Table 1_4_1_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_4_1.1
All cancer deaths per 100,000 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		562,867	178	0.2	559,880	181	0.2	559,303	184	0.2	553,880	186	0.2
Age, not age adjusted	0-17	1,757	2	0.1	1,726	2	0.1	1,845	3	0.1	1,899	3	0.1
	18-44	18,042	16	0.1	18,851	17	0.1	19,491	17	0.1	19,658	17	0.1
	45-64	153,338	200	0.5	151,788	203	0.5	149,645	205	0.5	146,476	207	0.5
	65 and over	389,730	1,029	1.6	387,515	1,040	1.7	388,322	1,056	1.7	385,847	1,063	1.7
Race	AI/AN	2,561	118	2.4	2,447	119	2.5	2,465	123	2.6	2,392	125	2.7
	API	12,326	107	1.0	11,783	107	1.0	11,550	111	1.1	10,863	111	1.1
	Black	64,045	216	0.9	63,081	217	0.9	63,161	223	0.9	62,497	227	0.9
	White	483,935	178	0.3	482,569	180	0.3	482,127	183	0.3	478,128	184	0.3
Ethnicity	Hispanic, all races	27,660	116	0.7	26,633	118	0.8	26,154	123	0.8	24,519	122	0.8
	Non-Hispanic, all races	534,607	183	0.3	532,396	185	0.3	532,378	188	0.3	528,391	190	0.3
	Non-Hispanic, Black	63,437	220	0.9	62,474	222	0.9	62,507	227	0.9	61,841	231	0.9
	Non-Hispanic, White	456,573	182	0.3	455,972	185	0.3	456,131	187	0.3	453,531	189	0.3
Gender	Female	270,014	151	0.3	269,816	154	0.3	268,886	156	0.3	267,056	157	0.3
Gender	Male	292,853	218	0.4	290,064	220	0.4	290,417	225	0.4	286,824	228	0.4
Geographic location^b	Metropolitan	445,303	175	0.3	443,751	178	0.3	443,387	181	0.3	DNA	DNA	DNA
	Large central metropolitan	146,010	170	0.4	145,839	173	0.5	147,405	178	0.5	147,174	181	0.5
	Large fringe metropolitan	129,145	176	0.5	127,997	178	0.5	127,135	181	0.5	126,035	184	0.5
	Medium metropolitan	113,810	178	0.5	113,588	181	0.5	112,594	183	0.5	110,740	184	0.6
	Small metropolitan	56,338	183	0.8	56,327	187	0.8	56,253	190	0.8	54,984	190	0.8
	Micropolitan	69,029	191	0.7	68,378	192	0.7	67,699	193	0.7	67,348	195	0.8
	Noncore	48,535	195	0.9	47,751	194	0.9	48,217	197	0.9	47,599	197	0.9

^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.

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.

Current as of March 2012

Internet Citation: Table 1_4_1_1: 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_4_1_1.html