Table 1_4_2_3a

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_2.3a
Prostate cancer deaths per 100,000 male population per year,^a by race, United States, 2007
		Total		White		Black		API		AI/AN
Population group		Rate	SE	Rate	SE	Rate	SE	Rate	SE	Rate	SE
Total		23.5	0.1	21.6	0.1	51.5	0.8	10.4	0.5	14.1	1.4
Age, not age adjusted	0-17	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	18-44	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	45-64	7.2	0.1	6.2	0.1	17.5	0.7	1.6	0.3	DSU	DSU
	65 and over	165.1	1.0	154.4	1.0	334.1	5.1	68.7	3.5	84.9	9.1
Geographic location^b	Metropolitan	23.3	0.2	21.4	0.2	50.3	0.8	10.2	0.5	11.3	1.7
	Large central metropolitan�	23.9	0.3	20.9	0.3	49.9	1.1	9.8	0.7	DSU	DSU
	Large fringe metropolitan	22.9	0.3	21.7	0.3	49.0	1.8	9.1	1.2	DSU	DSU
	Medium metropolitan	23.4	0.3	21.7	0.3	54.5	1.9	12.4	1.3	15.3	3.5
	Small metropolitan	22.4	0.4	21.0	0.4	47.9	2.7	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	Micropolitan	24.1	0.4	22.4	0.4	58.9	2.8	13.8	2.8	19.5	4.1
	Noncore	24.7	0.5	22.9	0.5	60.2	3.3	DSU	DSU	17.9	3.4

^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. For more information, see the National Vital Statistics System entry in Appendix A, Data Sources.

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_3a: 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_3a.html