Table 14_1_6-1b

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_6.1b
People under age 65 with any period of uninsurance during the 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		25.8	0.5	22.5	0.5	20.8	0.6	28.4	1.0	43.1	1.1
Age	0–17	17.7	0.7	15.3	0.8	14.1	0.9	16.1	1.4	27.5	1.4
	18–44	34.8	0.7	30.2	0.7	28.3	0.8	37.9	1.4	56.4	1.3
	45–64	20.2	0.6	18.3	0.7	16.5	0.7	28.4	1.5	39.1	2.1
	65 and over	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
Gender	Male	27.3	0.6	23.8	0.6	21.6	0.7	32.5	1.5	44.9	1.2
Gender	Female	24.3	0.6	21.2	0.6	20.0	0.7	24.8	1.1	41.2	1.2
Family income^a	Negative/poor	41.9	1.2	39.3	1.5	42.1	1.9	32.4	2.0	49.2	1.9
	Near poor/low	42.1	1.2	39.0	1.5	39.7	1.9	38.2	2.1	50.5	1.7
	Middle	26.7	0.9	23.7	0.9	22.3	1.0	27.3	1.9	42.8	2.1
	High	12.1	0.7	11.3	0.7	10.5	0.7	15.2	2.1	23.4	2.6
Education,^b ages 18–64	Less than high school	48.1	1.0	41.3	1.4	40.6	1.6	45.2	2.7	60.9	1.5
	High school graduate	31.4	0.8	28.3	0.8	26.0	0.9	37.0	1.6	51.7	2.2
	At least some college	20.5	0.7	19.2	0.7	17.4	0.8	27.1	1.4	37.0	2.1
Employment status, ages 18–64	Employed	27.4	0.6	23.8	0.6	22.0	0.7	32.9	1.2	50.4	1.4
Employment status, ages 18–64	Not employed	34.7	0.9	30.3	1.0	27.6	1.2	38.8	2.2	55.8	1.9
Residence location^c	Metropolitan	25.7	0.6	22.0	0.6	20.1	0.7	28.2	1.1	43.2	1.1
	Large central metro	31.0	1.0	25.2	1.2	22.3	1.7	30.4	1.7	45.9	1.4
	Large fringe metro	21.8	0.9	19.3	1.0	17.9	1.0	25.9	2.1	41.2	2.8
	Medium metro	23.4	1.2	21.4	1.2	20.0	1.1	27.3	3.0	37.9	2.8
	Small metro	23.6	1.4	21.8	1.4	21.7	1.6	22.7	3.8	38.6	3.9
	Nonmetropolitan	26.2	1.0	24.9	1.0	23.6	1.0	30.3	2.6	42.2	5.1
	Micropolitan	25.3	1.3	24.2	1.2	22.6	1.4	34.7	4.1	37.3	6.2
	Noncore	27.9	2.1	26.2	2.0	25.5	2.3	24.4	1.4	55.3	7.4
Language spoken most often at home	English	22.5	0.5	21.7	0.5	20.2	0.6	27.8	1.0	31.6	1.5
Language spoken most often at home	Other	47.5	1.4	36.9	3.4	46.3	6.1	55.9	9.0	51.8	1.3
Perceived health status	Excellent/very good/good	25.2	0.5	21.8	0.5	19.9	0.6	28.2	1.1	43.2	1.1
Perceived health status	Fair/poor	32.1	1.1	30.2	1.3	30.3	1.5	30.0	2.4	41.9	2.3
Activity limitations,^c ages 18–64	Basic activities	26.1	1.3	25.5	1.4	25.8	1.7	22.5	2.2	32.3	3.5
	Complex activities	26.5	1.4	26.0	1.5	26.0	1.8	24.9	2.8	31.7	4.2
	Neither basic nor complex activities	29.0	0.6	24.9	0.6	22.5	0.7	35.7	1.3	52.5	1.3

^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_6-1b: 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_6-1b.html