T8_2_8_2c

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 8_2_8.2c
Patients with tuberculosis who completed a curative course of treatment within 1 year of initiation of treatment, by race, for foreign born only,^a United States, 2007
		Total			White			Black			API
Population group		Number^b	Percent	SE^c	Number^b	Percent	SE^c	Number^b	Percent	SE^c	Number^b	Percent	SE^c
Total		5,811	83.4	0.45	2,388	81.8	0.71	891	87.5	1.036	2,532	83.5	0.6741
Age	0-17	307	92.2	1.47	122	91.0	2.47	99	92.5	2.546	86	93.5	2.5705
	18-44	3,125	83.8	0.60	1,392	80.7	0.95	562	87.7	1.297	1,171	85.9	0.9426
	45-64	1,518	83.0	0.88	551	83.1	1.46	180	86.1	2.393	787	82.2	1.2362
	65 and over	861	80.1	1.22	323	81.6	1.95	50	82.0	4.92	488	79.0	1.6388
Gender	Male	3,369	82.0	0.60	1,514	79.5	0.93	483	87.7	1.4	1,372	83.0	0.9239
Gender	Female	2,442	85.4	0.66	874	86.2	1.08	408	87.4	1.536	1,160	84.1	0.9846
Ethnicity	Hispanic	2,163	81.9	0.75	2,082	81.6	0.77	72	93.5	2.809	DSU	DSU	DSU
Ethnicity	Non-Hispanic	3,648	84.3	0.55	306	83.6	1.94	819	87.0	1.096	2,523	83.5	0.6753

^a. Only cases with known age, sex, race, and ethnicity are shown in this table. Since 2004, the calculation of completion of therapy has changed. Estimates are only for cases completing therapy.

^b. Numbers shown are only for cases completing therapy within 12 months.

^c. Standard errors were calculated assuming simple random sampling.

DSU - Data do not meet the criteria for statistical reliability, data quality, or confidentiality.

Key: API: Asian or Pacific Islander; SE: standard error.

Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National TB Surveillance System.

Page last reviewed October 2014

Internet Citation: T8_2_8_2c: 2011 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports. October 2014. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. http://archive.ahrq.gov/research/findings/nhqrdr/nhqrdr11/8_respiratorydiseases/T8_2_8_2c.html