T8_2_8_2d

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_8.2d
Patients with tuberculosis who completed a curative course of treatment within 1 year of initiation of treatment,^a by ethnicity, for foreign born only, United States, 2007
					Non-Hispanic
		Total			All races			White			Black			Hispanic, all races
Population group		Number	Percent	SE^b	Number	Percent	SE^b	Number	Percent	SE^b	Number	Percent	SE^b	Number	Percent	SE^b
Total		5,811	83.4	0.4	3648.0	84.3	0.6	306.0	83.6	1.9	819.0	87.0	1.1	2163.0	81.9	0.7
Age	0-17	307	92.2	1.5	201.0	93.1	1.7	DSU	DSU	DSU	98.0	92.5	2.6	106.0	90.6	2.7
	18-44	3,125	83.8	0.6	1798.0	86.0	0.8	115.0	82.7	3.2	519.0	87.2	1.4	1327.0	80.9	1.0
	45-64	1,518	83.0	0.9	1028.0	83.0	1.1	87.0	86.1	3.4	155.0	85.2	2.6	490.0	82.9	1.5
	65 and over	861	80.1	1.2	621.0	79.3	1.4	87.0	80.6	3.8	DSU	DSU	DSU	240.0	82.2	2.2
Gender	Male	3,369	82.0	0.6	1971.0	84.1	0.8	160.0	84.2	2.6	443.0	87.4	1.5	1398.0	79.3	1.0
Gender	Female	2,442	85.4	0.7	1677.0	84.5	0.8	146.0	83.0	2.8	376.0	86.6	1.6	765.0	87.3	1.1

^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. Numbers and estimates are only for cases completing therapy within 12 months.

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

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

Key: SE: standard error.

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

Page last reviewed October 2014

Internet Citation: T8_2_8_2d: 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_2d.html