Table 1_3_6-1

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_3_6.1
Colorectal cancer deaths per 100,000 population per year,^a United States, 2004-2007
		2007			2006		2005		2004
Population group		Number	Rate	SE	Rate	SE	Rate	SE	Rate	SE
Total		53,584	16.9	0.1	17.2	0.1	17.5	0.1	18.0	0.1
Age	0-17	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	18-44	1,609	1.4	0.0	1.5	0.0	1.5	0.0	1.5	0.0
	45-64	13,851	18.1	0.2	17.5	0.2	17.2	0.2	17.7	0.2
	65 and over	38,120	100.6	0.5	103.9	0.5	106.3	0.5	109.2	0.5
Race	AI/AN	252	11.5	0.8	11.2	0.8	12.0	0.8	12.1	0.8
	NHOPI	1,238	10.9	0.3	10.9	0.3	11.2	0.3	11.3	0.4
	Black	6,921	23.5	0.3	24.3	0.3	24.8	0.3	24.7	0.3
	White	45,173	16.4	0.1	16.7	0.1	16.9	0.1	17.6	0.1
Ethnicity	Hispanic, all races	2,804	12.0	0.2	12.6	0.2	12.4	0.3	12.6	0.3
	Non-Hispanic, all races	50,717	17.2	0.1	17.5	0.1	17.8	0.1	18.3	0.1
	Non-Hispanic, Black	6,852	24.0	0.3	24.7	0.3	25.2	0.3	25.1	0.3
	Non-Hispanic, White	42,409	16.7	0.1	17.0	0.1	17.2	0.1	17.9	0.1
Gender	Male	27,124	20.1	0.1	20.5	0.1	20.9	0.1	21.5	0.1
Gender	Female	26,460	14.4	0.1	14.7	0.1	14.8	0.1	15.3	0.1
Education,^b ages 25-64	Less than high school	1,099	12.5	0.4	12.0	0.4	11.4	0.3	12.5	0.3
	High school graduate	2,950	11.6	0.2	11.0	0.2	10.5	0.2	11.0	0.2
	At least some college	2,578	6.1	0.1	6.0	0.1	6.1	0.1	6.2	0.1
Geographic location^c	Metropolitan	42,136	16.5	0.1	16.9	0.1	17.2	0.1	DNA	DNA
	Large central metro	14,186	16.5	0.1	17.2	0.1	17.2	0.1	18.0	0.1
	Large fringe metro	12,268	16.7	0.2	17.0	0.2	17.4	0.2	17.9	0.2
	Medium metro	10,393	16.1	0.2	16.6	0.2	16.9	0.2	17.2	0.2
	Small metro	5,289	17.0	0.2	16.9	0.2	17.3	0.2	17.4	0.2
	Micropolitan (nonmetropolitan)	6,691	18.3	0.2	18.1	0.2	18.5	0.2	18.9	0.2
	Noncore (nonmetropolitan)	4,757	18.9	0.3	18.7	0.3	19.0	0.3	19.8	0.3

^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_3_6-1: 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_3_6-1.html