Table 1_4_2-2

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_2.2
Prostate cancer deaths per 100,000 male population,^a United States, 1999-2003
		2003		2002		2001		2000		1999
Population group		Rate	SE	Rate	SE	Rate	SE	Rate	SE	Rate	SE
Total		26.5	0.2	27.9	0.2	29.1	0.2	30.4	0.2	31.3	0.2
Age	0-17	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	� DSU	�DSU	DSU	DSU
	18-44	0.0	0.0	0.1	0.0	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	DSU	DSU
	45-64	7.4	0.1	7.4	0.2	7.4	0.2	7.6	0.2	7.9	0.2
	65 and over	180.8	1.1	189.6	1.1	194.5	1.2	199.5	1.2	205.4	1.2
Race	AI/AN	17.8	1.9	15.2	1.8	19.0	2.1	19.6	2.2	16.7	2.2
	NHOPI	10.9	0.6	10.2	0.6	11.6	0.7	12.5	0.8	13.9	0.8
	Black	57.4	0.8	62.0	0.9	66.1	0.9	68.1	1.0	69.0	1.0
	White	24.4	0.2	25.7	0.2	26.6	0.2	27.8	0.2	28.7	0.2
Ethnicity	Hispanic, all races	20.2	0.6	21.6	0.7	23.5	0.7	21.6	0.7	23.0	0.8
	Non-Hispanic, all races	26.8	0.2	28.2	0.2	29.3	0.2	30.7	0.2	31.7	0.2
	Non-Hispanic, Black	58.2	0.9	62.8	0.9	66.8	1.0	68.8	1.0	69.7	1.0
	Non-Hispanic, White	24.6	0.2	25.8	0.2	26.7	0.2	28.0	0.2	28.9	0.2
Education,^b ages 25-64	Less than high school	4.3	0.2	3.9	0.2	3.8	0.2	4.2	0.2	4.2	0.2
	High school graduate	4.1	0.1	4.1	0.1	4.1	0.1	4.4	0.1	4.2	0.1
	At least some college	2.3	0.1	2.3	0.1	2.2	0.1	2.4	0.1	2.6	0.1

^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.

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_2-2: 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_2-2.html