Table 1_3_6-4

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_6.4
Colorectal cancer deaths per 100,000 population per year,^a by State, 1999-2007
	2007			2006		2005		2004		2003		2002		2001		2000		1999
State	Number	Rate	SE	Rate	SE	Rate	SE	Rate	SE	Rate	SE	Rate	SE	Rate	SE	Rate	SE	Rate	SE
United States	53,584	16.9	0.1	17.2	0.1	17.5	0.1	18.0	0.1	19.1	0.1	19.7	0.1	20.1	0.1	20.8	0.1	20.9	0.1
Alabama	892	17.6	0.6	19.8	0.6	18.8	0.6	19.1	0.6	18.9	0.6	18.7	0.6	19.0	0.6	19.8	0.7	19.0	0.7
Alaska	83	19.2	2.2	16.8	2.1	15.0	2.1	16.4	2.3	18.0	2.4	17.9	2.4	22.2	2.7	23.0	3.1	20.8	3.0
Arizona	981	14.8	0.5	14.6	0.5	15.5	0.5	15.3	0.5	18.2	0.6	16.6	0.6	16.8	0.6	17.7	0.6	17.5	0.6
Arkansas	595	18.5	0.8	17.7	0.8	18.9	0.8	20.5	0.8	21.0	0.8	20.6	0.8	21.9	0.9	21.8	0.9	21.7	0.9
California	5,141	15.0	0.2	15.5	0.2	15.8	0.2	16.1	0.2	17.0	0.2	17.1	0.2	17.7	0.2	18.1	0.3	18.1	0.3
Colorado	608	14.2	0.6	15.9	0.6	16.6	0.7	16.9	0.7	17.1	0.7	18.1	0.7	17.3	0.7	17.5	0.7	17.9	0.7
Connecticut	586	14.4	0.6	16.1	0.6	15.1	0.6	16.9	0.7	17.4	0.7	19.3	0.7	18.9	0.7	21.7	0.8	20.7	0.7
Delaware	194	20.4	1.5	16.1	1.3	17.9	1.4	18.4	1.4	22.4	1.6	20.4	1.6	20.5	1.6	18.8	1.6	23.6	1.8
District of Columbia	127	21.6	1.9	22.9	2.0	21.1	1.9	19.7	1.9	19.3	1.9	24.6	2.1	26.6	2.2	29.0	2.3	25.5	2.1
Florida	3,743	15.3	0.3	15.9	0.3	16.4	0.3	16.6	0.3	16.8	0.3	18.2	0.3	18.3	0.3	18.8	0.3	19.4	0.3
Georgia	1,360	16.4	0.5	17.0	0.5	17.8	0.5	18.3	0.5	19.0	0.5	19.4	0.5	20.0	0.5	19.7	0.6	18.5	0.5
Hawaii	236	15.5	1.0	14.3	1.0	14.5	1.0	13.7	1.0	17.4	1.1	17.3	1.1	16.5	1.1	15.8	1.1	13.8	1.1
Idaho	219	15.2	1.0	14.2	1.0	15.5	1.1	14.3	1.0	17.0	1.2	15.4	1.1	15.4	1.1	15.9	1.2	18.8	1.3
Illinois	2,482	19.0	0.4	19.4	0.4	18.5	0.4	19.9	0.4	21.0	0.4	22.0	0.4	22.5	0.4	23.3	0.4	23.1	0.4
Indiana	1,194	18.0	0.5	18.9	0.5	19.4	0.5	19.9	0.6	20.5	0.6	21.4	0.6	22.5	0.6	22.0	0.6	23.5	0.6
Iowa	653	17.5	0.7	18.6	0.7	18.2	0.7	18.8	0.7	19.9	0.8	20.0	0.8	21.1	0.8	22.2	0.8	21.5	0.8
Kansas	532	17.6	0.8	17.7	0.8	18.6	0.8	18.2	0.8	18.2	0.8	20.2	0.8	20.3	0.8	18.5	0.8	20.7	0.9
Kentucky	949	20.9	0.7	19.6	0.7	21.0	0.7	20.7	0.7	22.8	0.7	23.9	0.8	22.4	0.7	23.8	0.8	21.9	0.7
Louisiana	857	19.5	0.7	19.8	0.7	20.1	0.7	21.2	0.7	23.5	0.7	23.3	0.7	23.0	0.7	24.2	0.8	23.7	0.8
Maine	314	19.1	1.1	16.8	1.0	17.2	1.0	17.7	1.1	18.6	1.1	20.9	1.2	21.0	1.2	22.2	1.2	23.4	1.3
Maryland	1,002	17.7	0.6	18.5	0.6	18.7	0.6	18.9	0.6	19.5	0.6	20.8	0.6	21.9	0.7	24.1	0.7	22.4	0.7
Massachusetts	1,183	16.0	0.5	17.1	0.5	17.6	0.5	17.8	0.5	18.8	0.5	21.3	0.6	20.7	0.5	22.0	0.6	22.4	0.6
Michigan	1,804	16.8	0.4	17.7	0.4	18.0	0.4	17.8	0.4	18.7	0.4	19.3	0.4	19.2	0.4	20.1	0.5	21.2	0.5
Minnesota	863	15.6	0.5	15.3	0.5	14.8	0.5	15.3	0.5	18.6	0.6	18.5	0.6	17.6	0.6	19.0	0.6	18.7	0.6
Mississippi	611	20.4	0.8	19.8	0.8	20.2	0.8	21.0	0.9	20.7	0.9	22.5	0.9	21.9	0.9	24.3	0.9	21.6	0.9
