Table 16_1_3-3b
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 | 65.6 | 0.5 | 70.8 | 0.5 | 75.3 | 0.5 | 50.6 | 1.0 | 39.9 | 0.9 | |
| Age | 0-17 | 58.4 | 0.7 | 65.3 | 0.8 | 72.8 | 1.0 | 38.4 | 1.5 | 33.4 | 1.2 |
| 18-44 | 64.4 | 0.5 | 70.0 | 0.5 | 73.2 | 0.6 | 53.8 | 1.1 | 39.7 | 1.0 | |
| 45-64 | 74.3 | 0.5 | 76.6 | 0.5 | 79.5 | 0.6 | 60.7 | 1.3 | 53.7 | 1.3 | |
| Gender | Female | 65.9 | 0.5 | 70.8 | 0.5 | 75.5 | 0.6 | 50.6 | 1.1 | 40.5 | 1.0 |
| Male | 65.3 | 0.5 | 70.8 | 0.5 | 75.1 | 0.6 | 50.5 | 1.1 | 39.4 | 1.0 | |
| Family incomeb | Negative/poor | 19.2 | 1.1 | 24.0 | 1.4 | 28.8 | 2.1 | 14.3 | 1.5 | 8.0 | 0.8 |
| Near poor/low | 38.1 | 0.9 | 43.1 | 1.1 | 46.1 | 1.5 | 34.7 | 1.8 | 24.9 | 1.2 | |
| Middle | 72.3 | 0.6 | 74.9 | 0.7 | 76.6 | 0.8 | 67.8 | 1.4 | 58.7 | 1.4 | |
| High | 90.1 | 0.4 | 90.8 | 0.4 | 91.5 | 0.4 | 83.6 | 1.6 | 81.4 | 1.3 | |
| Education, ages 25-64 | Less than high school | 33.4 | 0.8 | 39.5 | 1.2 | 42.1 | 1.5 | 30.2 | 2.1 | 25.3 | 1.1 |
| High school graduate | 64.4 | 0.7 | 66.6 | 0.7 | 70.2 | 0.8 | 53.8 | 1.5 | 49.8 | 1.5 | |
| At least some college | 82.3 | 0.4 | 83.4 | 0.4 | 85.5 | 0.4 | 71.1 | 1.1 | 69.4 | 1.2 | |
| Location of residencec | Metropolitan | 66.5 | 0.5 | 72.4 | 0.5 | 77.5 | 0.6 | 51.4 | 1.0 | 40.4 | 0.9 |
| Large central metro | 62.6 | 0.8 | 71.4 | 0.9 | 79.4 | 1.0 | 50.9 | 1.5 | 39.2 | 1.1 | |
| Large fringe metro | 73.9 | 0.9 | 77.8 | 0.9 | 81.5 | 1.0 | 57.7 | 2.1 | 47.8 | 2.2 | |
| Medium metro | 65.1 | 1.1 | 70.6 | 1.0 | 75.7 | 1.0 | 46.5 | 2.3 | 36.4 | 2.2 | |
| Small metro | 62.4 | 1.8 | 65.2 | 1.9 | 68.3 | 1.9 | 46.3 | 3.1 | 40.0 | 3.6 | |
| Micropolitan (nonmetropolitan) | 60.9 | 1.7 | 63.3 | 1.6 | 66.2 | 1.7 | 43.2 | 3.4 | 33.0 | 4.4 | |
| Noncore (nonmetropolitan) | 61.3 | 2.2 | 63.5 | 2.3 | 66.4 | 2.6 | 43.7 | 4.0 | 36.3 | 5.8 | |
| Activity limitations,c ages 18-64 | Basic activities | 39.3 | 1.2 | 41.5 | 1.3 | 45.3 | 1.6 | 27.9 | 2.3 | 20.9 | 2.2 |
| Complex activities | 37.2 | 1.0 | 38.7 | 1.1 | 42.4 | 1.3 | 24.0 | 1.8 | 22.6 | 2.0 | |
| Neither basic nor complex activities | 73.5 | 0.5 | 77.2 | 0.5 | 80.0 | 0.5 | 62.8 | 1.2 | 48.0 | 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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