Table 1.
Selected characteristics of the NPCR registries by volume of cases.
| All
|
Low volume
|
Medium volume
|
High volume
|
F statistic
|
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N = 40 | N = 13 | N = 21 | N = 6 | ||||||
| Mean number of cases (standard deviation) | 5,738 (2,433) | 26,232 (10,343) | 92,642 (19,415) | ||||||
| Program type | |||||||||
| Health department | 29 | 72.5% | 8 | 61.5% | 16 | 76.2% | 5 | 83.3% | 0.61 |
| Health department with major contractor | 8 | 20.0% | 4 | 30.8% | 3 | 14.3% | 1 | 16.7% | 0.68 |
| Private or other organization | 3 | 7.5% | 1 | 7.7% | 2 | 9.5% | 0 | 0.0% | 0.29 |
| Region | |||||||||
| Northeast | 7 | 17.5% | 4 | 30.8% | 1 | 4.8% | 2 | 33.3% | 2.64* |
| South | 15 | 37.5% | 2 | 15.4% | 11 | 52.4% | 2 | 33.3% | 2.49* |
| Midwest | 10 | 25.0% | 3 | 23.1% | 5 | 23.8% | 2 | 33.3% | 0.12 |
| West | 8 | 20.0% | 4 | 30.8% | 4 | 19.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 1.21 |
| Size of area served | |||||||||
| Small | 14 | 35.0% | 6 | 46.2% | 8 | 38.1% | 0 | 0.0% | 2.07 |
| Medium | 13 | 32.5% | 1 | 7.7% | 7 | 33.3% | 5 | 83.3% | 6.77* |
| Large | 13 | 32.5% | 6 | 46.2% | 6 | 28.6% | 1 | 16.7% | 0.94 |
| Software | |||||||||
| In-house | 8 | 20.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 5 | 23.8% | 3 | 50.0% | 3.8* |
| CDC | 10 | 25.0% | 3 | 23.1% | 6 | 28.6% | 1 | 16.7% | 0.18 |
| Proprietary | 22 | 55.0% | 10 | 76.9% | 10 | 47.6% | 2 | 33.3% | 2.13 |
| Consolidation effort | # | % | # | % | # | % | # | % | |
| Low | 13 | 32.5% | 7 | 53.8% | 5 | 23.8% | 1 | 16.7% | 2.12 |
| Medium | 12 | 30.0% | 2 | 15.4% | 7 | 33.3% | 3 | 50.0% | 1.27 |
| High | 15 | 37.5% | 4 | 30.8% | 9 | 42.9% | 2 | 33.3% | 0.26 |
| NAACCR certification | |||||||||
| NAACCR Gold Status (2009) | 31 | 77.5% | 9 | 69.2% | 17 | 81.0% | 5 | 83.3% | 0.36 |
| NAACCR Silver Status (2009) | 3 | 7.5% | 3 | 23.1% | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 3.75* |
| Other characteristics | |||||||||
| Percent of cases passing 100% edits | NA | 54.4% | NA | 62.2% | NA | 43.2% | NA | 76.7% | 2.73* |
| Percent of records submitted electronically | NA | 82.3% | NA | 70.7% | NA | 85.1% | NA | 97.7% | 2.95* |
Notes:
1
Low volume: fewer than 10,000 cases; medium volume: 10,000–50,000 cases; high volume: more than 50,000 cases.
2
Excludes Pacific Island Jurisdictions. Registry did not report cases diagnosed in 2006 and was still building capacity for case reporting.
3
Excludes NPCR registries that also receive SEER funding: California (San Francisco—Oakland, San Jose—Monterey, Los Angeles), Georgia (Atlanta), Kentucky, Louisiana, Michigan (Detroit), New Jersey, and Washington (Seattle-Puget Sound).
4
An asterisk (*) indicates that difference between low, medium and high volume registries are significant at the 10% level.