Table 1_1_5-1

2010 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 1_1_5.1
Breast cancer deaths per 100,000 female population,^a United States, 2004-2007
		2007			2006		2005		2004
Population group		Number	Rate	SE	Rate	SE	Rate	SE	Rate	SE
Total		40,598	22.9	0.1	23.5	0.1	24.1	0.1	24.4	0.1
Age	0-17	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	18-44	2,532	4.5	0.1	4.9	0.1	5.1	0.1	5.2	0.1
	45-64	14,640	37.3	0.3	38.7	0.3	39.6	0.3	40.3	0.3
	65 and over	23,425	106.9	0.7	107.6	0.7	109.9	0.7	110.9	0.7
Race	AI/AN	168	12.7	1.0	12.8	1.0	15.2	1.2	14.8	1.2
	NHOPI	787	11.1	0.4	12.1	0.4	12.2	0.4	12.7	0.5
	Black	5,798	31.4	0.4	31.6	0.4	32.8	0.4	32.2	0.4
	White	33,845	22.3	0.1	22.9	0.1	23.4	0.1	23.9	0.1
Ethnicity	Hispanic, all races	2,076	14.5	0.3	15.0	0.3	15.0	0.4	15.6	0.4
	Non-Hispanic, all races	38,486	23.6	0.1	24.1	0.1	24.8	0.1	25.1	0.1
	Non-Hispanic, Black	5,747	32.2	0.4	32.2	0.4	33.5	0.4	32.9	0.4
	Non-Hispanic, White	31,806	23.0	0.1	23.5	0.1	24.0	0.1	24.5	0.1
Education,^b ages 25-64	Less than high school	783	20.4	0.8	20.2	0.7	19.7	0.6	21.0	0.6
	High school graduate	2,890	22.6	0.4	24.3	0.4	24.7	0.4	24.7	0.4
	At least some college	3,464	16.4	0.3	17.1	0.3	18.1	0.3	18.4	0.3
Geographic location^c	Metropolitan	32,981	22.9	0.1	23.6	0.1	24.1	0.1	DNA	DNA
	Large central metro	11,412	23.2	0.2	23.7	0.2	24.3	0.2	24.9	0.2
	Large fringe metro	9,762	23.4	0.2	23.7	0.2	24.5	0.2	25.0	0.3
	Medium metro	7,887	22.1	0.3	23.3	0.3	23.5	0.3	24.0	0.3
	Small metro	3,920	22.9	0.4	23.6	0.4	23.7	0.4	24.0	0.4
	Micropolitan (nonmetropolitan)	4,587	23.2	0.3	22.6	0.3	23.7	0.4	24.0	0.4
	Noncore (nonmetropolitan)	3,030	22.7	0.4	23.7	0.4	24.1	0.4	23.5	0.4

^a Estimates are age adjusted to the 2000 standard population.� Age data are unadjusted. Respondents for which age is not reported are not included in the age adjustment calculations and are excluded from numerators.

^b Not all States reported education data.

^c For more information, see the National Vital Statistics System entry in Appendix A, Data Sources.

DNA - Data have not been analyzed.

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

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

Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Health Statistics, National Vital Statistics System - Mortality.

Page last reviewed October 2014

Internet Citation: Table 1_1_5-1: 2010 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports. October 2014. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. http://archive.ahrq.gov/research/findings/nhqrdr/nhqrdr10/1_cancer/T1_1_5-1.html