Table T2_1_1_4-2b

2012 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports

This appendix provides detailed data tables for all measures analyzed for the 2012 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports. Tables are included for measures discussed in the main text of the reports as well as for other measures that were examined but not included in the main text.

Table 2_1_1_4.2b
Women under age 70 treated for breast cancer with breast-conserving surgery who received radiation therapy to the breast within 1 year of diagnosis,^a by ethnicity, United States, 2009
				Non-Hispanic
		Total^b		White		Black		Asian		Hispanic, all races
Population group		Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE
Total^b		80.9	0.3	82.8	0.3	77.7	0.8	78.1	1.6	64.4	1.3
Age	Under age 40	72.2	1.3	72.1	1.7	74.0	2.9	73.7	5.8	64.1	4.0
	40–49	79.0	0.5	80.8	0.6	77.2	1.5	79.5	2.9	64.9	2.3
	50–59	81.8	0.4	84.2	0.5	77.0	1.3	79.0	2.6	64.9	2.2
	60–69	82.3	0.4	83.6	0.4	80.2	1.4	76.7	3.2	63.3	2.4
Health insurance, under age 65	Private	81.8	0.3	83.2	0.4	77.4	1.1	80.1	2.0	67.6	1.9
	Public only	75.8	0.8	79.5	1.0	76.6	1.7	72.2	4.2	60.5	2.5
	Uninsured/other	81.1	0.6	84.0	0.7	77.2	2.0	81.4	4.7	62.8	3.2
Health insurance, ages 65–70	Medicare only	81.4	1.6	82.8	1.8	84.9	4.4	DSU	DSU	64.5	8.6
Health insurance, ages 65–70	Medicare and supplement	82.5	0.7	83.2	0.8	82.4	2.7	79.2	5.9	62.5	5.2
Median Zip Code income^c	Negative/poor	67.2	4.2	71.4	7.6	76.7	5.5	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	Near poor/low	80.4	0.3	82.5	0.4	77.8	0.9	76.0	2.5	63.2	1.5
	Middle	82.7	0.5	83.8	0.5	78.9	2.1	79.1	2.4	72.5	2.6
	High	79.7	1.3	80.4	1.5	DSU	DSU	78.0	5.9	DSU	DSU
Location of hospital^c	Metropolitan	80.5	0.3	82.6	0.3	77.1	0.8	78.0	1.7	64.7	1.3
	Large metropolitan	79.4	0.4	81.9	0.4	76.0	1.0	76.0	2.0	64.0	1.5
	Small metropolitan	82.5	0.4	83.7	0.5	79.9	1.5	84.0	3.0	66.9	2.6
	Micropolitan	83.2	0.8	84.3	0.9	81.1	3.4	DSU	DSU	71.4	7.6
	Noncore	83.6	1.0	84.2	1.0	91.1	3.0	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	Noncore, adjacent	83.7	1.1	84.2	1.2	92.5	2.9	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	Noncore, rural	83.2	2.3	84.4	2.4	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU

^a Due to the length of time between diagnosis and onset of radiation therapy, compliance rates for 2009 are shown for cases diagnosed within the first 6 months of the year only.

^b Total includes records with unknown race/ethnicity.

^c Median Zip Code income as of Census 2000. 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.

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

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

Key: SE: standard error.

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

Page last reviewed June 2013

Internet Citation: Table T2_1_1_4-2b: 2012 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports. June 2013. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. http://archive.ahrq.gov/research/findings/nhqrdr/nhqrdr12/1_cancer/T2_1_1_4-2b.html