Table 1_1_4_1

2011 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_1_4.1
Women under age 70 treated for breast cancer with breast-conserving surgery who received radiation therapy within 1 year of diagnosis, United States, 2004-2008
		2008^a			2007			2006			2005			2004
Population group		Number	Percent	SE	Number	Percent	SE	Number	Percent	SE	Number	Percent	SE	Number	Percent	SE
Total		25,374	78.8	0.3	50,117	75.4	0.2	50,592	75.5	0.2	49,391	75.3	0.2	48,139	75.8	0.2
Age	Under age 40	1,361	69.7	1.3	2,664	65.6	0.9	2,969	67.4	0.9	3,129	68.7	0.8	3,291	69.3	0.8
	40-49	5,811	77.8	0.5	11,797	72.8	0.4	12,546	73.7	0.4	12,755	73.6	0.4	12,829	74.6	0.4
	50-59	8,907	79.0	0.4	17,966	76.4	0.3	18,476	76.2	0.3	17,757	76.4	0.3	17,015	76.6	0.3
	60-69	9,295	80.7	0.4	17,690	77.7	0.3	16,601	77.4	0.3	15,750	76.7	0.3	15,004	77.4	0.3
Race	AI/AN	72	70.8	5.4	123	73.2	4.0	99	78.8	4.1	96	69.8	4.7	104	71.2	4.4
	Asian	766	75.1	1.6	1,401	71.4	1.2	1,431	72.7	1.2	1,365	72.8	1.2	1,364	73.2	1.2
	HPI	52	80.8	5.5	94	79.8	4.1	79	84.8	4.0	75	73.3	5.1	86	69.8	5.0
	Black only	2,873	73.7	0.8	5,552	68.5	0.6	5,398	68.5	0.6	5,214	68.6	0.6	5,090	69.1	0.7
	White only	21,030	79.9	0.3	41,749	76.7	0.2	42,480	76.6	0.2	41,561	76.4	0.2	40,484	76.9	0.2
Ethnicity	Hispanic, all races	1,343	63.0	1.3	2,526	62.1	1.0	2,487	60.8	1.0	2,371	61.6	1.0	2,255	62.7	1.0
	Non-Hispanic, other	842	74.8	1.5	1,512	72.0	1.2	1,522	73.1	1.1	1,457	72.4	1.2	1,458	72.6	1.2
	Non-Hispanic, Black	2,643	73.7	0.9	5,049	68.5	0.7	4,924	68.3	0.7	4,762	68.7	0.7	4,613	68.8	0.7
	Non-Hispanic, White	18,117	80.7	0.3	35,848	77.6	0.2	36,544	77.3	0.2	35,706	77.2	0.2	34,925	77.5	0.2
Health insurance, under age 65	Private	15,012	79.6	0.3	29,134	76.3	0.3	28,450	76.4	0.3	26,090	76.5	0.3	25,503	76.8	0.3
	Public only	6,266	77.0	0.5	11,961	74.3	0.4	11,442	74.0	0.4	10,925	74.1	0.4	10,112	74.4	0.4
	Uninsured/other	4,096	78.9	0.6	9,022	74.1	0.5	10,700	74.5	0.4	12,376	73.9	0.4	12,524	74.8	0.4
Health insurance, ages 65-70	Medicare only	478	76.4	1.9	1,014	74.6	1.4	1,019	71.1	1.4	1,177	70.7	1.3	1,221	73.6	1.3
Health insurance, ages 65-70	Medicare and supplement	2,706	82.7	0.7	5,205	79.2	0.6	5,003	79.1	0.6	4,475	79.0	0.6	3,984	79.4	0.6
Family income^b	Negative/poor	110	72.7	4.3	208	67.3	3.3	212	64.2	3.3	186	67.7	3.4	182	67.6	3.5
	Near poor/low	15,632	78.5	0.3	31,085	74.8	0.3	31,419	75.1	0.2	30,715	74.8	0.3	30,135	75.5	0.3
	Middle	7,235	79.6	0.5	13,977	77.0	0.4	14,341	76.8	0.4	13,939	77.1	0.4	13,552	76.8	0.4
	High	936	81.3	1.3	1,762	77.0	1.0	1,861	75.2	1.0	1,794	74.4	1.0	1,782	74.1	1.0
Location of residence^c	Metropolitan	20,335	78.4	0.3	39,860	74.7	0.2	40,707	74.9	0.2	39,479	75.0	0.2	38,873	75.3	0.2
	Large metropolitan	12,908	77.2	0.4	25,234	73.5	0.3	25,938	73.6	0.3	25,198	74.1	0.3	24,921	73.8	0.3
	Small metropolitan	7,427	80.5	0.5	14,626	76.9	0.4	14,769	77.3	0.3	14,281	76.8	0.4	13,952	78.1	0.4
	Micropolitan	2,060	82.3	0.8	4,198	79.4	0.6	4,071	79.1	0.6	3,944	78.4	0.7	3,821	79.5	0.7
	Noncore	1,365	81.8	1.0	2,761	79.8	0.8	2,806	79.6	0.8	2,852	77.1	0.8	2,660	77.5	0.8
	Noncore, adjacent	1,080	82.9	1.2	2,137	80.5	0.9	2,172	79.9	0.9	2,239	77.3	0.9	2,054	78.2	0.9
	Noncore, rural	285	77.9	2.5	624	77.2	1.7	634	78.7	1.6	613	76.5	1.7	606	75.1	1.8

^a. Data include January-June 2008.

^b. Negative/poor refers to household incomes below the Federal poverty line; near poor/low, the poverty line to just below 200 percent of the poverty line; middle, 200 percent to just below 400 percent of the poverty line; and high, 400 percent of the poverty line and over.

^c. Large metropolitan includes areas a population of one million or more; small metropolitan includes areas with a population less than one million.

Key: AI/AN: American Indian/Alaska Native; HPI: Hawaiian or Pacific Islander; SE: standard error.

Source: Commission on Cancer, American College of Surgeons and American Cancer Society, National Cancer Data Base.

Page last reviewed October 2014

Internet Citation: Table 1_1_4_1: 2011 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports. October 2014. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. http://archive.ahrq.gov/research/findings/nhqrdr/nhqrdr11/1_cancer/T1_1_4_1.html