Missouri	1,167	17.9	0.5	18.0	0.5	18.3	0.5	19.8	0.6	19.9	0.6	21.3	0.6	21.7	0.6	21.3	0.6	22.0	0.6
Montana	162	14.2	1.1	18.9	1.3	17.7	1.3	14.3	1.2	16.1	1.3	18.3	1.4	18.8	1.4	20.5	1.5	19.6	1.4
Nebraska	369	18.3	1.0	19.3	1.0	18.5	1.0	18.3	1.0	18.9	1.0	21.7	1.1	20.0	1.0	22.3	1.1	22.2	1.1
Nevada	444	18.7	0.9	17.9	0.9	18.5	0.9	21.4	1.0	20.4	1.0	21.2	1.1	22.0	1.1	24.4	1.2	22.2	1.2
New Hampshire	216	15.3	1.1	17.2	1.1	17.6	1.1	16.7	1.1	20.4	1.3	17.5	1.2	21.3	1.3	22.1	1.4	23.0	1.4
New Jersey	1,781	18.6	0.4	18.7	0.4	18.6	0.4	18.9	0.4	21.9	0.5	21.5	0.5	22.4	0.5	23.0	0.5	23.3	0.5
New Mexico	323	15.6	0.9	15.7	0.9	16.3	0.9	16.7	0.9	16.0	0.9	18.2	1.0	17.9	1.0	18.3	1.0	16.8	1.0
New York	3,490	16.4	0.3	17.0	0.3	16.8	0.3	18.5	0.3	19.5	0.3	20.5	0.3	20.8	0.3	22.0	0.3	22.4	0.3
North Carolina	1,607	17.5	0.4	16.9	0.4	17.3	0.4	18.2	0.5	18.4	0.5	19.6	0.5	19.5	0.5	20.4	0.5	20.1	0.5
North Dakota	126	16.3	1.5	18.6	1.6	18.5	1.5	15.9	1.4	18.7	1.6	20.0	1.6	20.6	1.7	18.9	1.6	19.7	1.7
Ohio	2,446	19.0	0.4	19.3	0.4	18.8	0.4	19.8	0.4	21.3	0.4	21.1	0.4	22.1	0.4	22.2	0.4	24.0	0.5
Oklahoma	699	17.9	0.7	17.1	0.7	19.5	0.7	19.5	0.7	19.5	0.7	20.0	0.7	20.3	0.7	21.8	0.8	20.9	0.8
Oregon	715	17.3	0.7	15.5	0.6	16.9	0.7	16.7	0.7	18.2	0.7	17.9	0.7	19.4	0.7	17.5	0.7	19.7	0.8
Pennsylvania	2,866	18.3	0.3	18.8	0.3	18.8	0.3	19.2	0.4	20.4	0.4	21.3	0.4	22.5	0.4	23.1	0.4	23.7	0.4
Rhode Island	200	16.2	1.2	15.1	1.1	16.8	1.2	17.6	1.2	19.0	1.2	21.1	1.3	20.4	1.3	21.4	1.3	23.3	1.4
South Carolina	779	16.3	0.6	18.3	0.6	18.8	0.7	17.7	0.7	19.9	0.7	20.0	0.7	20.7	0.7	22.2	0.8	21.7	0.8
South Dakota	168	17.6	1.4	16.0	1.3	19.5	1.5	16.6	1.4	19.9	1.5	19.0	1.5	20.5	1.5	24.4	1.7	21.8	1.6
Tennessee	1,244	18.9	0.5	18.0	0.5	19.4	0.6	19.7	0.6	20.6	0.6	19.9	0.6	21.9	0.6	22.5	0.6	19.6	0.6
Texas	3,394	16.4	0.3	16.9	0.3	16.8	0.3	17.4	0.3	18.3	0.3	18.8	0.3	19.0	0.3	19.3	0.3	19.9	0.3
Utah	245	12.2	0.8	12.7	0.8	13.3	0.9	12.4	0.9	14.5	0.9	15.3	1.0	13.5	0.9	17.9	1.1	16.1	1.0
Vermont	130	18.2	1.6	16.2	1.5	17.6	1.6	18.2	1.6	17.6	1.6	22.3	1.8	20.2	1.8	20.9	1.8	22.3	1.9
Virginia	1,289	16.8	0.5	17.1	0.5	17.2	0.5	18.3	0.5	19.6	0.5	20.2	0.5	20.4	0.6	21.1	0.6	20.9	0.6
Washington	984	14.9	0.5	14.8	0.5	15.3	0.5	16.5	0.5	17.5	0.5	16.9	0.5	18.4	0.6	18.3	0.6	18.6	0.6
West Virginia	476	21.1	1.0	19.6	0.9	19.8	0.9	22.2	1.0	23.4	1.0	23.1	1.0	23.8	1.1	22.3	1.0	24.6	1.1
Wisconsin	954	15.2	0.5	16.1	0.5	16.3	0.5	16.8	0.5	18.3	0.6	18.4	0.6	19.8	0.6	21.0	0.6	21.1	0.6
Wyoming	101	18.7	1.9	18.9	1.9	13.8	1.6	16.7	1.8	21.3	2.1	19.2	2.0	21.0	2.1	19.7	2.1	20.6	2.1

^a Estimates are age adjusted to the 2000 standard population.

Key: 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_6-4: 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_6-4.html