T16_1_3_2b
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.
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| Population group | Percent | SE | Percent | SE | Percent | SE | Percent | SE | Percent | SE | |
| Total | 63.3 | 0.5 | 68.6 | 0.5 | 73.3 | 0.5 | 48.0 | 0.9 | 37.3 | 0.9 | |
| Age | 0-17 | 55.8 | 0.8 | 63.1 | 0.8 | 70.5 | 0.9 | 36.3 | 1.4 | 30.5 | 1.1 |
| 18-44 | 61.7 | 0.5 | 67.0 | 0.6 | 70.8 | 0.6 | 50.0 | 1.1 | 37.7 | 0.9 | |
| 45-64 | 72.6 | 0.5 | 75.2 | 0.5 | 78.3 | 0.6 | 58.9 | 1.3 | 50.4 | 1.3 | |
| Gender | Female | 63.7 | 0.5 | 68.9 | 0.5 | 73.9 | 0.6 | 47.9 | 1.0 | 37.5 | 0.9 |
| Male | 62.9 | 0.5 | 68.4 | 0.5 | 72.7 | 0.6 | 48.1 | 1.1 | 37.2 | 0.9 | |
| Family incomeb | Negative/poor | 15.3 | 0.8 | 19.2 | 1.1 | 23.7 | 1.6 | 11.2 | 1.1 | 6.9 | 0.7 |
| Near poor/low | 37.4 | 0.9 | 42.3 | 1.1 | 45.6 | 1.3 | 35.7 | 1.7 | 24.2 | 1.2 | |
| Middle | 70.6 | 0.6 | 73.1 | 0.7 | 74.6 | 0.8 | 66.8 | 1.5 | 56.6 | 1.4 | |
| High | 90.2 | 0.3 | 90.9 | 0.4 | 91.6 | 0.4 | 83.9 | 1.2 | 82.4 | 1.2 | |
| Education, ages 25-64 | Less than high school | 29.7 | 0.8 | 35.8 | 1.1 | 38.8 | 1.4 | 29.3 | 1.7 | 22.3 | 1.1 |
| High school graduate | 61.4 | 0.6 | 63.9 | 0.7 | 67.5 | 0.8 | 48.8 | 1.5 | 46.1 | 1.4 | |
| At least some college | 79.7 | 0.4 | 80.9 | 0.4 | 83.2 | 0.5 | 68.0 | 1.1 | 65.7 | 1.1 | |
| Location of residencec | Metropolitan | 64.6 | 0.5 | 70.5 | 0.5 | 75.9 | 0.6 | 48.8 | 1.0 | 38.1 | 0.9 |
| Large central metro | 60.3 | 0.8 | 69.1 | 0.9 | 78.2 | 1.0 | 46.7 | 1.5 | 37.8 | 1.1 | |
| Large fringe metro | 72.9 | 0.8 | 76.5 | 0.8 | 80.5 | 0.8 | 56.8 | 2.0 | 45.0 | 2.2 | |
| Medium metro | 62.1 | 1.2 | 67.4 | 1.2 | 72.1 | 1.3 | 44.8 | 2.2 | 33.5 | 2.0 | |
| Small metro | 62.0 | 1.8 | 64.9 | 1.9 | 68.4 | 2.1 | 43.9 | 2.6 | 37.2 | 3.2 | |
| Micropolitan | 57.3 | 1.7 | 60.5 | 1.4 | 63.7 | 1.5 | 40.8 | 2.4 | 30.1 | 4.8 | |
| Noncore (nonmetropolitan) | 54.4 | 1.9 | 57.4 | 1.8 | 59.3 | 1.9 | 38.9 | 3.3 | 29.5 | 5.1 | |
| Activity limitations,c ages 18-64 | Basic activities | 40.3 | 1.1 | 41.8 | 1.2 | 46.6 | 1.4 | 24.7 | 1.9 | 27.1 | 2.2 |
| Complex activities | 36.0 | 1.0 | 37.4 | 1.1 | 41.6 | 1.3 | 22.4 | 1.9 | 23.3 | 2.0 | |
| Neither basic nor complex activities | 70.3 | 0.5 | 74.7 | 0.5 | 78.1 | 0.6 | 57.5 | 1.2 | 42.8 | 1.1 | |
a. Estimates are not age adjusted.
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.
Key: SE: standard error.
Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Health Statistics, National Health Interview Survey.
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Internet Citation: T16_1_3_2b: 2011 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports.
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