Table 8_3_1-3b

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 8_3_1.3b
People with current asthma who are now taking preventive medicine daily or almost daily (either oral or inhaler), 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		32.2	1.1	33.6	1.3	35.9	1.5	27.7	2.4	21.1	2.4
Age	0–17	30.6	2.3	32.5	2.6	35.6	3.4	25.7	3.3	21.8	3.7
	18–44	23.1	1.9	24.3	2.2	25.5	2.6	23.9	4.4	14.3	4.1
	45–64	40.7	2.5	42.3	2.7	44.6	3.3	*	*	*	*
	65 and over	41.0	3.6	40.7	3.8	42.8	4.3	*	*	*	*
Gender	Male	30.3	1.8	31.8	1.9	33.9	2.4	27.7	3.9	17.2	3.1
Gender	Female	33.6	1.6	35.0	1.8	37.5	2.2	27.8	3.0	23.6	3.5
Family income^a	Negative/poor	27.1	2.4	28.4	2.8	30.4	4.2	26.0	4.0	21.1	4.4
	Near poor/low	29.3	2.7	29.0	3.0	31.3	3.8	26.0	4.6	31.1	5.2
	Middle	30.1	2.4	32.3	2.6	34.7	3.0	22.9	5.0	*	*
	High	38.5	2.2	39.9	2.4	40.8	2.6	*	*	*	*
Education^b	Less than high school	28.3	2.6	29.4	2.9	31.4	3.5	*	*	*	*
	High school graduate	33.0	2.9	35.4	3.0	35.9	3.4	*	*	*	*
	At least some college	34.5	2.1	35.2	2.4	37.8	2.7	*	*	*	*
Employment status, ages 18–64	Employed	30.3	1.7	31.4	1.9	33.6	2.2	24.8	5.1	17.7	5.0
Employment status, ages 18–64	Not employed	33.1	2.6	35.9	3.0	37.5	3.6	*	*	*	*
Health insurance, under age 65	Any private	32.8	1.6	34.2	1.7	36.0	2.0	28.3	4.1	18.8	3.9
	Public only	30.1	2.3	32.0	2.7	34.3	3.8	29.4	3.7	21.8	4.5
	Uninsured	16.9	3.8	18.0	4.4	*	*	*	*	*	*
Health insurance, age 65 and over	Medicare only	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Medicare and private	45.2	4.7	43.6	4.8	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Medicare and other public	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
Residence location^c	Metropolitan	32.7	1.3	34.6	1.5	37.4	1.8	27.7	2.6	20.8	2.4
	Large central metro	26.6	2.0	27.1	2.5	29.9	3.6	24.4	3.4	24.5	3.8
	Large fringe metro	37.8	2.8	39.8	3.0	42.2	3.5	*	*	*	*
	Medium metro	34.7	2.5	37.1	2.6	37.4	2.7	*	*	*	*
	Small metro	36.5	4.2	38.2	4.2	42.7	5.0	*	*	*	*
	Nonmetropolitan	29.5	2.2	29.6	2.3	30.4	2.7	*	*	*	*
	Micropolitan	30.9	2.8	31.0	2.8	31.3	3.3	*	*	*	*
	Noncore	27.2	3.1	27.4	3.1	28.8	3.6	*	*	*	*
Language spoken most often at home	English	32.8	1.2	33.9	1.3	36.1	1.6	27.9	2.4	20.3	3.5
Language spoken most often at home	Other	22.4	4.4	*	*	*	*	*	*	22.4	4.0
Perceived health status	Excellent/very good/good	30.2	1.3	32.0	1.4	34.0	1.6	25.8	2.6	16.2	2.7
Perceived health status	Fair/poor	38.9	2.6	39.3	2.7	43.4	3.4	33.3	4.3	36.1	5.5
Activity limitations^c	Basic activities	35.0	2.6	34.4	2.7	36.5	3.3	*	*	*	*
	Complex activities	35.1	3.2	36.6	3.5	38.3	4.3	*	*	*	*
	Neither basic nor complex activities	31.7	1.7	33.6	1.9	35.9	2.1	26.3	4.8	13.6	3.1

^a 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.

^b Persons age 18 and over. 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.

^c For more information, see the MEPS entry in Appendix A, Data Sources. Activity limitations includes persons age 18 and over.

* - 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.

Current as of September 2009

Internet Citation: Table 8_3_1-3b: 2008 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports. September 2009. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. http://archive.ahrq.gov/research/findings/nhqrdr/nhqrdr08/8_respiratorydiseases/T8_3_1-3b.html