Table 1_4_2-1

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_4_2.1
Prostate cancer deaths per 100,000 male population per year,^a United States, 2004-2007
		2007			2006		2005		2004
Population group		Number	Rate	SE	Rate	SE	Rate	SE	Rate	SE
Total		29,093	23.5	0.1	23.5	0.1	24.5	0.1	25.4	0.2
Age	0-17	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	18-44	DSU	DSU	DSU	0.1	0.0	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	45-64	2,699	7.2	0.1	7.3	0.1	7.2	0.1	7.2	0.1
	65 and over	26,370	165.1	1.0	163.8	1.0	170.8	1.1	174.8	1.1
Race	AI/AN	105	14.1	1.4	14.4	1.5	17.6	1.7	16.0	1.7
	NHOPI	414	10.4	0.5	9.6	0.5	10.4	0.6	11.4	0.6
	Black	4,908	51.5	0.8	50.5	0.8	53.3	0.8	55.5	0.8
	White	23,666	21.6	0.1	21.7	0.1	22.6	0.1	23.4	0.2
Ethnicity	Hispanic, all races	1,432	17.7	0.5	18.1	0.5	18.5	0.5	19.1	0.6
	Non-Hispanic, all races	27,633	23.9	0.1	23.8	0.1	24.9	0.2	25.7	0.2
	Non-Hispanic, Black	4,865	52.6	0.8	51.3	0.8	54.1	0.8	56.4	0.8
	Non-Hispanic, White	22,259	21.9	0.1	21.9	0.1	22.8	0.2	23.6	0.2
Education,^b ages 25-64	Less than high school	185	3.7	0.3	4.0	0.3	4.4	0.3	4.5	0.3
	High school graduate	452	3.6	0.2	3.8	0.2	3.6	0.2	4.0	0.2
	At least some college	491	2.2	0.1	2.3	0.1	2.2	0.1	2.2	0.1
Geographic location^c	Metropolitan	22,881	23.3	0.2	23.4	0.2	24.2	0.2	DNA	DNA
	Large central metro	7,787	23.9	0.3	24.2	0.3	26.0	0.3	26.1	0.3
	Large fringe metro	6,392	22.9	0.3	21.9	0.3	22.4	0.3	23.7	0.3
	Medium metro	5,969	23.4	0.3	23.4	0.3	23.9	0.3	25.0	0.3
	Small metro	2,733	22.4	0.4	24.3	0.5	24.9	0.5	25.4	0.5
	Micropolitan (nonmetropolitan)	3,595	24.1	0.4	23.7	0.4	25.2	0.4	26.0	0.4
	Noncore (nonmetropolitan)	2,617	24.7	0.5	24.2	0.5	26.3	0.5	27.9	0.5

^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_4_2-1: 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_4_2-1.html