Table 1_3_6_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_6.1
Colorectal cancer deaths per 100,000 population per year,^a 2004-2007
		2007			2006			2005			2004
Population group		Number	Rate	SE	Number	Rate	SE	Number	Rate	SE	Number	Rate	SE
Total		53,584	16.9	0.1	53,546	17.2	0.1	53,250	17.5	0.1	53,772	18.0	0.1
Age, not age adjusted	0-17	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	18-44	1,609	1.4	0.0	1,691	1.5	0.0	1,644	1.5	0.0	1,654	1.5	0.0
	45-64	13,851	18.1	0.2	13,125	17.5	0.2	12,496	17.2	0.2	12,481	17.7	0.2
	65 and over	38,120	100.6	0.5	38,725	103.9	0.5	39,100	106.3	0.5	39,631	109.2	0.5
Race	AI/AN	252	11.5	0.8	230	11.2	0.8	240	12.0	0.8	226	12.1	0.8
	API	1,238	10.9	0.3	1,179	10.9	0.3	1,134	11.2	0.3	1,082	11.3	0.4
	Black	6,921	23.5	0.3	6,894	24.3	0.3	6,883	24.8	0.3	6,640	24.7	0.3
	White	45,173	16.4	0.1	45,243	16.7	0.1	44,993	16.9	0.1	45,824	17.6	0.1
Ethnicity	Hispanic, all races	2,804	12.0	0.2	2,757	12.6	0.2	2,542	12.4	0.3	2,438	12.6	0.3
	Non-Hispanic, all races	50,717	17.2	0.1	50,707	17.5	0.1	50,628	17.8	0.1	51,252	18.3	0.1
	Non-Hispanic, Black	6,852	24.0	0.3	6,822	24.7	0.3	6,803	25.2	0.3	6,578	25.1	0.3
	Non-Hispanic, White	42,409	16.7	0.1	42,504	17.0	0.1	42,479	17.2	0.1	43,390	17.9	0.1
Gender	Female	26,460	14.4	0.1	26,627	14.7	0.1	26,409	14.8	0.1	26,842	15.3	0.1
Gender	Male	27,124	20.1	0.1	26,919	20.5	0.1	26,841	20.9	0.1	26,930	21.5	0.1
Geographic location^b	Metropolitan	42,136	16.5	0.1	42,363	16.9	0.1	42,014	17.2	0.1	DNA	DNA	DNA
	Large central metropolitan	14,186	16.5	0.1	14,553	17.2	0.1	14,277	17.2	0.1	14,669	18.0	0.1
	Large fringe metropolitan	12,268	16.7	0.2	12,221	17.0	0.2	12,194	17.4	0.2	12,284	17.9	0.2
	Medium metropolitan	10,393	16.1	0.2	10,469	16.6	0.2	10,411	16.9	0.2	10,392	17.2	0.2
	Small metropolitan	5,289	17.0	0.2	5,120	16.9	0.2	5,132	17.3	0.2	5,049	17.4	0.2
	Micropolitan	6,691	18.3	0.2	6,521	18.1	0.2	6,529	18.5	0.2	6,560	18.9	0.2
	Noncore	4,757	18.9	0.3	4,662	18.7	0.3	4,707	19.0	0.3	4,818	19.8	0.3

^a. Estimates are age adjusted to the 2000 U.S. 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.

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; API: Asian or Pacific Islander; SE: standard error.

Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Health Statistics, National Vital Statistics System - Mortality.

Page last reviewed October 2014

Internet Citation: Table 1_3_6_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_6_1.html