Table 16_1_2-1

2010 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 16_1_2.1
People under age 65 with public health insurance only,^a United States, 2005-2008
		2008		2007		2006		2005
Population group		Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE
Total		34.0	0.5	32.9	0.4	33.3	0.5	31.5	0.4
Age	0-17	41.3	0.7	39.9	0.7	40.3	0.7	37.7	0.6
	18-44	35.1	0.5	34.1	0.5	34.6	0.5	33.0	0.4
	45-64	25.5	0.5	24.3	0.5	24.5	0.5	22.9	0.4
Race	AI/AN only	69.0	3.5	63.4	5.1	62.9	4.3	56.3	3.9
	Asian only	25.4	1.3	26.5	1.4	27.4	1.4	27.4	1.4
	NHOPI only	51.5	7.7	47.6	8.5	DSU	DSU	36.2	10.0
	Black only	49.0	1.0	47.2	1.0	47.7	1.0	46.3	0.9
	White only	31.3	0.5	30.1	0.5	30.6	0.5	28.8	0.4
	Multiple races	41.5	2.2	46.9	2.0	45.8	2.3	41.9	2.3
Ethnicity	Hispanic, all races	59.7	0.9	57.7	0.9	59.4	0.9	56.9	0.8
	Non-Hispanic, all races	28.9	0.5	28.1	0.5	28.4	0.5	26.8	0.4
	Non-Hispanic, Black	48.5	1.0	46.6	1.0	46.8	1.0	46.1	0.9
	Non-Hispanic, White	24.5	0.5	23.7	0.5	24.2	0.6	22.6	0.4
Gender	Female	33.8	0.5	32.6	0.5	32.9	0.5	31.3	0.4
Gender	Male	34.3	0.5	33.2	0.5	33.7	0.5	31.7	0.4
Family income^b	Negative/poor	79.7	1.1	77.7	1.3	77.6	1.1	77.7	0.9
	Near poor/low	61.2	0.9	59.3	0.8	56.4	0.9	54.7	0.8
	Middle	27.4	0.6	26.6	0.6	24.8	0.6	25.0	0.5
	High	9.8	0.3	8.9	0.3	10.1	0.4	9.3	0.3
Education, ages 25-64	Less than high school	66.4	0.8	62.9	0.9	61.7	0.9	60.6	0.8
	High school graduate	35.3	0.7	34.1	0.6	33.4	0.6	31.5	0.5
	At least some college	17.6	0.4	17.6	0.4	17.8	0.4	16.5	0.3
Location of residence^c	Metropolitan	33.2	0.5	31.9	0.5	32.1	0.5	DNA	DNA
	Large central metro	36.9	0.8	35.5	0.8	37.1	0.8	36.2	0.6
	Large fringe metro	25.8	0.9	24.0	0.9	23.8	0.9	22.6	0.7
	Medium metro	34.6	1.1	33.7	1.0	33.0	1.1	32.7	1.0
	Small metro	37.4	1.8	36.2	1.6	35.1	1.9	32.7	1.5
	Micropolitan (nonmetropolitan)	38.7	1.7	37.6	1.6	38.5	1.7	34.0	1.4
	Noncore (nonmetropolitan)	38.4	2.1	40.4	2.3	40.9	2.2	36.5	1.5
Activity limitations,^c ages 18-64	Basic activities	60.5	1.2	53.0	1.2	56.6	1.2	DNA	DNA
	Complex activities	62.4	1.0	60.2	1.0	60.4	1.1	DNA	DNA
	Neither basic nor complex activities	26.4	0.5	27.3	0.5	27.8	0.5	DNA	DNA

^a Estimates are age adjusted to the 2000 standard population.� Age data are unadjusted.

^b Negative or poor refers to family incomes below the Federal poverty line for a given household size and composition; 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 For more information, see the National Health Interview Survey entry in Appendix A, Data Sources.

DNA - Data have not been analyzed.

DSU - 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.

Page last reviewed October 2014

Internet Citation: Table 16_1_2-1: 2010 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports. October 2014. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. http://archive.ahrq.gov/research/findings/nhqrdr/nhqrdr10/16_facilitators_barriers/T16_1_2-1.html