Table 1_3_5_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_3_5.1
Patients with colon cancer who received recommended treatment: resected colon specimen had at least 12 regional lymph nodes pathologically examined, United States, 2004-2008
		2008			2007			2006			2005			2004
Population group		Number	Percent	SE	Number	Percent	SE	Number	Percent	SE	Number	Percent	SE	Number	Percent	SE
Total		36,480	81.2	0.2	36,853	77.0	0.2	37,087	67.0	0.2	37,135	60.2	0.3	37,748	55.2	0.3
Anatomic location	Right	18,539	87.0	0.3	18,746	83.9	0.3	18,701	74.9	0.3	18,744	68.2	0.3	18,887	63.9	0.4
	Transverse	3,478	77.9	0.7	3,484	72.8	0.8	3,449	63.4	0.8	3,443	56.8	0.8	3,496	52.6	0.8
	Sigmoid	13,403	74.3	0.4	13,619	68.8	0.4	13,857	57.3	0.4	13,714	50.3	0.4	14,167	44.4	0.4
Age	Under age 40	787	92.1	1.0	722	90.3	1.1	737	83.6	1.4	698	78.4	1.6	676	74.1	1.7
	40-49	2,290	87.4	0.7	2,229	83.9	0.8	2,324	75.1	0.9	2,269	70.3	1.0	2,298	65.7	1.0
	50-59	6,136	81.7	0.5	6,126	78.5	0.5	6,062	68.7	0.6	5,894	62.5	0.6	5,801	57.2	0.7
	60-69	8,518	81.1	0.4	8,699	76.7	0.5	8,379	66.5	0.5	8,375	59.4	0.5	8,638	54.7	0.5
	70-79	9,698	80.5	0.4	10,008	75.5	0.4	10,495	65.8	0.5	10,693	58.8	0.5	11,070	53.8	0.5
	80 and over	8,080	79.4	0.5	8,103	75.4	0.5	8,091	64.1	0.5	8,192	57.4	0.6	8,169	51.9	0.6
Race	AI/AN	95	77.9	4.3	81	72.8	4.9	62	61.3	6.2	65	52.3	6.2	66	40.9	6.1
	Asian	922	81.6	1.3	924	76.3	1.4	932	69.0	1.5	876	64.7	1.6	895	59.4	1.6
	NHOPI	DSU	DSU	DSU	30	90.0	5.5	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	34	76.5	7.3
	Black only	4,404	80.0	0.6	4,342	76.3	0.7	4,367	66.0	0.7	4,199	58.6	0.8	4,379	53.9	0.8
	White only	30,442	81.4	0.2	30,837	77.2	0.2	31,044	67.1	0.3	31,396	60.2	0.3	31,746	55.1	0.3
Ethnicity	Hispanic, all races	1,684	80.0	1.0	1,583	77.3	1.1	1,629	67.5	1.2	1,556	61.3	1.2	1,518	57.0	1.3
	Non-Hispanic, other	988	81.9	1.2	978	76.1	1.4	958	68.7	1.5	922	63.7	1.6	941	59.0	1.6
	Non-Hispanic, Black	4,093	80.3	0.6	3,970	76.2	0.7	3,968	66.1	0.8	3,808	58.6	0.8	3,954	53.8	0.8
	Non-Hispanic, White	26,538	81.4	0.2	26,618	77.0	0.3	26,644	67.1	0.3	27,106	60.4	0.3	27,397	55.1	0.3
Health insurance, under age 65	Private	9,643	83.6	0.4	9,652	78.9	0.4	9,233	69.9	0.5	8,888	63.2	0.5	8,775	58.2	0.5
	Public only	22,827	80.3	0.3	23,095	75.9	0.3	23,245	65.5	0.3	23,411	58.5	0.3	23,825	53.2	0.3
	Uninsured/other	4,010	80.9	0.6	4,106	79.0	0.6	4,609	68.5	0.7	4,836	62.9	0.7	5,148	59.4	0.7
Health insurance, age 65 and over	Medicare only	3,521	81.4	0.7	3,605	75.1	0.7	3,974	64.6	0.8	5,013	57.4	0.7	5,234	52.1	0.7
Health insurance, age 65 and over	Medicare and supplement	15,939	80.1	0.3	16,242	76.1	0.3	16,244	65.4	0.4	15,526	58.6	0.4	15,746	53.4	0.4
Family income^a	Negative/poor	208	84.6	2.5	230	78.7	2.7	208	68.8	3.2	204	56.9	3.5	199	55.3	3.5
	Near poor/low	24,934	80.6	0.3	25,296	76.2	0.3	25,744	66.3	0.3	25,568	58.7	0.3	26,154	53.6	0.3
	Middle	8,231	83.2	0.4	8,318	79.9	0.4	8,229	69.5	0.5	8,473	64.1	0.5	8,458	59.4	0.5
	High	834	84.1	1.3	819	79.0	1.4	857	70.0	1.6	844	66.5	1.6	864	62.5	1.7
Location of patient residence^b	Metropolitan	28,368	81.7	0.2	28,670	77.9	0.3	29,134	68.0	0.3	29,339	61.4	0.3	29,850	56.2	0.3
	Large metropolitan	17,230	82.3	0.3	17,404	78.3	0.3	17,702	68.6	0.4	18,180	62.3	0.4	18,327	57.5	0.4
	Small metropolitan	11,138	80.9	0.4	11,266	77.2	0.4	11,432	67.0	0.4	11,159	59.9	0.5	11,523	54.2	0.5
	Micropolitan	3,206	77.8	0.7	3,242	73.3	0.8	3,211	60.5	0.9	3,218	52.1	0.9	3,167	48.1	0.9
	Noncore	2,453	80.4	0.8	2,527	74.6	0.9	2,476	66.2	1.0	2,342	58.8	1.0	2,466	53.0	1.0
	Noncore, adjacent	1,939	80.4	0.9	1,944	75.0	1.0	1,878	66.6	1.1	1,842	59.1	1.2	1,944	52.2	1.1
	Noncore, rural	514	80.7	1.7	583	73.2	1.8	598	64.9	2.0	500	57.6	2.2	522	55.75	2.17

^a. 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.� Family income is based on median ZIP Code income as of Census 2000.

^b. Large metropolitan refers to areas with a population of at least one million; small metropolitan refers to areas with a population of less than one million.

DSU - Data do not meet the criteria for statistical reliability, data quality, or confidentiality.

Key: AI/AN: American Indian/Alaska Native; NHOPI: Native Hawaiian or Other 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_3_5_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_3_5_1.html