Table 14_1_4-1a

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_4.1a
Adults age 65 and over with any private health insurance,^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		57.2	0.9	60.2	1.0	35.3	1.9	38.6	3.1	*	*	*	*	53.6	7.3
Gender	Male	58.1	1.1	60.2	1.2	38.8	2.4	43.4	4.1	*	*	*	*	*	*
Gender	Female	56.6	1.0	60.1	1.0	33.0	2.2	34.9	3.1	*	*	*	*	*	*
Family income^b	Negative/poor	26.8	2.3	30.7	2.8	17.6	3.5	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Near poor/low	48.2	1.8	51.4	2.0	27.7	3.3	28.3	6.5	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Middle	63.6	1.5	65.3	1.5	50.2	4.3	39.4	5.5	*	*	*	*	*	*
	High	69.5	1.8	70.7	2.0	57.8	4.9	55.1	6.2	*	*	*	*	*	*
Education	Less than high school	41.7	1.4	46.2	1.7	24.4	2.3	14.7	3.5	*	*	*	*	*	*
	High school graduate	62.5	1.3	64.7	1.4	41.8	3.4	43.4	5.2	*	*	*	*	*	*
	At least some college	64.9	1.3	66.0	1.4	56.4	3.7	49.3	4.9	*	*	*	*	*	*
Residence location^c	Metropolitan	57.9	0.9	61.3	1.0	36.3	2.0	38.1	3.0	*	*	*	*	54.2	8.3
	Large central metro	47.4	1.6	51.1	1.9	34.1	2.8	29.7	3.7	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Large fringe metro	61.4	1.7	63.1	1.8	48.4	4.8	36.2	7.9	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Medium metro	63.7	2.0	66.5	2.1	33.1	4.2	65.2	5.5	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Small metro	66.5	2.9	70.1	2.7	28.5	6.5	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Micropolitan (nonmetro)	52.8	3.7	55.0	3.9	25.3	5.1	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Noncore (nonmetro)	56.5	3.9	57.6	4.0	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
Activity limitations^c	Basic activities	52.6	1.4	56.7	1.5	27.6	2.8	26.3	5.2	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Complex activities	47.9	2.4	52.8	2.7	22.0	3.8	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Neither basic nor complex activities	61.5	1.2	64.1	1.3	40.8	3.1	45.0	4.6	*	*	*	*	*	*

^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_4-1a: 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_4-1a.html