Table 5_2_4-3b
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.
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| Total | All races | White | Black | Hispanic, all races | |||||||
| Population group | Rate | SE | Rate | SE | Rate | SE | Rate | SE | Rate | SE | |
| Total | 3.7 | 0.0 | 3.7 | 0.0 | 1.5 | 0.0 | 17.8 | 0.2 | 4.1 | 0.1 | |
| Age | 0-17 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | DSU | DSU | DSU | DSU | DSU | DSU |
| 18-44 | 4.3 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |
| 45-64 | 7.7 | 0.1 | 7.4 | 0.1 | 3.1 | 0.1 | 39.4 | 0.7 | 9.5 | 0.4 | |
| 65 and over | 1.5 | 0.1 | 1.4 | 0.1 | 0.6 | 0.0 | 9.1 | 0.5 | 3.5 | 0.4 | |
| Gender | Female | 2.1 | 0.0 | 2.2 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 11.8 | 0.2 | 1.8 | 0.1 |
| Male | 5.4 | 0.1 | 5.3 | 0.1 | 2.5 | 0.0 | 25.2 | 0.4 | 6.3 | 0.2 | |
| Geographic locationb | Metropolitan | 4.0 | 0.0 | 4.0 | 0.0 | 1.6 | 0.0 | 18.4 | 0.2 | 4.2 | 0.1 |
| Large central metro | 6.5 | 0.1 | 6.9 | 0.1 | 2.8 | 0.1 | 23.0 | 0.4 | 5.1 | 0.2 | |
| Large fringe metro | 2.5 | 0.1 | 2.5 | 0.1 | 1.1 | 0.0 | 13.2 | 0.4 | 2.6 | 0.2 | |
| Medium metro | 3.2 | 0.1 | 3.1 | 0.1 | 1.4 | 0.1 | 16.4 | 0.5 | 3.5 | 0.2 | |
| Small metro | 2.2 | 0.1 | 2.2 | 0.1 | 1.0 | 0.1 | 12.4 | 0.7 | 2.6 | 0.3 | |
| Micropolitan (nonmetropolitan) | 2.3 | 0.1 | 2.2 | 0.1 | 1.0 | 0.1 | 14.5 | 0.8 | 2.8 | 0.4 | |
| Noncore (nonmetropolitan) | 1.9 | 0.1 | 1.8 | 0.1 | 0.9 | 0.1 | 11.8 | 0.9 | 2.5 | 0.6 | |
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 For more information, see the National Vital Statistics System entry in Appendix A, Data Sources.
DSU - Data do not meet the criteria for statistical reliability, data quality, or confidentiality.
Key: SE: standard error.
Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Vital Statistics System.
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