Table 1_3_3-2c

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 1_3_3.2c
Adults age 50 and over who received a fecal occult blood test in the last 2 years,^a by family income,^b United States, 2008
		Total		Negative/poor		Near poor/low		Middle		High
Population group		Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE
Total		14.7	0.5	10.6	1.1	13.1	1.0	14.2	0.8	16.9	0.9
Age	50-64	13.1	0.6	10.5	1.5	12.3	1.4	12.1	1.1	14.2	0.9
Age	65 and over	16.5	0.7	10.7	1.6	14.1	1.3	16.7	1.2	20.0	1.5
Race	AI/AN only	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	Asian only	15.3	2.2	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	23.0	5.7
	NHOPI only	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	Black only	13.7	1.1	9.9	2.2	16.7	2.6	12.8	2.2	15.2	2.6
	White only	14.9	0.5	11.7	1.4	12.8	1.1	14.5	0.9	16.8	0.9
	Multiple races	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Ethnicity	Hispanic, all races	11.4	1.2	8.8	2.1	8.6	2.0	12.6	2.3	15.7	2.9
	Non-Hispanic, all races	14.9	0.5	11.0	1.3	13.9	1.1	14.3	0.9	16.9	0.9
	Non-Hispanic, Black	13.6	1.1	9.9	2.2	16.5	2.7	12.8	2.3	14.8	2.6
	Non-Hispanic, White	15.2	0.5	12.5	1.8	13.7	1.3	14.6	1.0	16.8	0.9
Gender	Female	14.3	0.6	12.4	1.5	13.4	1.3	13.6	1.0	16.3	1.1
Gender	Male	15.2	0.7	8.4	1.7	12.9	1.4	15.0	1.2	17.5	1.3
Health insurance,^c ages 50-64	Private	13.5	0.7	DSU	DSU	12.2	2.5	11.6	1.2	14.2	0.9
	Public only	17.1	1.6	10.8	1.9	17.5	2.8	25.7	4.6	19.0	4.7
	Uninsured	6.7	1.3	DSU	DSU	6.6	1.9	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Health insurance, age 65 and over	Medicare and private	17.6	1.0	16.7	4.6	13.9	1.8	16.0	1.5	21.7	1.9
	Medicare and public	15.9	1.7	8.3	2.2	14.7	3.3	22.2	4.0	20.6	4.1
	Medicare only	14.6	1.3	10.6	2.6	14.2	2.2	16.1	2.5	14.7	2.5
Education	Less than high school	11.7	0.9	7.8	1.4	9.9	1.4	13.6	1.8	16.5	3.1
	High school graduate	12.7	0.7	14.0	2.3	13.2	1.6	12.7	1.3	12.2	1.4
	At least some college	17.2	0.7	12.7	2.2	15.9	1.8	16.2	1.2	18.4	1.1
Location of residence^d	Metropolitan	15.3	0.5	11.3	1.4	13.0	1.1	14.7	1.0	17.5	0.9
	Large central metro	15.6	0.9	10.7	1.7	14.0	1.9	15.2	1.7	17.8	1.8
	Large fringe metro	14.7	1.0	DSU	DSU	10.0	1.9	12.0	1.6	17.1	1.5
	Medium metro	16.1	1.0	11.9	2.7	15.8	2.5	16.4	2.0	18.3	1.8
	Small metro	14.1	1.4	DSU	DSU	10.7	2.3	15.3	2.6	15.2	2.8
	Micropolitan (nonmetropolitan)	13.5	1.5	DSU	DSU	14.8	2.9	15.1	2.5	14.7	3.2
	Noncore (nonmetropolitan)	10.7	1.4	DSU	DSU	12.3	3.1	9.3	1.9	11.7	2.7
Activity limitations^d	Basic activities	14.6	0.8	10.9	1.5	15.1	1.7	15.6	1.6	16.0	1.9
	Complex activities	14.6	1.1	9.6	1.9	13.4	2.1	17.7	2.4	17.0	3.0
	Neither basic nor complex activities	15.3	0.6	10.6	1.9	11.7	1.3	14.1	1.0	17.7	1.0

^a Estimates are age adjusted to the 2000 standard population, except where indicated.

^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 A small number of people who were covered by both public and private health insurance plans were included in the "private" category only.��

^d For more information, see the National Health Interview Survey entry in Appendix A, Data Sources.

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 1_3_3-2c: 2010 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports. October 2014. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. http://archive.ahrq.gov/research/findings/nhqrdr/nhqrdr10/1_cancer/T1_3_3-2c.html