Table 2_1_6-2b
2008 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports
| Population group | Total | Non-Hispanic | Hispanic, all races | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All races | White | Black | |||||||||
| Percent | SE | Percent | SE | Percent | SE | Percent | SE | Percent | SE | ||
| Total | 54.6 | 1.6 | 56.2 | 1.8 | 60.8 | 2.1 | 39.7 | 3.3 | 45.3 | 3.8 | |
| Age, not adjusted | 40–59 | 46.6 | 2.3 | 48.3 | 2.6 | 53.5 | 3.0 | 32.4 | 4.8 | 37.3 | 4.8 |
| 60 and over | 67.5 | 2.0 | 68.8 | 2.2 | 72.5 | 2.5 | 51.4 | 4.1 | 58.1 | 5.6 | |
| Gender | Male | 53.3 | 2.3 | 54.8 | 2.5 | 58.9 | 3.0 | 40.3 | 5.9 | 44.8 | 5.5 |
| Female | 55.7 | 2.2 | 57.4 | 2.5 | 62.6 | 3.1 | 39.4 | 4.1 | 45.7 | 4.4 | |
| Family incomeb | Negative/poor | 47.5 | 3.4 | 49.4 | 3.9 | 58.6 | 5.5 | * | * | * | * |
| Near poor/low | 46.2 | 3.2 | 46.9 | 4.0 | 50.8 | 4.9 | * | * | 43.1 | 5.0 | |
| Middle | 54.4 | 3.0 | 55.3 | 3.2 | 55.9 | 3.9 | * | * | * | * | |
| High | 62.3 | 3.1 | 63.5 | 3.3 | 68.3 | 3.7 | * | * | * | * | |
| Educationc | Less than high school | 45.4 | 3.0 | 45.0 | 4.2 | 50.2 | 5.5 | 39.7 | 6.7 | 45.2 | 4.3 |
| High school graduate | 54.7 | 2.9 | 56.4 | 3.1 | 59.6 | 3.5 | * | * | * | * | |
| At least some college | 61.3 | 2.6 | 62.0 | 2.7 | 66.0 | 3.2 | * | * | * | * | |
| Employment status, ages 40–64 | Employed | 48.5 | 3.5 | 50.9 | 3.8 | 52.8 | 4.2 | * | * | 30.1 | 6.1 |
| Not employed | 48.7 | 2.8 | 49.9 | 3.2 | 55.4 | 4.1 | * | * | 43.7 | 5.5 | |
| Health insurance, ages 40–64 | Any private | 51.5 | 2.7 | 53.1 | 2.8 | 55.9 | 3.2 | * | * | * | * |
| Public only | 49.3 | 4.1 | 47.6 | 4.4 | * | * | * | * | * | * | |
| Uninsured | 33.1 | 5.5 | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | |
| Health insurance, age 65 and over | Medicare only | 70.2 | 3.9 | 70.7 | 4.3 | 74.0 | 4.7 | * | * | * | * |
| Medicare and private | 76.7 | 2.8 | 77.6 | 2.8 | 79.8 | 3.0 | * | * | * | * | |
| Medicare and other public | 59.3 | 5.0 | 60.2 | 6.4 | * | * | * | * | * | * | |
| Residence locationd | Metropolitan | 54.0 | 1.7 | 55.8 | 1.9 | 61.5 | 2.4 | 38.5 | 3.6 | 44.8 | 4.0 |
| Large central metro | 45.6 | 2.8 | 45.2 | 3.2 | 55.6 | 5.5 | 35.3 | 4.1 | 46.3 | 5.0 | |
| Large fringe metro | 51.9 | 3.7 | 54.3 | 3.8 | 55.5 | 4.2 | * | * | * | * | |
| Medium metro | 64.2 | 3.1 | 66.7 | 3.4 | 69.8 | 3.8 | * | * | * | * | |
| Small metro | 63.7 | 6.7 | 63.6 | 7.5 | * | * | * | * | * | * | |
| Nonmetropolitan | 56.7 | 3.5 | 57.3 | 3.8 | 58.9 | 4.0 | * | * | * | * | |
| Micropolitan | 61.6 | 4.1 | 62.1 | 4.6 | 64.6 | 4.6 | * | * | * | * | |
| Noncore | 50.4 | 5.9 | 51.3 | 6.2 | * | * | * | * | * | * | |
| Language spoken most often at home | English | 56.2 | 1.7 | 56.9 | 1.8 | 61.2 | 2.0 | 39.7 | 3.3 | 48.6 | 5.5 |
| Other | 40.6 | 3.5 | * | * | * | * | * | * | 42.4 | 3.8 | |
| Perceived health status | Excellent/very good/good | 54.4 | 2.1 | 55.3 | 2.4 | 59.2 | 2.8 | 39.8 | 5.0 | 48.1 | 5.3 |
| Fair/poor | 54.8 | 2.2 | 57.6 | 2.6 | 64.0 | 3.1 | 39.6 | 4.1 | 42.3 | 4.5 | |
| Activity limitationsd | Basic activities | 58.6 | 2.6 | 58.8 | 2.9 | 64.1 | 3.1 | 40.0 | 5.5 | 57.8 | 6.2 |
| Complex activities | 57.7 | 2.9 | 58.2 | 3.2 | 62.2 | 3.7 | 44.7 | 5.6 | * | * | |
| Neither basic nor complex activities | 51.7 | 2.1 | 53.9 | 2.5 | 57.9 | 3.0 | 38.3 | 4.6 | 40.1 | 4.5 | |
a Estimates are age adjusted to the 2000 standard population with two age groups: 40–59, and 60 and over, except where indicated.
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 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.
d 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.


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