Table 1_1_5_1

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_5.1
Breast cancer deaths per 100,000 female population per year,^a 2004-2007
		2007			2006			2005			2004
Population group		Number	Rate	SE	Number	Rate	SE	Number	Rate	SE	Number	Rate	SE
Total		40,598	22.9	0.1	40,820	23.5	0.1	41,116	24.1	0.1	40,954	24.4	0.1
Age, not age adjusted	0-17	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	18-44	2,532	4.5	0.1	2,723	4.9	0.1	2,856	5.1	0.1	2,906	5.2	0.1
	45-64	14,640	37.3	0.3	14,855	38.7	0.3	14,772	39.6	0.3	14,606	40.3	0.3
	65 and over	23,425	106.9	0.7	23,241	107.6	0.7	23,488	109.9	0.7	23,442	110.9	0.7
Race	AI/AN	168	12.7	1.0	160	12.8	1.0	166	15.2	1.2	169	14.8	1.2
	API	787	11.1	0.4	829	12.1	0.4	796	12.2	0.4	786	12.7	0.5
	Black	5,798	31.4	0.4	5,694	31.6	0.4	5,802	32.8	0.4	5,541	32.2	0.4
	White	33,845	22.3	0.1	34,137	22.9	0.1	34,352	23.4	0.1	34,458	23.9	0.1
Ethnicity	Hispanic, all races	2,076	14.5	0.3	2,054	15.0	0.3	1,936	15.0	0.4	1,909	15.6	0.4
	Non-Hispanic, all races	38,486	23.6	0.1	38,708	24.1	0.1	39,121	24.8	0.1	38,986	25.1	0.1
	Non-Hispanic, Black	5,747	32.2	0.4	5,631	32.2	0.4	5,748	33.5	0.4	5,490	32.9	0.4
	Non-Hispanic, White	31,806	23.0	0.1	32,114	23.5	0.1	32,431	24.0	0.1	32,551	24.5	0.1
Geographic location^b	Metropolitan	32,981	22.9	0.1	33,317	23.6	0.1	33,413	24.1	0.1	DNA	DNA	DNA
	Large central metropolitan	11,412	23.2	0.2	11,495	23.7	0.2	11,568	24.3	0.2	11,661	24.9	0.2
	Large fringe metropolitan	9,762	23.4	0.2	9,753	23.7	0.2	9,850	24.5	0.2	9,813	25.0	0.3
	Medium metropolitan	7,887	22.1	0.3	8,146	23.3	0.3	8,089	23.5	0.3	8,044	24.0	0.3
	Small metropolitan	3,920	22.9	0.4	3,923	23.6	0.4	3,906	23.7	0.4	3,860	24.0	0.4
	Micropolitan	4,587	23.2	0.3	4,395	22.6	0.3	4,528	23.7	0.4	4,520	24.0	0.4
	Noncore	3,030	22.7	0.4	3,108	23.7	0.4	3,175	24.1	0.4	3,056	23.5	0.4

^a. Estimates are age adjusted to 2000 U.S. 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.

DNA - Data have not been analyzed.

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 Center for Health Statistics, National Vital Statistics System - Mortality.

Page last reviewed October 2014

Internet Citation: Table 1_1_5_1: 2011 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports. October 2014. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. http://archive.ahrq.gov/research/findings/nhqrdr/nhqrdr11/1_cancer/T1_1_5_1.html