Table 16_1_2-3b
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.
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| Population group | Percent | SE | Percent | SE | Percent | SE | Percent | SE | Percent | SE | |
| Total | 34.0 | 0.5 | 28.9 | 0.5 | 24.5 | 0.5 | 48.5 | 1.0 | 59.7 | 0.9 | |
| Age | 0-17 | 41.3 | 0.7 | 34.5 | 0.8 | 27.0 | 1.0 | 60.7 | 1.5 | 66.2 | 1.1 |
| 18-44 | 35.1 | 0.5 | 29.6 | 0.5 | 26.5 | 0.6 | 45.0 | 1.1 | 59.9 | 1.0 | |
| 45-64 | 25.5 | 0.5 | 23.2 | 0.5 | 20.3 | 0.6 | 38.6 | 1.3 | 46.0 | 1.3 | |
| Gender | Female | 33.8 | 0.5 | 28.9 | 0.5 | 24.3 | 0.6 | 48.5 | 1.1 | 59.1 | 1.0 |
| Male | 34.3 | 0.5 | 28.8 | 0.5 | 24.7 | 0.6 | 48.5 | 1.1 | 60.2 | 1.0 | |
| Family incomeb | Negative/poor | 79.7 | 1.1 | 74.7 | 1.5 | 70.0 | 2.2 | 84.2 | 1.5 | 91.3 | 0.8 |
| Near poor/low | 61.2 | 0.9 | 56.0 | 1.1 | 53.3 | 1.4 | 63.6 | 1.8 | 74.8 | 1.2 | |
| Middle | 27.4 | 0.6 | 24.8 | 0.7 | 23.2 | 0.8 | 31.5 | 1.4 | 41.0 | 1.4 | |
| High | 9.8 | 0.3 | 9.1 | 0.4 | 8.4 | 0.4 | 16.2 | 1.6 | 18.5 | 1.3 | |
| Education, ages 25-64 | Less than high school | 66.4 | 0.8 | 60.3 | 1.2 | 57.7 | 1.5 | 69.3 | 2.1 | 74.6 | 1.1 |
| High school graduate | 35.3 | 0.7 | 33.1 | 0.7 | 29.6 | 0.8 | 45.4 | 1.4 | 49.8 | 1.5 | |
| At least some college | 17.6 | 0.4 | 16.5 | 0.4 | 14.5 | 0.4 | 28.5 | 1.1 | 30.5 | 1.2 | |
| Location of residencec | Metropolitan | 33.2 | 0.5 | 27.3 | 0.5 | 22.3 | 0.6 | 47.7 | 1.0 | 59.2 | 0.9 |
| Large central metro | 36.9 | 0.8 | 28.2 | 0.8 | 20.3 | 0.9 | 47.8 | 1.5 | 60.3 | 1.1 | |
| Large fringe metro | 25.8 | 0.9 | 22.0 | 0.9 | 18.4 | 1.0 | 41.7 | 2.1 | 52.0 | 2.1 | |
| Medium metro | 34.6 | 1.1 | 29.1 | 1.0 | 24.1 | 1.0 | 52.7 | 2.3 | 63.3 | 2.3 | |
| Small metro | 37.4 | 1.8 | 34.6 | 1.9 | 31.5 | 1.9 | 53.1 | 3.1 | 59.9 | 3.6 | |
| Micropolitan (nonmetropolitan) | 38.7 | 1.7 | 36.4 | 1.6 | 33.6 | 1.7 | 55.3 | 3.5 | 66.8 | 4.4 | |
| Noncore (nonmetropolitan) | 38.4 | 2.1 | 36.2 | 2.2 | 33.3 | 2.4 | 55.7 | 4.1 | 63.7 | 5.8 | |
| Activity limitations,c ages 18-64 | Basic activities | 60.5 | 1.2 | 58.4 | 1.3 | 54.5 | 1.6 | 72.0 | 2.3 | 79.0 | 2.2 |
| Complex activities | 62.4 | 1.0 | 60.8 | 1.1 | 57.2 | 1.3 | 75.4 | 1.8 | 77.3 | 2.0 | |
| Neither basic nor complex activities | 26.4 | 0.5 | 22.7 | 0.5 | 19.9 | 0.5 | 37.0 | 1.2 | 51.9 | 1.3 | |
a Estimates are not adjusted.
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.
Key: SE: standard error.
Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Health Statistics, National Health Interview Survey.
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