Table 14_1_2-1a

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.

Table 14_1_2.1a
People under age 65 with public health insurance only,^a by race, United States, 2006
Population group		Total		Single race										Multiple races
		Total		White		Black		Asian		NHOPI		AI/AN		Multiple races
		Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE
Total		33.3	0.5	30.6	0.5	47.7	1.0	27.4	1.4	*	*	62.9	4.3	45.8	2.3
Age	0–17	40.3	0.7	36.5	0.8	58.4	1.4	30.4	2.3	*	*	62.5	6.2	47.0	3.0
	18–44	34.6	0.5	32.8	0.6	45.0	1.1	26.0	1.6	*	*	65.7	3.8	48.7	3.0
	45–64	24.5	0.5	22.2	0.5	37.6	1.2	27.2	1.7	*	*	58.0	6.9	36.1	3.9
Gender	Male	33.7	0.5	31.1	0.6	48.0	1.1	27.8	1.6	*	*	63.9	4.5	46.7	2.8
Gender	Female	32.9	0.5	30.1	0.6	47.4	1.1	27.1	1.5	*	*	61.8	4.7	44.9	2.5
Family income^b	Negative/poor	77.6	1.1	76.7	1.5	80.7	1.5	64.8	5.1	*	*	87.3	4.6	82.3	3.5
	Near poor/low	56.4	0.9	56.2	1.1	56.9	1.8	50.4	3.6	*	*	81.8	5.9	62.3	5.2
	Middle	24.8	0.6	23.6	0.7	30.2	1.4	25.9	2.4	*	*	45.2	7.4	31.3	4.0
	High	10.1	0.4	9.5	0.4	15.2	1.5	10.0	1.4	*	*	25.2	6.6	17.6	3.5
Education, ages 25–64	Less than high school	61.7	0.9	60.4	1.1	68.1	1.8	58.6	3.9	*	*	74.1	6.1	63.9	6.5
	High school graduate	33.4	0.6	30.6	0.7	42.9	1.4	45.7	2.9	*	*	61.4	5.5	51.0	5.2
	At least some college	17.8	0.4	16.3	0.5	28.1	1.0	15.2	1.2	*	*	52.1	7.0	30.7	3.3
Residence location^c	Metropolitan	32.1	0.5	29.2	0.6	47.2	1.0	26.7	1.4	*	*	55.2	4.9	43.8	2.6
	Large central metro	37.1	0.8	33.9	0.9	51.1	1.5	29.7	1.9	*	*	47.9	6.5	43.6	4.1
	Large fringe metro	23.8	0.9	21.8	1.0	35.5	2.1	21.3	2.4	*	*	54.4	6.5	36.9	5.5
	Medium metro	33.0	1.1	30.8	1.2	49.1	2.0	25.1	3.8	*	*	52.8	9.8	40.0	4.6
	Small metro	35.1	1.9	31.4	2.0	54.8	3.0	26.8	7.2	*	*	68.8	10.2	58.5	7.1
	Micropolitan (nonmetro)	38.5	1.7	36.0	1.8	54.8	3.6	44.7	10.2	*	*	64.9	9.2	53.4	7.3
	Noncore (nonmetro)	40.9	2.2	38.8	2.1	47.1	6.2	*	*	*	*	81.8	7.0	57.5	8.6
Activity limitations,^c ages 18–64	Basic activities	56.6	1.2	53.8	1.5	68.8	2.2	63.1	5.7	*	*	*	*	63.4	6.7
	Complex activities	60.4	1.1	57.0	1.3	76.1	1.7	61.8	5.2	*	*	*	*	64.2	5.2
	Neither basic nor complex activities	27.8	0.5	25.8	0.5	39.0	1.1	23.7	1.5	*	*	62.5	5.5	40.2	4.1

^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.

Current as of September 2009

Internet Citation: Table 14_1_2-1a: 2008 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports. September 2009. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. http://archive.ahrq.gov/research/findings/nhqrdr/nhqrdr08/14_facilitators_barrierstocare/T14_1_2-1a.html