Table 8_2_8-1

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 8_2_8.1
Patients with tuberculosis who completed a curative course of treatment within 1 year of initiation of treatment,^a United States, 2000-2006
		2006		2005		2004		2003		2002		2001		2000
Population group		Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE
Total		83.5	0.3	82.8	0.3	82.3	0.3	81.8	0.3	80.9	0.3	80.5	0.3	80.2	0.3
Age	0-17	92.0	0.9	91.4	0.9	90.1	0.9	90.4	0.9	89.7	0.9	88.2	1.0	89.8	0.9
	18-44	82.3	0.5	82.2	0.5	80.9	0.5	80.5	0.5	79.7	0.5	78.9	0.5	78.2	0.5
	45-64	83.4	0.6	81.9	0.6	81.6	0.6	81.2	0.6	81.0	0.6	80.5	0.6	80.4	0.6
	65 and over	83.0	0.9	81.6	0.9	83.4	0.8	82.4	0.8	79.6	0.8	81.4	0.8	81.1	0.8
Race	Black	83.3	0.6	83.6	0.6	82.9	0.6	82.2	0.6	80.8	0.6	81.3	0.6	80.6	0.6
	White	83.0	0.5	83.0	0.5	81.5	0.5	81.6	0.5	81.0	0.5	80.0	0.5	80.6	0.5
	Other	84.3	0.6	81.4	0.7	83.2	0.7	81.9	0.7	80.9	0.7	80.5	0.7	79.2	0.7
Gender	Male	82.2	0.4	82.0	0.4	80.8	0.4	81.3	0.4	80.0	0.4	79.8	0.5	80.1	0.5
Gender	Female	85.5	0.5	84.1	0.5	84.6	0.5	82.7	0.5	82.3	0.5	81.8	0.4	80.4	0.4
Ethnicity	Hispanic	81.8	0.6	82.5	0.6	80.0	0.7	80.5	0.7	79.5	0.7	78.5	0.7	79.8	0.7
Ethnicity	Non-Hispanic	84.2	0.4	82.9	0.4	83.3	0.4	82.4	0.4	81.4	0.4	81.2	0.4	80.4	0.4

^a Only cases with known age, sex, race, and ethnicity are shown in this table. Since 2004 the calculation of completion of therapy has been changed. Estimates are only for cases completing therapy within 12 months.

^bStandard errors were calculated using square root of (p(1-p)/n), where p is the population proportion and n is the sample size.

Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National TB Surveillance System.

Page last reviewed October 2014

Internet Citation: Table 8_2_8-1: 2010 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports. October 2014. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. http://archive.ahrq.gov/research/findings/nhqrdr/nhqrdr10/8_respiratorydiseases/T8_2_8-1.html