Table 14_1_3-1c

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_3.1c
People under age 65 with any private health insurance,^a by family income,^b United States, 2006
Population group		Total		Negative/poor		Near poor/low		Middle		High
Population group		Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE
Total		66.3	0.5	21.4	1.1	42.8	0.9	74.9	0.6	89.8	0.4
Age	0–17	59.4	0.7	14.0	0.9	38.3	1.4	77.3	1.0	91.6	0.7
	18–44	65.0	0.5	27.2	1.9	43.6	1.0	72.1	0.8	87.2	0.6
	45–64	75.2	0.5	23.3	1.4	48.1	1.5	76.8	0.9	91.5	0.4
Race	AI/AN only	36.3	4.2	*	*	*	*	54.2	7.1	74.0	6.6
	Asian only	72.1	1.4	33.5	5.2	48.7	3.6	73.7	2.4	89.9	1.4
	NHOPI only	69.7	9.2	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Black only	51.3	1.0	17.3	1.5	41.7	1.8	69.3	1.5	84.5	1.5
	White only	69.1	0.5	22.6	1.5	43.1	1.1	76.2	0.7	90.4	0.4
	Multiple races	54.0	2.3	17.7	3.5	37.4	5.3	68.4	4.1	82.4	3.6
Ethnicity	Hispanic, all races	40.0	0.9	10.2	1.0	28.5	1.4	58.4	1.6	78.8	2.1
	Non-Hispanic, all races	71.3	0.5	25.9	1.4	47.5	1.1	77.6	0.7	90.7	0.4
	Non-Hispanic, Black	52.2	1.0	17.6	1.6	42.8	1.8	69.7	1.4	85.0	1.4
	Non-Hispanic, White	75.6	0.6	30.7	2.1	49.4	1.4	79.7	0.7	91.4	0.4
Gender	Male	65.9	0.5	20.9	1.2	41.4	1.0	73.3	0.7	89.1	0.5
Gender	Female	66.7	0.5	21.8	1.3	44.1	1.0	76.5	0.6	90.5	0.5
Education, ages 25–64	Less than high school	37.9	0.9	9.3	0.8	29.6	1.3	57.6	1.7	80.2	1.8
	High school graduate	66.3	0.7	20.8	1.4	46.3	1.4	73.9	0.9	86.3	0.8
	At least some college	82.2	0.4	35.6	2.0	56.3	1.4	81.3	0.8	92.5	0.4
Residence location^c	Metropolitan	67.5	0.5	22.3	1.3	42.6	1.0	75.0	0.7	90.0	0.5
	Large central metro	62.2	0.8	20.8	2.0	38.6	1.4	70.4	1.2	90.0	0.8
	Large fringe metro	75.9	0.9	27.9	2.7	47.8	2.2	77.2	1.3	91.4	0.7
	Medium metro	66.7	1.1	19.2	2.8	45.3	2.1	77.6	1.3	88.5	1.1
	Small metro	64.5	1.9	25.8	3.7	41.2	3.5	76.3	2.3	88.5	1.6
	Micropolitan (nonmetro)	61.2	1.7	17.7	2.3	42.5	2.9	74.2	1.8	89.3	1.8
	Noncore (nonmetro)	58.9	2.2	17.3	2.8	44.7	3.2	75.0	2.8	86.0	1.9
Activity limitations,^c ages 18–64	Basic activities	43.2	1.2	9.3	1.2	31.2	2.2	62.4	2.6	80.7	2.5
	Complex activities	39.1	1.1	10.4	1.3	27.0	1.9	57.4	2.2	76.4	2.3
	Neither basic nor complex activities	72.0	0.5	34.3	2.4	48.8	1.2	76.0	0.8	90.7	0.5

^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_3-1c: 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_3-1c.html