Table T2_9_2_8-2a

2012 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports

This appendix provides detailed data tables for all measures analyzed for the 2012 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports. Tables are included for measures discussed in the main text of the reports as well as for other measures that were examined but not included in the main text.

Table 2_9_2_8.2a
Patients with tuberculosis who completed a curative course of treatment within 1 year of initiation of treatment,^a by race, United States, 2008
		Total			White			Black			API			AI/AN
Population group		Number	Percent	SE^b	Number	Percent	SE^b	Number	Percent	SE^b	Number	Percent	SE^b	Number	Percent	SE^b
Total		9,531	84.7	0.3	4,206	83.6	0.5	2,523	86.4	0.6	2,616	85.1	0.6	125	85.0	2.9
Age	0–17	816	92.3	0.9	391	90.7	1.4	251	95.4	1.3	157	93.5	1.9	DSU	DSU	DSU
	18–44	4,266	84.0	0.5	1,840	81.8	0.8	1,171	86.2	0.9	1,171	85.3	1.0	51	79.7	5.0
	45–64	2,898	84.3	0.6	1,223	83.8	1.0	839	84.2	1.2	775	85.1	1.2	44	91.7	4.0
	65 and over	1,551	83.9	0.9	752	84.2	1.2	262	86.5	2.0	513	82.3	1.5	DSU	DSU	DSU
Gender	Male	5,752	84.0	0.4	2,687	82.1	0.7	1,504	85.6	0.8	1,454	85.6	0.9	74	86.0	3.7
Gender	Female	3,779	85.9	0.5	1,519	86.2	0.8	1,019	87.5	1.0	1,162	84.4	1.0	51	83.6	4.7
Ethnicity	Hispanic	2,747	81.4	0.7	2,621	81.3	0.7	89	85.6	3.4	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	Mexican, Mexican American	1,241	79.4	1.0	1,222	79.5	1.0	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	Puerto Rican	45	93.8	3.5	38	92.7	4.1	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	Cuban	34	91.9	4.5	31	91.2	4.9	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	Other Hispanic/Latino or Spanish Origin	1,427	82.5	0.9	1,330	82.6	0.9	75	85.2	3.8	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	Non-Hispanic	6,784	86.2	0.4	1,585	87.6	0.8	2,434	86.4	0.6	2,605	85.1	0.6	105	87.5	3.0

^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 within 12 months.

^b Standard errors were estimated using the SAS 9.2.2 means procedure and should be interpreted with caution as data may violate assumption of normality.

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 TB Surveillance System.

Page last reviewed June 2013

Internet Citation: Table T2_9_2_8-2a: 2012 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports. June 2013. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. http://archive.ahrq.gov/research/findings/nhqrdr/nhqrdr12/9_respiratorydiseases/T2_9_2_8-2a.html