Table 5_2_4-2
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.
| 2003 | 2002 | 2001 | 2000 | 1999 | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Population group | Rate | SE | Rate | SE | Rate | SE | Rate | SE | Rate | SE | |
| Total | 4.7 | 0.0 | 4.9 | 0.0 | 5.0 | 0.0 | 5.2 | 0.0 | 5.3 | 0.0 | |
| Age | 0-17 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.0 | DSU | DSU |
| 18-44 | 6.3 | 0.1 | 6.8 | 0.1 | 7.3 | 0.1 | 7.6 | 0.1 | DNA | DNA | |
| 45-64 | 8.7 | 0.1 | 8.7 | 0.1 | 8.4 | 0.1 | 8.7 | 0.1 | 8.4 | 0.1 | |
| 65 and over | 1.5 | 0.1 | 1.4 | 0.1 | 1.4 | 0.1 | 1.4 | 0.1 | 1.4 | 0.1 | |
| Race | AI/AN | 2.5 | 0.3 | 2.2 | 0.3 | 2.7 | 0.3 | 2.2 | 0.3 | 2.6 | 0.3 |
| NHOPI | 0.7 | 0.1 | 0.8 | 0.1 | 0.7 | 0.1 | 0.6 | 0.1 | 0.8 | 0.1 | |
| Black | 21.3 | 0.2 | 22.5 | 0.3 | 22.8 | 0.3 | 23.3 | 0.3 | 23.6 | 0.3 | |
| White | 2.5 | 0.0 | 2.6 | 0.0 | 2.6 | 0.0 | 2.8 | 0.0 | 2.9 | 0.0 | |
| Ethnicity | Hispanic, all races | 5.9 | 0.1 | 5.8 | 0.1 | 6.2 | 0.2 | 6.7 | 0.2 | 6.9 | 0.2 |
| Non-Hispanic, all races | 4.5 | 0.0 | 4.8 | 0.0 | 4.8 | 0.0 | 5.0 | 0.0 | 5.1 | 0.0 | |
| Non-Hispanic, Black | 21.7 | 0.3 | 23 | 0.3 | 23.2 | 0.3 | 23.6 | 0.3 | 24.0 | 0.3 | |
| Non-Hispanic, White | 2.0 | 0.0 | 2.1 | 0.0 | 2.1 | 0.0 | 2.2 | 0.0 | 2.3 | 0.0 | |
| Gender | Male | 7.1 | 0.1 | 7.4 | 0.1 | 7.5 | 0.1 | 7.9 | 0.1 | 8.2 | 0.1 |
| Female | 2.4 | 0.0 | 2.5 | 0.0 | 2.5 | 0.0 | 2.5 | 0.0 | 2.5 | 0.0 | |
| Education,b ages 25-64 | Less than high school | 19.6 | 0.4 | 18.2 | 0.3 | 18.3 | 0.3 | 19.8 | 0.4 | 19.0 | 0.3 |
| High school graduate | 10.6 | 0.2 | 12.6 | 0.2 | 12.5 | 0.2 | 13.2 | 0.2 | 13.1 | 0.2 | |
| At least some college | 3.4 | 0.1 | 3.8 | 0.1 | 3.8 | 0.1 | 4.1 | 0.1 | 4.6 | 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.
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Internet Citation: Table 5_2_4-2: 2010 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports.
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