Table 8_1_2-2c
2008 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports
| Population group | Total | Negative/poor | Near poor/low | Middle | High | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Percent | SE | Percent | SE | Percent | SE | Percent | SE | Percent | SE | ||
| Total | 64.3 | 0.9 | 56.3 | 2.7 | 60.6 | 1.8 | 65.0 | 1.7 | 70.7 | 1.8 | |
| Race | AI/AN only | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * |
| Asian only | 70.0 | 3.5 | * | * | 71.1 | 7.2 | 70.8 | 7.4 | 68.4 | 7.5 | |
| NHOPI only | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | |
| Black only | 47.5 | 2.2 | 46.4 | 4.5 | 42.4 | 3.8 | 55.1 | 5.7 | 51.3 | 7.0 | |
| White only | 65.8 | 1.0 | 57.9 | 3.4 | 62.2 | 2.0 | 65.6 | 1.8 | 72.0 | 1.9 | |
| Multiple races | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | |
| Ethnicity | Hispanic, all races | 45.5 | 3.0 | 36.4 | 5.5 | 47.8 | 5.4 | 52.6 | 7.2 | * | * |
| Non-Hispanic, all races | 65.6 | 1.0 | 60.2 | 3.2 | 61.6 | 1.9 | 65.6 | 1.7 | 71.7 | 1.8 | |
| Non-Hispanic, Black | 48.6 | 2.3 | 47.0 | 4.6 | 43.3 | 3.9 | 55.4 | 5.7 | 55.2 | 7.2 | |
| Non-Hispanic, White | 67.2 | 1.1 | 64.0 | 4.3 | 63.4 | 2.2 | 66.3 | 1.9 | 72.8 | 1.9 | |
| Gender | Male | 65.6 | 1.3 | 49.5 | 5.0 | 61.0 | 3.0 | 67.3 | 2.4 | 71.6 | 2.3 |
| Female | 63.8 | 1.2 | 59.6 | 3.1 | 60.5 | 2.2 | 63.4 | 2.4 | 70.3 | 2.8 | |
| Health insurance | Private | 68.5 | 1.2 | 64.6 | 5.3 | 66.4 | 2.5 | 66.4 | 2.1 | 73.7 | 1.9 |
| Medicare and public | 67.9 | 2.2 | 58.9 | 4.1 | 66.8 | 3.9 | 75.6 | 4.2 | 71.6 | 5.4 | |
| Medicare only | 54.7 | 1.7 | 49.4 | 4.5 | 51.3 | 2.9 | 57.0 | 3.3 | 60.6 | 5.0 | |
| Education | Less than high school | 57.3 | 1.7 | 57.9 | 2.9 | 54.6 | 2.6 | 59.7 | 3.2 | 61.8 | 5.2 |
| High school graduate | 64.0 | 1.6 | 56.8 | 4.7 | 64.6 | 2.7 | 62.5 | 2.8 | 68.6 | 3.3 | |
| At least some college | 70.1 | 1.3 | 61.4 | 6.0 | 64.4 | 3.2 | 70.4 | 2.1 | 73.4 | 1.9 | |
| Residence locationc | Metropolitan | 63.8 | 1.0 | 54.8 | 3.1 | 60.0 | 2.2 | 63.3 | 1.9 | 70.8 | 1.9 |
| Large central metro | 59.0 | 1.9 | 52.5 | 4.3 | 50.9 | 3.3 | 63.3 | 4.2 | 65.3 | 3.5 | |
| Large fringe metro | 64.8 | 2.0 | 60.4 | 8.6 | 65.7 | 4.6 | 61.9 | 3.5 | 68.5 | 3.9 | |
| Medium metro | 67.2 | 1.9 | 56.6 | 5.8 | 64.4 | 3.7 | 65.5 | 3.7 | 74.9 | 3.9 | |
| Small metro | 66.7 | 2.5 | 49.3 | 9.9 | 64.6 | 5.8 | 62.0 | 4.3 | 80.9 | 4.1 | |
| Micropolitan (nonmetro) | 63.9 | 2.6 | 51.2 | 7.0 | 59.1 | 4.3 | 67.4 | 5.6 | 72.0 | 7.0 | |
| Noncore (nonmetro) | 69.0 | 2.5 | 65.4 | 6.2 | 64.2 | 4.2 | 76.4 | 3.3 | 67.8 | 7.8 | |
| Activity limitationsc | Basic activities | 67.0 | 1.5 | 58.1 | 3.7 | 63.5 | 2.7 | 69.2 | 3.1 | 75.2 | 3.5 |
| Complex activities | 66.6 | 2.5 | 63.3 | 5.2 | 62.1 | 4.5 | 70.6 | 4.4 | 73.9 | 7.4 | |
| Neither basic nor complex activities | 62.3 | 1.2 | 53.2 | 4.8 | 57.2 | 2.4 | 62.0 | 2.0 | 69.3 | 2.3 | |
a Estimates are age adjusted to the 2000 standard population.
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. 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.
c 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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