Table 5_2_4-1
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.
| 2007 | 2006 | 2005 | 2004 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Population group | Rate | SE | Rate | SE | Rate | SE | Rate | SE | |
| Total | 3.7 | 0.0 | 4.0 | 0.0 | 4.2 | 0.0 | 4.5 | 0.0 | |
| Age | 0-17 | DSU | DSU | 0.1 | 0.0 | DSU | DSU | 0.1 | 0.0 |
| 18-44 | 4.3 | 0.1 | 4.7 | 0.1 | 5.1 | 0.1 | 5.7 | 0.1 | |
| 45-64 | 7.7 | 0.1 | 8.1 | 0.1 | 8.4 | 0.1 | 8.5 | 0.1 | |
| 65 and over | 1.5 | 0.1 | 1.6 | 0.1 | 1.5 | 0.1 | 1.5 | 0.1 | |
| Race | AI/AN | 2.6 | 0.3 | 2.4 | 0.3 | 2.7 | 0.3 | 2.9 | 0.3 |
| NHOPI | 0.5 | 0.1 | 0.6 | 0.1 | 0.6 | 0.1 | 0.7 | 0.1 | |
| Black | 17.3 | 0.2 | 18.6 | 0.2 | 19.4 | 0.2 | 20.4 | 0.2 | |
| White | 1.9 | 0.0 | 2.1 | 0.0 | 2.2 | 0.0 | 2.3 | 0.0 | |
| Ethnicity | Hispanic, all races | 4.1 | 0.1 | 4.5 | 0.1 | 4.7 | 0.1 | 5.3 | 0.1 |
| Non-Hispanic, all races | 3.7 | 0.0 | 3.9 | 0.0 | 4.2 | 0.0 | 4.4 | 0.0 | |
| Non-Hispanic, Black | 17.8 | 0.2 | 19.1 | 0.2 | 19.8 | 0.2 | 20.9 | 0.2 | |
| Non-Hispanic, White | 1.5 | 0.0 | 1.7 | 0.0 | 1.8 | 0.0 | 1.9 | 0.0 | |
| Gender | Male | 5.4 | 0.1 | 5.9 | 0.1 | 6.2 | 0.1 | 6.6 | 0.1 |
| Female | 2.1 | 0.0 | 2.2 | 0.0 | 2.3 | 0.0 | 2.4 | 0.0 | |
| Education,b ages 25-64 | Less than high school | 14.3 | 0.5 | 15.0 | 0.5 | 13.9 | 0.4 | 17.9 | 0.4 |
| High school graduate | 7.0 | 0.2 | 7.4 | 0.2 | 7.9 | 0.2 | 10.0 | 0.2 | |
| At least some college | 2.1 | 0.1 | 2.2 | 0.1 | 2.7 | 0.1 | 3.3 | 0.1 | |
| Geographic locationc | Metropolitan | 4.0 | 0.0 | 4.4 | 0.0 | 4.6 | 0.0 | DNA | DNA |
| Large central metro | 6.5 | 0.1 | 7.1 | 0.1 | 7.6 | 0.1 | 8.2 | 0.1 | |
| Large fringe metro | 2.5 | 0.1 | 2.8 | 0.1 | 2.9 | 0.1 | 3.1 | 0.1 | |
| Medium metro | 3.2 | 0.1 | 3.3 | 0.1 | 3.4 | 0.1 | 3.5 | 0.1 | |
| Small metro | 2.2 | 0.1 | 2.5 | 0.1 | 2.4 | 0.1 | 2.6 | 0.1 | |
| Micropolitan (nonmetropolitan) | 2.3 | 0.1 | 2.1 | 0.1 | 2.2 | 0.1 | 2.1 | 0.1 | |
| Noncore (nonmetropolitan) | 1.9 | 0.1 | 1.8 | 0.1 | 1.8 | 0.1 | 1.8 | 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.
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.
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