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NevadaState Snapshot for Cancer
In this comparison, the NHQR quality measures for Nevada for the most recent data year and the baseline year are compared to the average of all States.
| Measure | Recent Year | Recent Rate | Recent Performance | Baseline Year | Baseline Rate | Baseline Performance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Breast cancer deaths per 100,000 female population per year | 2013 | 22.5 | Average | 2000 | 27.1 | Average |
| Patients with colon cancer who received surgical resection of colon cancer that included at least 12 lymph nodes pathologically examined | 2012 | 85.3 | Average | 2004 | 51.7 | Average |
| Women under age 70 treated for breast cancer with breast-conserving surgery who received radiation therapy to the breast within 1 year of diagnosis | 2012 | 91.9 | Average | 2004 | 77.0 | Worse than Average |
| Women with clinical Stage I-IIb breast cancer who received axillary node dissection or sentinel lymph node biopsy (SLNB) at the time of surgery (lumpectomy or mastectomy) | 2012 | 94.5 | Average | 2004 | 90.6 | Average |
| Measure | Recent Year | Recent Rate | Recent Performance | Baseline Year | Baseline Rate | Baseline Performance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lung cancer deaths per 100,000 population per year | 2013 | 45.4 | Worse than Average | 2000 | 65.7 | Worse than Average |
| Colorectal cancer deaths per 100,000 population per year | 2013 | 16.9 | Worse than Average | 2000 | 24.4 | Worse than Average |