T16_1_4_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.

Table 16_1_4.2b
Adults age 65 and over with any private health insurance,^a by ethnicity, United States, 2009
				Non-Hispanic
		Total		All races		White		Black		Hispanic, all races
Population group		Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE
Total		55.5	0.8	58.1	0.8	61.5	0.9	36.1	2.0	22.5	1.9
Gender	Female	55.5	0.9	58.3	0.9	62.0	1.0	35.4	2.3	19.4	2.3
Gender	Male	55.6	1.0	57.8	1.0	60.8	1.1	37.2	2.6	26.7	2.5
Family income^b	Negative/poor	24.8	2.1	28.6	2.4	36.1	3.3	11.3	2.7	DSU	DSU
	Near poor/low	46.4	1.6	49.5	1.7	54.4	2.0	29.9	3.5	14.9	3.1
	Middle	59.6	1.3	61.5	1.4	63.4	1.5	45.9	3.9	30.7	4.1
	High	67.5	1.4	68.5	1.4	69.4	1.5	64.3	5.1	42.0	5.4
Education	Less than high school	41.9	1.4	47.4	1.5	54.7	1.8	24.8	3.0	15.5	2.2
	High school graduate	58.4	1.3	60.0	1.3	62.9	1.4	36.0	3.5	27.2	4.1
	At least some college	61.8	1.1	62.7	1.2	64.1	1.3	51.4	3.3	37.8	4.2
Residence location^c	Metropolitan	54.3	0.9	57.2	0.9	60.7	1.0	37.8	2.1	22.3	2.0
	Large central metro	41.6	1.5	46.2	1.7	51.5	2.0	33.4	2.8	16.6	2.1
	Large fringe metro	60.2	1.8	61.6	1.9	63.2	2.0	51	4.5	28.5	5.4
	Medium metro	57.2	1.6	59.1	1.7	61.3	1.8	35.8	5.3	26.7	4.0
	Small metro	68.5	2.4	68.8	2.4	71.0	2.4	36.9	7.5	DSU	DSU
	Micropolitan	59.9	3.2	60.6	3.2	63.5	3.1	24.1	6.4	DSU	DSU
	Noncore (nonmetropolitan)	60.7	2.5	62.7	2.5	64.9	2.5	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Activity limitations^c	Basic activities	49.7	1.2	52.1	1.2	56.2	1.4	29.1	3.0	15.5	2.3
	Complex activities	47.4	2.4	49.9	2.5	55.9	2.9	21.5	4.8	DSU	DSU
	Neither basic nor complex activities	59.9	1.1	62.2	1.2	64.8	1.3	44.8	3.3	28.4	3.5

^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.

DSU - Data do not meet the criteria for statistical reliability, data quality, or confidentiality.

Key: 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_4_2b: 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_4_2b.html