Table 14_1_1-1b
2008 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports
The National Healthcare Quality Report (NHQR) is a comprehensive national overview of quality of health care in the United States. It is organized around four dimensions of quality of care: effectiveness, patient safety, timeliness, and patient centeredness.
| Population group | Total | Non-Hispanic | Hispanic, all races | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All races | White | Black | |||||||||
| Percent | SE | Percent | SE | Percent | SE | Percent | SE | Percent | SE | ||
| Total | 83.0 | 0.3 | 86.4 | 0.3 | 87.5 | 0.3 | 82.5 | 0.6 | 65.0 | 0.8 | |
| Age | 0–17 | 90.5 | 0.3 | 93.0 | 0.4 | 93.8 | 0.4 | 92.2 | 0.7 | 80.7 | 0.9 |
| 18–44 | 75.4 | 0.4 | 80.5 | 0.4 | 81.7 | 0.5 | 75.2 | 0.9 | 51.6 | 1.1 | |
| 45–64 | 86.8 | 0.3 | 88.6 | 0.3 | 89.9 | 0.4 | 82.4 | 0.9 | 68.8 | 1.2 | |
| Gender | Male | 81.2 | 0.3 | 85.2 | 0.3 | 86.4 | 0.4 | 80.5 | 0.8 | 61.2 | 0.9 |
| Female | 84.7 | 0.3 | 87.6 | 0.3 | 88.6 | 0.3 | 84.3 | 0.6 | 69.1 | 0.8 | |
| Family incomeb | Negative/poor | 69.8 | 0.8 | 75.6 | 0.9 | 74.6 | 1.2 | 77.7 | 1.2 | 55.7 | 1.4 |
| Near poor/low | 70.4 | 0.7 | 75.1 | 0.8 | 75.0 | 1.0 | 76.6 | 1.4 | 56.1 | 1.3 | |
| Middle | 84.5 | 0.5 | 86.7 | 0.5 | 87.6 | 0.6 | 84.7 | 1.0 | 71.4 | 1.4 | |
| High | 93.5 | 0.3 | 94.2 | 0.3 | 94.5 | 0.3 | 92.6 | 1.1 | 85.0 | 1.8 | |
| Education, ages 25–64 | Less than high school | 60.3 | 0.9 | 73.0 | 1.0 | 73.9 | 1.3 | 70.1 | 1.7 | 40.6 | 1.4 |
| High school graduate | 78.0 | 0.5 | 79.7 | 0.6 | 81.6 | 0.6 | 74.8 | 1.3 | 65.7 | 1.3 | |
| At least some college | 89.1 | 0.3 | 90.1 | 0.3 | 91.0 | 0.3 | 85.2 | 0.8 | 76.8 | 1.1 | |
| Residence locationc | Metropolitan | 83.4 | 0.3 | 87.3 | 0.3 | 88.5 | 0.3 | 82.8 | 0.6 | 65.1 | 0.8 |
| Large central metro | 80.4 | 0.5 | 86.1 | 0.5 | 87.9 | 0.7 | 81.9 | 0.9 | 64.8 | 1.0 | |
| Large fringe metro | 87.2 | 0.5 | 89.9 | 0.5 | 91.2 | 0.5 | 85.4 | 1.3 | 65.5 | 1.9 | |
| Medium metro | 83.5 | 0.7 | 86.6 | 0.6 | 87.1 | 0.7 | 83.1 | 1.3 | 65.6 | 2.0 | |
| Small metro | 83.1 | 1.1 | 85.3 | 1.1 | 86.1 | 1.2 | 80.0 | 2.0 | 64.3 | 4.0 | |
| Micropolitan (nonmetro) | 82.0 | 1.0 | 83.6 | 0.9 | 84.6 | 0.9 | 81.3 | 1.7 | 64.0 | 3.7 | |
| Noncore (nonmetro) | 78.8 | 1.5 | 80.3 | 1.5 | 82.2 | 1.2 | 74.4 | 2.8 | 65.5 | 3.6 | |
| Activity limitations,c ages 18–64 | Basic activities | 84.4 | 0.8 | 85.5 | 0.8 | 85.4 | 1.0 | 85.7 | 1.6 | 75.4 | 2.3 |
| Complex activities | 83.5 | 0.7 | 84.6 | 0.8 | 84.8 | 0.9 | 83.8 | 1.5 | 73.3 | 2.0 | |
| Neither basic nor complex activities | 80.1 | 0.4 | 83.5 | 0.4 | 84.9 | 0.5 | 77.1 | 0.9 | 56.1 | 1.2 | |
a Estimates are not adjusted.
b Negative/poor refers to household incomes below the Federal poverty line; near poor/low, over 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. Missing values for family income were imputed using multiple imputation methodology. A small number of persons were excluded because their family income could not be imputed.
c For more information, see the National Health Interview Survey entry in Appendix A, Data Sources.
Key: SE: standard error.
Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Health Statistics, National Health Interview Survey.
Current as of September 2009
Internet Citation: Table 14_1_1-1b: 2008 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports.
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