Table 1_3_1-2b

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 1_3_1.2b
Adults age 50 and over who reported they ever had a colonoscopy, sigmoidoscopy, or proctoscopy, or had a fecal occult blood test within the past 2 years,^a 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		55.5	0.6	57.0	0.6	58.5	0.6	48.5	1.6	37.3	1.8
Age, not age adjusted	50–64	49.2	0.7	50.8	0.8	52.5	0.8	43.4	1.9	31.6	2.1
Age, not age adjusted	65 and over	63.1	0.8	64.3	0.8	65.7	0.8	54.6	2.7	44.1	3.0
Gender	Male	56.6	0.8	57.8	0.8	59.7	0.9	46.5	2.4	40.1	2.7
Gender	Female	54.8	0.7	56.4	0.8	57.7	0.8	50.0	2.1	35.0	2.3
Health insurance,^b ages 50–64, not age adjusted	Private	53.4	0.8	54.2	0.9	55.6	0.9	47.5	2.6	39.1	3.1
	Public	48.8	1.9	50.7	2.1	51.3	2.5	47.8	4.1	34.8	4.4
	Uninsured	24.1	1.7	25.9	2.0	26.7	2.4	24.9	3.8	17.1	2.7
Health insurance, age 65 and over, not age adjusted	Medicare and private	68.2	1.0	68.6	1.0	68.9	1.0	63.5	4.1	49.9	6.7
	Medicare and public	60.2	2.1	63.0	2.3	66.7	2.6	52.9	4.7	43.0	5.5
	Medicare only	54.1	1.5	55.2	1.6	56.7	1.8	49.0	3.9	44.6	4.4
Family income^c	Negative/poor	40.5	1.5	42.4	1.8	43.1	2.3	38.8	3.4	30.7	3.3
	Near poor/low	48.0	1.3	50.2	1.4	51.4	1.7	46.0	3.7	34.5	3.2
	Middle	54.3	1.1	55.6	1.2	57.3	1.3	49.0	3.7	36.5	3.5
	High	63.7	0.9	64.3	0.9	64.7	1.0	63.6	4.1	46.6	4.8
Education	Less than high school	42.4	1.2	46.4	1.5	48.7	1.8	39.4	2.8	29.6	2.2
	High school graduate	52.7	0.9	53.2	1.0	54.3	1.1	49.2	2.8	39.7	3.8
	At least some college	62.9	0.7	63.3	0.7	64.4	0.8	57.9	2.6	50.6	3.6
Residence location^d	Large central metro	51.9	1.1	55.3	1.2	57.9	1.4	50.1	2.4	34.9	2.4
	Large fringe metro	60.2	1.1	61.0	1.2	61.9	1.2	59.2	3.9	41.0	5.6
	Medium metro	56.0	1.2	56.7	1.2	58.5	1.3	40.7	3.5	44.3	3.7
	Small metro	59.4	1.6	60.3	1.7	61.4	1.8	52.6	5.0	27.3	6.5
	Micropolitan (nonmetro)	54.3	1.9	55.2	1.8	56.2	2.0	41.5	4.8	31.1	7.1
	Noncore (nonmetro)	49.1	2.0	49.2	2.0	50.2	1.9	39.9	4.2	*	*

^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: 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 1_3_1-2b: 2008 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports. September 2009. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. http://archive.ahrq.gov/research/findings/nhqrdr/nhqrdr08/1_cancer/T1_3_1-2b.html