Table 14_1_5-1d

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_5.1d
People under age 65 who were uninsured all year, by education,^a United States, 2005
Population group		Total		Less than high school		High school graduate		At least some college
Population group		Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE
Total		17.0	0.5	33.3	0.9	19.1	0.6	10.0	0.5
Age	18–44	20.0	0.6	35.3	1.1	23.6	0.9	11.7	0.7
	45–64	12.5	0.5	29.1	1.6	13.2	0.8	7.6	0.5
	65 and over	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
Gender	Male	20.1	0.6	38.1	1.3	22.9	0.9	11.1	0.7
Gender	Female	14.1	0.5	27.9	1.4	15.3	0.8	9.1	0.6
Race	White, single race	16.4	0.5	34.4	1.1	18.2	0.7	9.2	0.5
	Black, single race	20.5	1.0	30.6	2.6	22.2	1.7	14.0	1.1
	Asian, single race	15.7	2.2	22.0	5.4	26.7	5.1	11.3	2.2
	NHOPI, single race	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
	AI/AN, single race	26.3	4.7	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Multiple races	23.5	2.8	*	*	24.6	5.7	22.3	4.2
Ethnicity	Non-Hispanic, all races	13.6	0.4	26.1	1.1	16.2	0.6	9.0	0.5
	Non-Hispanic, White	12.1	0.4	25.5	1.3	14.4	0.7	7.9	0.5
	Non-Hispanic, Black	20.0	1.0	29.0	2.4	21.8	1.7	13.9	1.1
	Hispanic	37.8	1.1	46.9	1.5	38.9	2.1	22.1	1.9
Family income^b	Negative/poor	36.2	1.3	38.4	1.7	37.3	2.1	31.3	2.6
	Near poor/low	32.8	1.1	41.5	1.9	31.8	1.6	25.0	1.8
	Middle	16.8	0.7	31.8	1.6	16.3	1.0	11.2	0.9
	High	6.4	0.5	13.0	1.9	9.0	1.0	4.8	0.5
Employment status, ages 18–64	Employed	15.7	0.5	35.1	1.1	17.9	0.7	9.4	0.5
Employment status, ages 18–64	Not employed	21.9	0.8	29.9	1.4	23.5	1.3	13.7	1.2
Residence location^c	Metropolitan	16.9	0.5	33.3	1.1	19.6	0.7	9.9	0.5
	Large central metro	21.4	1.0	37.5	1.6	25.0	1.4	13.1	1.1
	Large fringe metro	13.2	0.7	30.2	2.0	16.4	1.5	7.5	0.7
	Medium metro	15.0	1.2	30.6	2.8	16.7	1.3	8.6	1.1
	Small metro	16.1	1.1	28.7	3.0	18.3	1.7	9.9	1.4
	Nonmetropolitan	17.8	0.9	33.3	2.2	17.4	1.3	10.6	1.0
	Micropolitan	15.7	1.3	30.0	2.8	15.4	1.8	9.5	1.2
	Noncore	22.0	1.7	38.5	3.4	21.4	2.2	12.8	2.1
Language spoken most often at home	English	13.6	0.4	26.4	1.0	16.1	0.6	8.8	0.5
Language spoken most often at home	Other	41.6	1.5	48.9	1.8	45.6	2.2	27.1	2.4
Perceived health status	Excellent/very good/good	16.7	0.5	34.4	1.0	19.2	0.7	9.8	0.5
Perceived health status	Fair/poor	19.8	1.0	28.3	1.8	18.8	1.7	13.5	1.6
Activity limitations,^c ages 18–64	Basic activities	14.4	1.0	21.7	2.2	14.4	1.8	10.1	1.5
	Complex activities	14.9	1.1	16.7	2.2	16.8	2.0	11.2	1.8
	Neither basic nor complex activities	17.1	0.5	35.2	1.0	19.2	0.7	10.0	0.5

^a Persons ages 18–64. 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.

^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.

^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: AI/AN: American Indian or Alaska Native; NHOPI: Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander; 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_5-1d: 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_5-1d.html