Table 16_1_2-2

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_2.2
People under age 65 with public health insurance only,^a United States, 1999-2004
		2004		2003		2002		2001		2000		1999
Population group		Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE
Total		30.9	0.4	14.4	0.3	13.6	0.3	12.3	0.2	11.4	0.2	11.0	0.2
Age	0-17	36.6	0.6	27.0	0.6	25.5	0.5	22.4	0.5	20.7	0.5	19.2	0.4
	18-44	32.3	0.4	8.7	0.2	8.2	0.2	7.6	0.2	7.0	0.2	6.9	0.2
	45-64	22.7	0.4	10.1	0.3	9.5	0.3	9.1	0.3	8.5	0.2	8.4	0.3
Race	AI/AN only	54.7	3.6	19.8	3.3	22.4	3.4	17.8	2.9	17.8	3.0	22.1	3.9
	Asian only	27.9	1.6	10.1	1.0	11.5	1.2	10.2	1.1	10.1	1.2	9.8	1.2
	NHOPI only	36.1	8.5	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	Black only	45.2	0.9	26.2	0.8	25.7	0.8	24.2	0.8	24.1	0.8	23.2	0.8
	White only	28.4	0.4	12.4	0.3	11.0	0.3	9.9	0.2	8.8	0.2	8.5	0.2
	Multiple races	37.6	2.1	27.7	1.9	25.2	1.7	21.7	1.5	21.8	2.0	22.6	2.0
Ethnicity	Hispanic, all races	57.8	0.8	23.1	0.6	21.4	0.6	18.7	0.5	16.5	0.5	17.0	0.6
	Non-Hispanic, all races	26.1	0.4	12.9	0.3	12.3	0.3	11.3	0.2	10.6	0.2	10.1	0.2
	Non-Hispanic, Black	44.5	0.9	26.0	0.8	25.6	0.8	24.1	0.8	24.0	0.8	23.2	0.8
	Non-Hispanic, White	22.0	0.4	10.2	0.3	9.5	0.3	8.7	0.2	7.9	0.2	7.5	0.2
Gender	Female	30.8	0.4	15.6	0.3	14.8	0.3	13.4	0.3	12.6	0.3	12.1	0.3
Gender	Male	31.0	0.4	13.1	0.3	12.5	0.3	11.2	0.2	10.2	0.2	9.9	0.2
Family income^b	Negative/poor	77.1	0.9	44.3	1.0	43.8	1.0	41.1	1.0	40.0	0.9	40.1	40.1
	Near poor/low	53.7	0.9	25.2	0.7	23.8	0.7	21.6	0.6	18.7	0.6	18.0	18.0
	Middle	23.9	0.5	8.6	0.3	7.9	0.3	7.0	0.3	6.5	0.3	5.8	5.8
	High	9.1	0.3	2.7	0.2	2.7	0.2	2.4	0.1	2.2	0.2	1.9	1.9
Education, ages 25-64	Less than high school	60.2	0.8	20.2	0.6	20.5	0.7	18.5	0.5	17.8	0.5	17.7	17.7
	High school graduate	29.9	0.5	10.6	0.3	9.6	0.3	8.7	0.3	7.8	0.3	7.6	7.6
	At least some college	16.4	0.3	5.5	0.2	4.8	0.2	4.7	0.2	4.3	0.2	4.2	4.2
Location of residence	Urban	32.1	0.4	15.1	0.3	13.8	0.3	12.8	0.3	12.0	0.3	11.5	11.5
Location of residence	Rural	27.7	0.8	12.6	0.5	13.3	0.5	10.9	0.4	9.9	0.4	9.6	9.6

^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.

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_2-2: 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_2-2.html