Table 1_4_2_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_2.1
Prostate cancer deaths per 100,000 male 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		29,093	23.5	0.1	28,372	23.5	0.1	28,905	24.5	0.1	29,002	25.4	0.2
Age, not age adjusted	0-17	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	18-44	DSU	DSU	DSU	46	0.1	0.0	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	45-64	2,699	7.2	0.1	2,678	7.3	0.1	2,549	7.2	0.1	2,478	7.2	0.1
	65 and over	26,370	165.1	1.0	25,647	163.8	1.0	26,327	170.8	1.1	26,496	174.8	1.1
Race	AI/AN	105	14.1	1.4	104	14.4	1.5	113	17.6	1.7	99	16.0	1.7
	API	414	10.4	0.5	368	9.6	0.5	372	10.4	0.6	362	11.4	0.6
	Black	4,908	51.5	0.8	4,698	50.5	0.8	4,823	53.3	0.8	4,815	55.5	0.8
	White	23,666	21.6	0.1	23,202	21.7	0.1	23,597	22.6	0.1	23,726	23.4	0.2
Ethnicity	Hispanic, all races	1,432	17.7	0.5	1,373	18.1	0.5	1,300	18.5	0.5	1,238	19.1	0.6
	Non-Hispanic, all races	27,633	23.9	0.1	26,946	23.8	0.1	27,566	24.9	0.2	27,723	25.7	0.2
	Non-Hispanic, Black	4,865	52.6	0.8	4,649	51.3	0.8	4,771	54.1	0.8	4,768	56.4	0.8
	Non-Hispanic, White	22,259	21.9	0.1	21,835	21.9	0.1	22,319	22.8	0.2	22,509	23.6	0.2
Geographic location^b	Metropolitan	22,881	23.3	0.2	22,389	23.4	0.2	22,679	24.2	0.2	DNA	DNA	DNA
	Large central metropolitan	7,787	23.9	0.3	7,692	24.2	0.3	8,086	26.0	0.3	7,922	26.1	0.3
	Large fringe metropolitan	6,392	22.9	0.3	5,991	21.9	0.3	5,988	22.4	0.3	6,100	23.7	0.3
	Medium metropolitan	5,969	23.4	0.3	5,815	23.4	0.3	5,744	23.9	0.3	5,834	25.0	0.3
	Small metropolitan	2,733	22.4	0.4	2,891	24.3	0.5	2,861	24.9	0.5	2,832	25.4	0.5
	Micropolitan	3,595	24.1	0.4	3,452	23.7	0.4	3,552	25.2	0.4	3,560	26.0	0.4
	Noncore	2,617	24.7	0.5	2,531	24.2	0.5	2,674	26.3	0.5	2,754	27.9	0.5

^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.

Current as of March 2012

Internet Citation: Table 1_4_2_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_2_1.html