Table 1_4_3-1

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_3.1
Lung cancer deaths per 100,000 population,^a United States, 2004-2007
		2007		2006		2005		2004
Population group		Rate	SE	Rate	SE	Rate	SE	Rate	SE
Total		50.6	0.1	51.5	0.1	52.6	0.1	53.2	0.1
Age	0-17	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	18-44	1.8	0.0	1.9	0.0	2.2	0.0	2.3	0.0
	45-64	57.1	0.3	58.7	0.3	60.4	0.3	61.6	0.3
	65 and over	298.4	0.9	302.0	0.9	306.7	0.9	308.4	0.9
Race	AI/AN	32.7	1.3	31.2	1.3	34.1	1.4	36.0	1.4
	NHOPI	25.3	0.5	25.2	0.5	25.7	0.5	26.2	0.5
	Black	55.6	0.4	56.8	0.5	58.4	0.5	59.8	0.5
	White	51.2	0.1	52.1	0.1	53.1	0.1	53.6	0.1
Ethnicity	Hispanic, all races	20.9	0.3	20.7	0.3	22.4	0.3	22.4	0.4
	Non-Hispanic, all races	53.0	0.1	53.9	0.1	54.8	0.1	55.4	0.1
	Non-Hispanic, Black	56.8	0.5	57.9	0.5	59.6	0.5	60.9	0.5
	Non-Hispanic, White	53.9	0.1	54.7	0.1	55.5	0.2	56.0	0.2
Gender	Male	65.1	0.2	67.0	0.2	69.0	0.2	70.1	0.2
Gender	Female	40.0	0.2	40.0	0.2	40.5	0.2	40.9	0.2
Education,^b ages 25-64	Less than high school	56.1	0.8	60.5	0.8	56.0	0.7	58.1	0.7
	High school graduate	37.8	0.4	38.9	0.4	39.4	0.3	40.2	0.3
	At least some college	13.5	0.2	13.4	0.2	14.2	0.2	14.5	0.2
Geographic location^c	Metropolitan	48.8	0.1	49.9	0.1	51.1	0.1	DNA	DNA
	Large central metro	44.8	0.2	45.9	0.2	47.4	0.2	48.4	0.2
	Large fringe metro	49.7	0.3	50.0	0.3	50.7	0.3	51.9	0.3
	Medium metro	51.0	0.3	52.5	0.3	53.9	0.3	53.7	0.3
	Small metro	53.8	0.4	55.8	0.4	57.2	0.4	57.3	0.4
	Micropolitan (nonmetropolitan)	57.9	0.4	58.1	0.4	58.6	0.4	58.5	0.4
	Noncore (nonmetropolitan)	59.7	0.5	58.9	0.5	59.2	0.5	60.1	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_3-1: 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_3-1.html