Table 1_4_1_3c

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_1.3c
All cancer deaths per 100,000 population per year,^a by education,^b United States, 2007
		Total		Less than high school		High school graduate		At least some college
Population group		Rate	SE	Rate	SE	Rate	SE	Rate	SE
Total		178.4	0.2	151.8	1.4	126.4	0.7	63.9	0.4
Age, not age adjusted	25-44	20.0	0.2	31.7	0.9	28.5	0.5	16.0	0.3
Age, not age adjusted	45-64	200.2	0.5	335.9	3.1	266.1	1.5	134.5	0.9
Gender	Female	151.3	0.3	131.8	1.9	115.7	1.0	64.1	0.5
Gender	Male	217.5	0.4	170.1	1.9	140.2	1.1	63.4	0.6

^a. Estimates are age adjusted to 2000 U.S. standard population, except where indicated. Respondents for which age is not reported are not included in the age adjustment calculations and are excluded from numerators.

^b. Education data are for persons ages 25-64 years only.

Key: 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_3c: 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_3c.html