Table 1_4_3_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_3.1
Lung 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		158,757	50.6	0.1	158,663	51.5	0.1	159,289	52.6	0.1	158,088	53.2	0.1
Age, not age adjusted	0-17	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	18-44	2,012	1.8	0.0	2,201	1.9	0.0	2,469	2.2	0.0	2,591	2.3	0.0
	45-64	43,696	57.1	0.3	43,925	58.7	0.3	43,987	60.4	0.3	43,534	61.6	0.3
	65 and over	113,043	298.4	0.9	112,529	302.0	0.9	112,826	306.7	0.9	111,948	308.4	0.9
Race	AI/AN	695	32.7	1.3	635	31.2	1.3	674	34.1	1.4	677	36.0	1.4
	API	2,841	25.3	0.5	2,722	25.2	0.5	2,609	25.7	0.5	2,517	26.2	0.5
	Black	16,492	55.6	0.4	16,493	56.8	0.5	16,566	58.4	0.5	16,471	59.8	0.5
	White	138,729	51.2	0.1	138,813	52.1	0.1	139,440	53.1	0.1	138,423	53.6	0.1
Ethnicity	Hispanic, all races	4,622	20.9	0.3	4,355	20.7	0.3	4,490	22.4	0.3	4,213	22.4	0.4
	Non-Hispanic, all races	153,969	53.0	0.1	154,062	53.9	0.1	154,575	54.8	0.1	153,580	55.4	0.1
	Non-Hispanic, Black	16,358	56.8	0.5	16,360	57.9	0.5	16,436	59.6	0.5	16,323	60.9	0.5
	Non-Hispanic, White	134,133	53.9	0.1	134,407	54.7	0.1	134,922	55.5	0.2	134,118	56.0	0.2
Gender	Female	70,387	40.0	0.2	69,384	40.0	0.2	69,104	40.5	0.2	68,461	40.9	0.2
Gender	Male	88,370	65.1	0.2	89,279	67.0	0.2	90,185	69.0	0.2	89,627	70.1	0.2
Geographic location^b	Metropolitan	122,986	48.8	0.1	123,449	49.9	0.1	124,230	51.1	0.1	DNA	DNA	DNA
	Large central metropolitan	37,938	44.8	0.2	38,212	45.9	0.2	38,859	47.4	0.2	39,093	48.4	0.2
	Large fringe metropolitan	36,172	49.7	0.3	35,714	50.0	0.3	35,497	50.7	0.3	35,508	51.9	0.3
	Medium metropolitan	32,403	51.0	0.3	32,767	52.5	0.3	33,024	53.9	0.3	32,207	53.7	0.3
	Small metropolitan	16,473	53.8	0.4	16,756	55.8	0.4	16,850	57.2	0.4	16,567	57.3	0.4
	Micropolitan	20,903	57.9	0.4	20,703	58.1	0.4	20,575	58.6	0.4	20,167	58.5	0.4
	Noncore	14,868	59.7	0.5	14,511	58.9	0.5	14,484	59.2	0.5	14,546	60.1	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.

Page last reviewed October 2014

Internet Citation: Table 1_4_3_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_4_3_1.html