Table 14_3_1-2a
2008 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports
| Population group | Total | Single race | Multiple races | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| White | Black | Asian | NHOPI | AI/AN | |||||||||||
| Percent | SE | Percent | SE | Percent | SE | Percent | SE | Percent | SE | Percent | SE | Percent | SE | ||
| Total | 86.1 | 0.3 | 86.1 | 0.4 | 86.0 | 0.6 | 86.8 | 1.1 | * | * | 86.2 | 2.7 | 84.2 | 2.1 | |
| Age, not age adjusted | 0–17 | 94.4 | 0.3 | 94.5 | 0.4 | 94.9 | 0.7 | 91.7 | 1.7 | * | * | 94.8 | 2.1 | 94.2 | 1.5 |
| 18–44 | 76.0 | 0.6 | 75.8 | 0.7 | 76.4 | 1.3 | 78.6 | 2.0 | * | * | 74.9 | 5.5 | 70.6 | 4.3 | |
| 45–64 | 88.8 | 0.5 | 88.9 | 0.5 | 86.8 | 1.2 | 90.1 | 1.7 | * | * | 88.7 | 5.1 | 88.3 | 4.2 | |
| 65 and over | 96.3 | 0.3 | 96.4 | 0.4 | 95.2 | 1.0 | 95.6 | 1.6 | * | * | * | * | * | * | |
| Gender | Male | 82.5 | 0.4 | 82.4 | 0.5 | 82.8 | 1.0 | 84.6 | 1.5 | * | * | 79.2 | 4.3 | 79.6 | 3.1 |
| Female | 89.6 | 0.3 | 89.8 | 0.4 | 88.7 | 0.7 | 89.1 | 1.4 | * | * | 92.4 | 2.3 | 89.3 | 2.1 | |
| Health insurance,b ages 0–64 | Private | 91.9 | 0.3 | 92.0 | 0.3 | 92.5 | 0.7 | 91.8 | 1.0 | * | * | 93.9 | 2.8 | 86.4 | 3.0 |
| Public | 91.2 | 0.6 | 90.8 | 0.8 | 92.1 | 1.0 | 90.8 | 2.3 | * | * | 96.2 | 2.5 | 87.8 | 4.1 | |
| Uninsured | 55.1 | 1.0 | 54.2 | 1.2 | 57.1 | 2.2 | 51.9 | 4.9 | * | * | 71.6 | 6.7 | 62.1 | 5.6 | |
| Health insurance, age 65 and over | Medicare and private | 97.5 | 0.4 | 97.5 | 0.4 | 97.0 | 1.2 | 99.3 | 0.7 | * | * | * | * | * | * |
| Medicare and public | 96.5 | 0.7 | 96.5 | 0.9 | 95.4 | 1.5 | 98.7 | 1.0 | * | * | * | * | * | * | |
| Medicare only | 94.8 | 0.8 | 94.7 | 0.9 | 94.6 | 1.5 | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | |
| Family incomec | Negative/poor | 77.8 | 0.8 | 76.6 | 1.0 | 79.9 | 1.4 | 80.7 | 3.0 | * | * | 81.7 | 5.2 | 82.4 | 4.0 |
| Near poor/low | 79.7 | 0.7 | 78.8 | 0.8 | 82.6 | 1.3 | 82.3 | 3.5 | * | * | 74.0 | 5.5 | 84.1 | 4.0 | |
| Middle | 87.4 | 0.5 | 87.2 | 0.6 | 88.7 | 1.1 | 85.6 | 2.7 | * | * | 93.7 | 2.5 | 86.1 | 3.5 | |
| High | 91.7 | 0.4 | 91.8 | 0.4 | 92.9 | 1.1 | 91.1 | 1.7 | * | * | * | * | 82.5 | 3.8 | |
| Education, age 25 and over | Less than high school | 74.2 | 1.0 | 72.5 | 1.1 | 79.2 | 2.2 | 84.3 | 3.6 | * | * | 81.4 | 5.9 | 91.2 | 4.6 |
| High school graduate | 83.4 | 0.7 | 84.1 | 0.8 | 81.8 | 1.5 | 77.8 | 3.7 | * | * | 80.9 | 6.4 | 73.3 | 6.2 | |
| At least some college | 88.9 | 0.4 | 89.0 | 0.4 | 87.9 | 1.0 | 90.7 | 1.1 | * | * | 89.4 | 4.1 | 83.1 | 3.7 | |
| Residence locationd | Metropolitan | 86.0 | 0.3 | 86.0 | 0.4 | 85.7 | 0.7 | 87.4 | 1.0 | * | * | 81.9 | 4.0 | 84.6 | 2.1 |
| Large central metro | 84.6 | 0.5 | 84.1 | 0.6 | 86.1 | 0.9 | 86.2 | 1.4 | * | * | 83.4 | 5.1 | 82.1 | 3.0 | |
| Large fringe metro | 88.4 | 0.5 | 88.5 | 0.6 | 88.3 | 1.4 | 88.9 | 1.9 | * | * | * | * | 87.5 | 4.7 | |
| Medium metro | 85.7 | 0.7 | 85.6 | 0.8 | 83.2 | 1.7 | 90.3 | 1.8 | * | * | * | * | 88.2 | 2.9 | |
| Small metro | 85.0 | 1.2 | 85.3 | 1.3 | 84.4 | 2.2 | 82.5 | 4.7 | * | * | * | * | 83.0 | 6.3 | |
| Micropolitan (nonmetro) | 86.0 | 1.1 | 85.6 | 1.2 | 90.1 | 2.1 | * | * | * | * | 93.6 | 3.6 | * | * | |
| Noncore (nonmetro) | 87.8 | 1.6 | 88.3 | 1.6 | 81.7 | 3.8 | * | * | * | * | 92.2 | 2.1 | 83.7 | 7.9 | |
| Activity limitations, age 18 and overd | Basic activities | 90.3 | 0.8 | 89.8 | 0.9 | 92.0 | 1.4 | 88.6 | 5.7 | * | * | * | * | 99.0 | 0.7 |
| Complex activities | 88.4 | 0.9 | 88.4 | 1.1 | 89.0 | 1.9 | 93.2 | 3.5 | * | * | * | * | 82.1 | 7.1 | |
| Neither basic nor complex activities | 82.6 | 0.4 | 82.6 | 0.5 | 81.7 | 0.9 | 84.8 | 1.3 | * | * | 81.1 | 4.1 | 80.3 | 3.0 | |
a Estimates are age adjusted to the 2000 standard population, except where indicated.
b A small number of persons who were covered by both public and private health insurance plans were included in the "private health insurance" category only.
c 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.
d 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.


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