T8_2_8_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 8_2_8.1
Patients with tuberculosis who completed a curative course of treatment within 1 year of initiation of treatment,^a United States, 2000-2007
		2007			2006			2005			2004		2003		2002		2001		2000
Population group		Number	Percent	SE^b	Number	Percent	SE	Number	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE
Total		9,798	84.3	0.3	9,971	83.5	0.3	10,127	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	870	91.8	0.9	838	92.0	0.9	924	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	4,355	83.3	0.5	4,579	82.3	0.5	4,596	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	2,984	84.2	0.6	2,953	83.4	0.6	2,944	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	1,589	83.5	0.9	1,601	83.0	0.9	1,663	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	2,731	86.8	0.6	2,772	83.3	0.6	2,960	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	4,265	83.4	0.5	4,496	83.0	0.5	4,671	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	2,802	83.4	0.6	2,703	84.3	0.6	2,496	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	5,883	83.5	0.5	6,034	82.2	0.4	6,145	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	3,915	85.6	0.4	3,937	85.5	0.5	3,982	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	Non-Hispanic, all races	6,962	85.1	0.4	7,045	84.2	0.4	7,145	82.9	0.4	83.3	0.4	82.4	0.4	81.4	0.4	81.2	0.4	80.4	0.4
	Non-Hispanic, White	1,569	85	0.83	1,702	85.2	0.79	1,805	83.7	0.80	83.9	DNA	82.8	DNA	83.1	DNA	82.2	0.72	81.2	0.7
	Non-Hispanic, Black	2,625	86.7	0.62	2,686	83.3	0.66	2,887	83.6	0.63	82.9	DNA	81.8	DNA	80.8	DNA	81.2	0.60	80.7	0.6
	Hispanic, all races	2,836	82.6	0.6	2,926	81.8	0.6	2,982	82.5	0.6	80.0	0.7	80.5	0.7	79.5	0.7	78.5	0.7	79.8	0.7

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

^b. Standard errors were calculated assuming simple random sampling.

Key: SE: standard error.

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

Page last reviewed October 2014

Internet Citation: T8_2_8_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/nhqrdr11/8_respiratorydiseases/T8_2_8_1.html