Table 1_4_3_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_3.3a
Lung cancer deaths per 100,000 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		50.6	0.1	51.2	0.1	55.6	0.4	25.3	0.5	32.7	1.3
Age, not age adjusted	0-17	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	18-44	1.8	0.0	1.8	0.0	2.0	0.1	1.1	0.1	DSU	DSU
	45-64	57.1	0.3	56.8	0.3	73.7	0.9	23.6	0.8	33.8	2.2
	65 and over	298.4	0.9	304.9	1.0	299.1	3.0	149.3	3.4	193.1	9.1
Gender	Female	40.0	0.2	41.2	0.2	38.1	0.5	18.5	0.5	26.8	1.6
Gender	Male	65.1	0.2	64.8	0.2	82.2	0.9	34.7	0.9	40.7	2.2
Geographic location^b	Metropolitan	48.8	0.1	49.3	0.2	54.8	0.5	25.2	0.5	26.0	1.5
	Large central metropolitan	44.8	0.2	44.2	0.3	56.2	0.7	26.0	0.7	17.6	2.0
	Large fringe metropolitan	49.7	0.3	50.8	0.3	48.9	1.0	22.1	1.0	26.9	3.5
	Medium metropolitan	51	0.3	51.3	0.3	56.9	1.1	26.8	1.2	36.4	3.2
	Small metropolitan	53.8	0.4	54.0	0.4	58.0	1.7	24.0	2.9	24.7	3.5
	Micropolitan	57.9	0.4	58.3	0.4	60.4	1.7	28.4	2.5	41.8	3.5
	Noncore	59.7	0.5	59.7	0.5	64.6	2.1	DSU	DSU	46.4	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_3_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_3_3a.html