Table 14_1_5-1b

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.

Table 14_1_5.1b
People under age 65 who were uninsured all year, by ethnicity, United States, 2005
Population group		Total		Non-Hispanic						Hispanic, all races
		Total		All races		White		Black		Hispanic, all races
		Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE
Total		14.1	0.4	11.4	0.3	10.3	0.4	15.1	0.8	28.5	0.9
Age	0–17	6.4	0.4	5.2	0.4	4.7	0.5	5.3	0.8	11.5	1.0
	18–44	20.1	0.6	15.7	0.5	14.1	0.6	21.1	1.4	41.2	1.2
	45–64	12.6	0.5	11.0	0.5	9.7	0.5	17.9	1.3	29.0	2.0
	65 and over	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
Gender	Male	16.1	0.5	12.9	0.4	11.3	0.5	19.7	1.3	32.0	1.1
Gender	Female	12.1	0.4	9.9	0.4	9.2	0.4	11.0	0.8	24.6	1.1
Family income^a	Negative/poor	24.3	1.0	21.6	1.1	22.3	1.5	17.9	1.6	31.7	1.4
	Near poor/low	24.3	0.9	20.2	1.0	20.6	1.4	20.1	1.5	35.0	1.5
	Middle	13.9	0.6	11.3	0.6	10.4	0.7	14.5	1.4	27.7	1.7
	High	6.2	0.5	5.5	0.4	5.1	0.4	7.6	1.4	14.2	2.2
Education,^b ages 18–64	Less than high school	33.3	0.9	26.1	1.1	25.5	1.3	29.0	2.4	46.9	1.5
	High school graduate	19.1	0.6	16.2	0.6	14.4	0.7	21.8	1.7	38.9	2.1
	At least some college	10.0	0.5	9.0	0.5	7.9	0.5	13.9	1.1	22.1	1.9
Employment status, ages 18–64	Employed	15.8	0.5	12.4	0.4	11.3	0.5	17.7	1.0	37.5	1.3
Employment status, ages 18–64	Not employed	22.0	0.8	18.4	0.9	15.9	1.0	26.1	2.0	39.2	1.8
Residence location^c	Metropolitan	14.0	0.4	10.9	0.4	9.6	0.4	14.8	0.8	28.6	0.9
	Large central metro	17.8	0.8	12.9	0.8	10.6	1.1	16.0	1.3	30.4	1.2
	Large fringe metro	11.1	0.6	9.0	0.6	8.2	0.7	13.0	1.3	27.8	2.6
	Medium metro	12.3	1.0	10.4	0.9	9.6	0.9	14.7	2.0	26.1	2.5
	Small metro	12.7	0.9	11.8	1.0	11.7	1.3	13.2	3.4	20.3	2.3
	Nonmetropolitan	14.5	0.8	13.5	0.7	13.0	0.7	17.5	2.3	27.0	3.9
	Micropolitan	13.1	1.0	12.2	0.9	11.4	0.9	20.4	3.7	22.5	4.9
	Noncore	17.2	1.5	15.9	1.4	16.0	1.5	13.5	1.9	39.0	6.4
Language spoken most often at home	English	11.2	0.3	10.7	0.3	9.8	0.4	14.6	0.8	16.6	1.1
Language spoken most often at home	Other	32.7	1.3	22.3	2.6	28.1	4.7	32.6	6.3	36.9	1.3
Perceived health status	Excellent/very good/good	13.7	0.4	10.9	0.4	9.7	0.4	15.0	0.8	28.4	0.9
Perceived health status	Fair/poor	18.5	0.9	16.6	1.1	16.5	1.2	15.9	1.9	28.4	2.3
Activity limitations,^c ages 18–64	Basic activities	14.4	1.0	13.8	1.0	13.7	1.2	12.5	1.8	21.1	3.3
	Complex activities	14.9	1.1	14.8	1.2	14.9	1.5	12.7	2.0	15.7	3.4
	Neither basic nor complex activities	17.2	0.5	13.4	0.5	11.8	0.5	20.6	1.2	38.5	1.2

^a 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.

^b Less than high school refers to fewer than 12 years of education; high school graduate, 12 years of education; and at least some college, more than 12 years of education.

^c For more information, see the MEPS entry in Appendix A, Data Sources.

* - Data do not meet the criteria for statistical reliability, data quality, or confidentiality.

Key: SE: standard error.

Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Center for Financing, Access and Cost Trends, Medical Expenditure Panel Survey.

Current as of September 2009

Internet Citation: Table 14_1_5-1b: 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_5-1b.html