Table 14_1_1-1c
2008 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports
| Population group | Total | Negative/poor | Near poor/low | Middle | High | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Percent | SE | Percent | SE | Percent | SE | Percent | SE | Percent | SE | ||
| Total | 83.0 | 0.3 | 69.8 | 0.8 | 70.4 | 0.7 | 84.5 | 0.5 | 93.5 | 0.3 | |
| Age | 0–17 | 90.5 | 0.3 | 86.1 | 0.9 | 84.0 | 0.9 | 92.6 | 0.6 | 96.9 | 0.4 |
| 18–44 | 75.4 | 0.4 | 57.0 | 1.5 | 59.0 | 1.0 | 78.4 | 0.7 | 89.9 | 0.6 | |
| 45–64 | 86.8 | 0.3 | 65.4 | 1.4 | 72.0 | 1.3 | 85.9 | 0.7 | 95.4 | 0.3 | |
| Race | AI/AN only | 62.0 | 4.0 | 60.7 | 6.4 | 48.9 | 8.0 | 63.7 | 6.2 | 80.5 | 5.8 |
| Asian only | 85.0 | 1.0 | 74.8 | 3.4 | 71.8 | 3.3 | 84.3 | 2.0 | 93.2 | 1.2 | |
| NHOPI only | 80.1 | 8.2 | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | |
| Black only | 81.9 | 0.6 | 76.7 | 1.3 | 76.0 | 1.4 | 84.5 | 1.0 | 92.3 | 1.1 | |
| White only | 83.3 | 0.3 | 67.1 | 1.1 | 69.1 | 0.8 | 84.8 | 0.5 | 93.7 | 0.3 | |
| Multiple races | 81.6 | 1.7 | 77.5 | 2.8 | 75.8 | 4.6 | 82.4 | 3.1 | 89.0 | 3.5 | |
| Ethnicity | Hispanic, all races | 65.0 | 0.8 | 55.7 | 1.4 | 56.1 | 1.3 | 71.4 | 1.4 | 85.0 | 1.8 |
| Non-Hispanic, all races | 86.4 | 0.3 | 75.6 | 0.9 | 75.1 | 0.8 | 86.7 | 0.5 | 94.2 | 0.3 | |
| Non-Hispanic, Black | 82.5 | 0.6 | 77.7 | 1.2 | 76.6 | 1.4 | 84.7 | 1.0 | 92.6 | 1.1 | |
| Non-Hispanic, White | 87.5 | 0.3 | 74.6 | 1.2 | 75.0 | 1.0 | 87.6 | 0.6 | 94.5 | 0.3 | |
| Gender | Male | 81.2 | 0.3 | 67.0 | 1.1 | 67.2 | 0.9 | 82.4 | 0.6 | 92.5 | 0.4 |
| Female | 84.7 | 0.3 | 72.3 | 0.9 | 73.5 | 0.8 | 86.8 | 0.5 | 94.5 | 0.3 | |
| Education, ages 25–64 | Less than high school | 60.3 | 0.9 | 48.7 | 1.7 | 52.5 | 1.5 | 68.4 | 1.6 | 86.3 | 1.5 |
| High school graduate | 78.0 | 0.5 | 56.6 | 1.6 | 64.4 | 1.3 | 81.4 | 0.9 | 90.0 | 0.7 | |
| At least some college | 89.1 | 0.3 | 67.5 | 1.7 | 72.0 | 1.2 | 87.3 | 0.6 | 95.5 | 0.2 | |
| Residence locationc | Metropolitan | 83.4 | 0.3 | 70.1 | 1.0 | 70.3 | 0.8 | 84.4 | 0.5 | 93.6 | 0.4 |
| Large central metro | 80.4 | 0.5 | 69.0 | 1.4 | 67.3 | 1.3 | 81.0 | 0.9 | 93.1 | 0.6 | |
| Large fringe metro | 87.2 | 0.5 | 73.6 | 2.2 | 72.9 | 1.8 | 85.9 | 1.0 | 94.2 | 0.6 | |
| Medium metro | 83.5 | 0.7 | 68.8 | 2.2 | 72.2 | 1.7 | 86.1 | 1.0 | 93.3 | 0.7 | |
| Small metro | 83.1 | 1.1 | 71.7 | 2.6 | 71.4 | 2.7 | 86.8 | 1.8 | 93.3 | 1.0 | |
| Micropolitan (nonmetro) | 82.0 | 1.0 | 71.1 | 2.3 | 71.2 | 2.4 | 85.2 | 1.2 | 93.9 | 1.0 | |
| Noncore (nonmetro) | 78.8 | 1.5 | 65.0 | 2.5 | 70.3 | 2.4 | 84.8 | 2.3 | 91.2 | 1.5 | |
| Activity limitations,c ages 18–64 | Basic activities | 84.4 | 0.8 | 78.1 | 1.5 | 81.0 | 1.9 | 87.0 | 1.6 | 94.1 | 1.2 |
| Complex activities | 83.5 | 0.7 | 78.6 | 1.5 | 80.0 | 1.6 | 87.0 | 1.3 | 91.6 | 1.3 | |
| Neither basic nor complex activities | 80.1 | 0.4 | 59.0 | 1.7 | 61.2 | 1.1 | 81.3 | 0.7 | 93.6 | 0.4 | |
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.
* - Data do not meet the criteria for statistical reliability, data quality, or confidentiality.
Key: AI/AN: American Indian or Alaska Native; NHOPI: Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander; SE: standard error.
Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Health Statistics, National Health Interview Survey.
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