Table T2_1_3_5-2c

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_3_5.2c
Patients with colon cancer who received recommended treatment: resected colon specimen had at least 12 regional lymph nodes pathologically examined, by income,^a United States, 2009
		Total^b		Negative/poor		Near poor/low		Middle		High
Population group		Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE
Total		83.9	0.2	85.7	2.3	83.2	0.2	85.9	0.4	87.0	1.2
Age	Under age 40	92.1	1.0	DSU	DSU	92.0	1.2	89.9	2.3	DSU	DSU
	40–49	89.1	0.6	DSU	DSU	88.6	0.8	90.4	1.2	89.8	4.3
	50–59	84.5	0.5	88.1	5.0	83.5	0.6	86.2	0.9	86.8	3.1
	60–69	83.8	0.4	88.3	4.1	83.2	0.5	86.2	0.8	87.6	2.6
	70–79	82.9	0.4	82.8	4.7	82.4	0.5	84.7	0.8	86.1	2.6
	80 and over	82.4	0.4	81.8	5.8	81.6	0.5	85.3	0.8	85.1	2.7
Health insurance, under age 65	Private	86.4	0.4	DSU	DSU	85.6	0.5	87.2	0.7	90.7	2.0
	Public only	83.8	0.7	88.9	4.7	82.9	0.8	88.1	1.7	DSU	DSU
	Uninsured/other	86.1	0.6	DSU	DSU	85.6	0.7	87.8	1.4	82.4	6.5
Health insurance, age 65 and over	Medicare only	83.0	0.6	DSU	DSU	81.9	0.8	85.7	1.3	89.8	3.9
Health insurance, age 65 and over	Medicare and supplement	82.7	0.3	81.5	4.1	82.1	0.4	85.0	0.6	85.6	1.9
Location of hospital^c	Metropolitan	84.3	0.2	85.7	2.6	83.5	0.3	86.0	0.4	86.7	1.3
	Large metropolitan	84.8	0.3	83.9	3.5	84.0	0.4	85.8	0.4	87.3	1.3
	Small metropolitan	83.5	0.4	88.3	3.7	82.9	0.4	86.9	0.9	81.9	4.5
	Micropolitan	81.1	0.7	DSU	DSU	81.1	0.7	82.1	4.2	DSU	DSU
	Noncore	83.4	0.7	DSU	DSU	83.3	0.8	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	Noncore, adjacent	83.5	0.8	DSU	DSU	83.5	0.9	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	Noncore, rural	82.8	1.6	DSU	DSU	82.8	1.6	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU

^a Median Zip Code income as of Census 2000. Negative/poor refers to household incomes below $17,500; 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.

^b Total includes records with unknown income.

^c 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_3_5-2c: 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_3_5-2c.html