Table 8_1_5-2c
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 | 57.3 | 0.9 | 45.1 | 2.5 | 55.0 | 1.8 | 60.0 | 1.5 | 60.9 | 1.9 | |
| Race | AI/AN only | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * |
| Asian only | 37.8 | 4.4 | * | * | 34.0 | 8.3 | 44.0 | 7.7 | 42.0 | 9.8 | |
| NHOPI only | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | |
| Black only | 36.8 | 2.1 | 38.6 | 4.6 | 36.4 | 4.1 | 41.5 | 5.4 | 32.7 | 6.6 | |
| White only | 59.9 | 1.0 | 48.4 | 3.3 | 58.0 | 2.0 | 61.5 | 1.7 | 63.2 | 1.9 | |
| Multiple races | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | |
| Ethnicity | Hispanic, all races | 33.2 | 2.8 | 24.2 | 4.8 | 31.0 | 4.9 | 41.7 | 6.3 | * | * |
| Non-Hispanic, all races | 58.8 | 1.0 | 48.8 | 3.0 | 57.0 | 1.9 | 60.9 | 1.6 | 61.7 | 1.9 | |
| Non-Hispanic, Black | 36.9 | 2.1 | 38.6 | 4.8 | 36.7 | 4.3 | 41.8 | 5.5 | 32.3 | 7.0 | |
| Non-Hispanic, White | 61.9 | 1.0 | 54.8 | 4.2 | 60.5 | 2.1 | 62.5 | 1.7 | 64.1 | 2.0 | |
| Gender | Male | 55.3 | 1.4 | 39.6 | 4.7 | 54.1 | 3.0 | 56.8 | 2.5 | 58.6 | 2.7 |
| Female | 59.1 | 1.2 | 47.2 | 2.8 | 55.9 | 2.2 | 62.7 | 1.9 | 63.7 | 2.7 | |
| Health insurance | Private | 61.8 | 1.2 | 54.4 | 5.7 | 63.1 | 2.5 | 62.1 | 1.8 | 61.9 | 2.2 |
| Medicare and public | 57.1 | 2.5 | 43.1 | 4.4 | 56.8 | 5.0 | 65.2 | 5.0 | 64.4 | 6.2 | |
| Medicare only | 49.0 | 1.6 | 42.4 | 4.0 | 44.7 | 2.7 | 52.7 | 3.3 | 56.1 | 4.4 | |
| Education | Less than high school | 47.3 | 1.7 | 41.1 | 3.2 | 44.4 | 2.5 | 52.5 | 3.2 | 57.5 | 5.1 |
| High school graduate | 61.0 | 1.6 | 50.8 | 4.8 | 63.6 | 3.0 | 62.8 | 2.5 | 58.1 | 3.3 | |
| At least some college | 61.8 | 1.5 | 57.4 | 6.7 | 61.8 | 3.4 | 61.4 | 2.4 | 62.5 | 2.3 | |
| Residence locationc | Metropolitan | 56.6 | 1.0 | 42.5 | 3.1 | 54.0 | 2.1 | 59.3 | 1.7 | 60.2 | 2.1 |
| Large central metro | 49.4 | 1.9 | 36.3 | 4.5 | 44.8 | 3.5 | 56.3 | 3.4 | 51.7 | 3.9 | |
| Large fringe metro | 60.0 | 2.0 | 46.1 | 9.7 | 62.3 | 5.2 | 60.3 | 3.5 | 60.9 | 3.6 | |
| Medium metro | 59.5 | 1.8 | 49.3 | 6.4 | 56.6 | 4.0 | 59.3 | 3.1 | 65.3 | 4.0 | |
| Small metro | 61.2 | 2.7 | 43.8 | 7.3 | 57.0 | 5.1 | 64.2 | 4.4 | 67.0 | 5.0 | |
| Micropolitan (nonmetro) | 57.5 | 2.8 | 44.4 | 6.6 | 56.9 | 5.1 | 59.4 | 4.8 | 62.7 | 6.6 | |
| Noncore (nonmetro) | 62.2 | 3.0 | 54.9 | 6.7 | 59.2 | 5.1 | 66.3 | 4.9 | 69.5 | 7.8 | |
| Activity limitationsc | Basic activities | 63.1 | 1.4 | 51.2 | 3.5 | 60.6 | 2.6 | 68.1 | 2.6 | 66.9 | 3.7 |
| Complex activities | 58.0 | 2.7 | 50.8 | 5.6 | 54.0 | 4.6 | 70.7 | 4.8 | 51.9 | 8.1 | |
| Neither basic nor complex activities | 54.4 | 1.2 | 37.1 | 4.4 | 51.2 | 2.4 | 55.3 | 2.1 | 60.3 | 2.5 | |
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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