National Healthcare Disparities Report 2004: Table 2.1

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National Healthcare Disparities Report, 2004

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Racial and Ethnic Differences

Table 2.1a. Racial and Ethnic Differences in Effectiveness of Care: Cancer

Measure	Racial Differenceⁱ					Ethnic Differenceⁱⁱ
Measure	Black	Asian	NHOPI	AI/AN	>1 Race	Hispanic
Cancer Screeningⁱⁱⁱ
Rate of breast cancers diagnosed at late stage	=	↑ⁱⁱⁱ		↑		↑
Rate of cervical cancers diagnosed at late stage	↓	=ⁱⁱⁱ		↑		↓
Rate of colorectal cancers diagnosed at late stage	↓	=ⁱⁱⁱ		↑		↑
Cancer Treatment^iv
Cancer deaths per 100,000 population per year for all cancers	↓	↑^iv		↑		↑
Cancer deaths per 100,000 male population per year for prostate cancer	↓	↑^iv		↑		↑
Cancer deaths per 100,000 female population per year for breast cancer	↓	↑^iv		↑		↑
Cancer deaths per 100,000 population per year for lung cancer	↓	↑^iv		↑		↑
Cancer deaths per 100,000 population per year for colorectal cancer	↓	↑^iv		↑		↑

Table 2.1b. Socioeconomic Differences in Effectiveness of Care: Cancer

Measure	Income Difference^v			Educational Difference^vi		Insurance Difference^vii
Measure	<100%	100-199%	200-399%	<HS	HS Grad	Uninsured
Cancer Treatment^iv
Cancer deaths per 100,000 population per year for all cancers				↓	↓
Cancer deaths per 100,000 male population per year for prostate cancer				↓	↓
Cancer deaths per 100,000 female population per year for breast cancer				=	↓
Cancer deaths per 100,000 population per year for lung cancer				↓	↓
Cancer deaths per 100,000 population per year for colorectal cancer				↓	↓

ⁱCompared with whites.
ⁱⁱCompared with non-Hispanic whites.
ⁱⁱⁱSource: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2002. This source categorizes race/ethnicity very differently from other sources. Race/ethnicity information is categorized as a single item: non-Hispanic white, non-Hispanic black, Hispanic, Asian or Pacific Islander. These contrasts compare each group with non-Hispanic whites.
^ivSource: National Vital Statistics System-Mortality, 2001. This source did not collect information on Asians and NHOPIs separately but in aggregate as Asian or Pacific Islander. This source did not collect information for >1 race.
^vCompared with persons with family incomes 400% of Federal poverty thresholds or above.
^viCompared with persons with any college education.
^viiCompared with persons under 65 with any private health insurance.

Key: NHOPI=Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander; AI/AN=American Indian or Alaska Native.

Key to Symbols Used in Quality of Health Care Tables:
=: Group and comparison group receive about same quality of health care or have similar outcomes.
↑Group receives better quality of health care than the comparison group or has better outcomes.
↓Group receives poorer quality of health care than the comparison group or has worse outcomes.
Blank cell: Reliable estimate for group could not be made.

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