Table 8_2_9-2c

2008 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_9.2c
Patients with tuberculosis who completed a curative course of treatment within 1 year of initiation of treatment, by race (foreign born only),^a United States, 2004
Population group		Total		White		Black		API
Population group		Number^b	Percent	Number^b	Percent	Number^b	Percent	Number^b	Percent
Total		5,766	81.3	2,445	79.5	898	83.6	2,423	82.4
Age	0–17	353	89.8	155	90.1	121	90.3	77	88.5
	18–44	3,233	80.4	1,441	77.9	608	83.6	1,184	82.0
	45–64	1,391	81.5	539	80.6	132	79.0	720	82.8
	65 and over	789	81.2	310	80.1	*	*	442	82.0
Gender	Male	3,318	79.6	1,509	76.1	516	84.0	1,293	82.4
Gender	Female	2,448	83.7	936	85.6	382	83.0	1,130	82.5
Ethnicity	Hispanic	2,219	79.1	2,140	79.0	58	85.3	*	*
Ethnicity	Non-Hispanic	3,547	82.7	305	82.7	840	83.5	2,402	82.5

^a Only cases with known age, sex, race, and ethnicity are shown in this table. Since 2004 the calculation of completion of therapy (COT) has been changed.

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

* - Data do not meet the criteria for statistical reliability, data quality, or confidentiality (number of patients < 50).

Key: API: Asian or Pacific Islander.

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

Current as of September 2009

Internet Citation: Table 8_2_9-2c: 2008 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports. September 2009. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. http://archive.ahrq.gov/research/findings/nhqrdr/nhqrdr08/8_respiratorydiseases/T8_2_9-2c.html