T16_1_2_1a

2011 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_2.1a
People under age 65 with public health insurance only,^a United States, 2005-2009
		2009		2008		2007		2006		2005
Population group		Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE
Total		36.4	0.5	34.0	0.5	32.9	0.4	33.3	0.5	31.5	0.4
Age	0-17	43.9	0.8	41.3	0.7	39.9	0.7	40.3	0.7	37.7	0.6
	18-44	38.0	0.5	35.1	0.5	34.1	0.5	34.6	0.5	33.0	0.4
	45-64	27.2	0.5	25.5	0.5	24.3	0.5	24.5	0.5	22.9	0.4
Race	AI/AN only	64.0	3.9	69.0	3.5	63.4	5.1	62.9	4.3	56.3	3.9
	Asian only	28.3	1.3	25.4	1.3	26.5	1.4	27.4	1.4	27.4	1.4
	NHOPI only	49.4	8.6	51.5	7.7	47.6	8.5	DSU	DSU	36.2	10.0
	Black only	51.8	0.9	49.0	1.0	47.2	1.0	47.7	1.0	46.3	0.9
	White only	33.5	0.5	31.3	0.5	30.1	0.5	30.6	0.5	28.8	0.4
	Multiple races	51.6	2.1	41.5	2.2	46.9	2.0	45.8	2.3	41.9	2.3
Ethnicity	Hispanic, all races	62.0	0.9	59.7	0.9	57.7	0.9	59.4	0.9	56.9	0.8
	Non-Hispanic, all races	31.1	0.5	28.9	0.5	28.1	0.5	28.4	0.5	26.8	0.4
	Non-Hispanic, Black	51.3	0.9	48.5	1.0	46.6	1.0	46.8	1.0	46.1	0.9
	Non-Hispanic, White	26.5	0.5	24.5	0.5	23.7	0.5	24.2	0.6	22.6	0.4
Gender	Female	36.0	0.5	33.8	0.5	32.6	0.5	32.9	0.5	31.3	0.4
Gender	Male	36.8	0.5	34.3	0.5	33.2	0.5	33.7	0.5	31.7	0.4
Family income^b	Negative/poor	83.8	0.8	79.7	1.1	77.7	1.3	77.6	1.1	77.7	0.9
	Near poor/low	62.0	0.9	61.2	0.9	59.3	0.8	56.4	0.9	54.7	0.8
	Middle	29.2	0.6	27.4	0.6	26.6	0.6	24.8	0.6	25.0	0.5
	High	9.7	0.3	9.8	0.3	8.9	0.3	10.1	0.4	9.3	0.3
Education, ages 25-64	Less than high school	69.7	0.8	66.4	0.8	62.9	0.9	61.7	0.9	60.6	0.8
	High school graduate	38.3	0.6	35.3	0.7	34.1	0.6	33.4	0.6	31.5	0.5
	At least some college	20.3	0.4	17.6	0.4	17.6	0.4	17.8	0.4	16.5	0.3
Location of residence^c	Metropolitan	35.1	0.5	33.2	0.5	31.9	0.5	32.1	0.5	DNA	DNA
	Large central metro	39.3	0.8	36.9	0.8	35.5	0.8	37.1	0.8	36.2	0.6
	Large fringe metro	26.9	0.8	25.8	0.9	24.0	0.9	23.8	0.9	22.6	0.7
	Medium metro	37.5	1.2	34.6	1.1	33.7	1.0	33.0	1.1	32.7	1.0
	Small metro	37.8	1.8	37.4	1.8	36.2	1.6	35.1	1.9	32.7	1.5
	Micropolitan (nonmetropolitan)	42.4	1.7	38.7	1.7	37.6	1.6	38.5	1.7	34.0	1.4
	Noncore (nonmetropolitan)	45.5	1.9	38.4	2.1	40.4	2.3	40.9	2.2	36.5	1.5
Activity limitations,^c ages 18-64	Basic activities	59.5	1.1	60.5	1.2	53.0	1.2	56.6	1.2	DNA	DNA
	Complex activities	63.7	1.0	62.4	1.0	60.2	1.0	60.4	1.1	DNA	DNA
	Neither basic nor complex activities	29.6	0.5	26.4	0.5	27.3	0.5	27.8	0.5	DNA	DNA

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

^b. Negative/poor refers to family incomes below the Federal poverty line; near poor/low, 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: T16_1_2_1a: 2011 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports. October 2014. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. http://archive.ahrq.gov/research/findings/nhqrdr/nhqrdr11/16_facilitators_barriers/T16_1_2_1a.html