	793	86.9	1.2
Massachusetts	2,509	86.3	0.7	1,662	82.6	0.9	1,479	81.7	1.0	1,465	80.1	1.0	1,369	79.0	1.1
Michigan	3,195	92.9	0.5	1,869	92.2	0.6	1,598	91.0	0.7	1,531	91.1	0.7	1,522	90.5	0.8
Minnesota	1,794	96.6	0.4	609	89.2	1.3	361	87.3	1.8	329	81.2	2.2	250	77.2	2.7
Mississippi	574	96.5	0.8	383	94.8	1.1	264	92.8	1.6	319	92.5	1.5	328	93.0	1.4
Missouri	1,991	94.3	0.5	1,083	94.0	0.7	989	92.2	0.9	1,050	92.0	0.8	1,049	88.2	1.0
Montana	182	95.1	1.6	106	94.3	2.2	113	96.5	1.7	115	93.9	2.2	83	92.8	2.8
Nebraska	588	94.6	0.9	292	95.2	1.3	274	92.3	1.6	227	92.1	1.8	185	90.3	2.2
Nevada	366	97.3	0.9	282	98.2	0.8	268	91.8	1.7	231	93.9	1.6	118	90.7	2.7
New Hampshire	429	94.6	1.1	213	93.4	1.7	212	88.2	2.2	235	89.4	2.0	171	88.9	2.4
New Jersey	2,674	92.2	0.5	1,591	88.0	0.8	1,167	83.9	1.1	1,266	82.9	1.1	1,406	82.0	1.0
New Mexico	232	89.7	2.0	253	87.0	2.1	227	71.4	3.0	230	82.6	2.5	156	79.5	3.2
New York	4,801	92.2	0.4	3,078	87.1	0.6	2,759	85.4	0.7	2,534	83.6	0.7	2,428	79.7	0.8
North Carolina	2,872	94.2	0.4	1,532	89.9	0.8	919	83.9	1.2	734	83.8	1.4	630	80.5	1.6
North Dakota	331	92.2	1.5	163	89.6	2.4	152	88.2	2.6	119	84.9	3.3	130	91.5	2.4
Ohio	3,619	94.0	0.4	2,160	87.2	0.7	1,675	83.7	0.9	1,440	83.0	1.0	1,225	79.7	1.2
Oklahoma	902	96.5	0.6	543	92.1	1.2	491	91.2	1.3	490	90.6	1.3	503	90.1	1.3
Oregon	1,152	93.7	0.7	786	88.2	1.2	735	87.5	1.2	725	88.4	1.2	716	88.7	1.2
Pennsylvania	3,969	93.4	0.4	2,630	89.7	0.6	2,286	87.3	0.7	2,166	87.2	0.7	2,006	87.4	0.7
Puerto Rico	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Rhode Island	347	90.2	1.6	119	80.7	3.6	117	74.4	4.0	137	80.3	3.4	169	72.2	3.5
South Carolina	1,151	94.7	0.7	778	92.8	0.9	573	93.4	1.0	551	93.7	1.0	404	89.9	1.5
South Dakota	303	96.4	1.1	53	88.7	4.4	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Tennessee	2,192	95.9	0.4	1,260	87.9	0.9	942	76.8	1.4	898	79.6	1.3	891	80.7	1.3
Texas	3,676	93.9	0.4	2,492	88.8	0.6	2,387	87.7	0.7	2,434	87.3	0.7	2,294	87.3	0.7
Utah	507	93.7	1.1	245	94.7	1.4	255	91.0	1.8	265	95.1	1.3	177	92.7	2.0
Vermont	196	92.9	1.8	162	95.7	1.6	160	93.1	2.0	123	89.4	2.8	108	86.1	3.3
Virginia	2,494	94.1	0.5	954	87.2	1.1	694	83.1	1.4	622	82.5	1.5	844	79.6	1.4
Washington	2,161	93.5	0.5	1,293	92.6	0.7	947	89.9	1.0	1,068	89.1	1.0	1,108	90.2	0.9
West Virginia	455	89.0	1.5	338	87.0	1.8	363	89.0	1.6	257	84.8	2.2	271	84.1	2.2
Wisconsin	1,636	95.8	0.5	790	87.0	1.2	552	84.6	1.5	502	85.9	1.6	551	86.0	1.5

^a. Since NCDB data contain a sample of hospitals participating in the Commission on Cancer accreditation program, the percentages are based on the experience of hospitals located in these States, not based on patient residence.

^b. Includes data from Guam, the Virgin Islands, and other U. S. territories not shown in the table.

DSU - Data do not meet the criteria for statistical reliability, data quality, or confidentiality.

Key: SE: standard error.

Source: Commission on Cancer, American College of Surgeons and American Cancer Society, National Cancer Data Base.

Current as of March 2012

Internet Citation: Table 1_1_3_3: 2011 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports. March 2012. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. http://www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/nhqrdr/nhqrdr11/1_cancer/T1_1_3_3.html