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.

Measures Better Than Average in The Recent Year

Measure	Recent Year	Recent Rate	Recent Performance	Baseline Year	Baseline Rate	Baseline Performance
Patients with colon cancer who received surgical resection of colon cancer that included at least 12 lymph nodes pathologically examined	2014	95.5	Better than Average	2003	54.2	Average

Measures That Are Average in The Recent Year

Measure	Recent Year	Recent Rate	Recent Performance	Baseline Year	Baseline Rate	Baseline Performance
Breast cancer deaths per 100,000 female population per year	2015	21.3	Average	2000	27.1	Average
Lung cancer deaths per 100,000 population per year	2015	41.4	Average	2000	65.7	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)	2014	95.4	Average	2005	94.4	Better than 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	2013	93.8	Average	2004	77.0	Average

Measures Worse Than Average in The Recent Year

Measure	Recent Year	Recent Rate	Recent Performance	Baseline Year	Baseline Rate	Baseline Performance
Colorectal cancer deaths per 100,000 population per year	2015	15.8	Worse than Average	2000	24.4	Worse than Average

Measures With No Performance Data

Measure
Cancer deaths per 100,000 population per year for all cancers
Composite measure: Adults ages 50-75 who received any type of colorectal cancer screening