T16_1_5_2d

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_5.2d
People under age 65 who were uninsured all year, by education,^a United States, 2008
		Total^a		Less than high school		High school graduate		At least some college
Population group		Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE
Total		18.3	0.5	35.7	1.3	21.9	0.8	10.8	0.5
Age	18-44	21.0	0.7	38.2	1.8	26.0	1.0	12.0	0.6
Age	45-64	14.5	0.6	31.0	1.5	16.6	1.0	9.3	0.6
Gender	Male	21.1	0.7	39.7	1.7	24.7	1.1	12.2	0.7
Gender	Female	15.6	0.6	30.9	1.6	19.1	0.9	9.6	0.5
Race	White, single race	17.9	0.6	37.3	1.6	20.9	0.9	10.3	0.5
	Black, single race	21.7	0.9	28.4	2.4	26.5	1.4	14.6	1.1
	Asian, single race	15.4	2.0	35.4	6.0	21.0	3.8	11.0	1.7
	NHOPI, single race	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	AI/AN, single race	36.8	3.7	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	Multiple races	13.6	2.1	DSU	DSU	15.9	3.4	10.3	2.4
Ethnicity	Non-Hispanic, all races	14.6	0.5	26.4	1.3	19.2	0.8	9.5	0.5
	Non-Hispanic, White	13.2	0.5	25.4	1.7	17.3	1.0	8.7	0.6
	Non-Hispanic, Black	21.6	1.0	28.4	2.3	26.2	1.4	14.7	1.1
	Hispanic, all races	39.3	1.8	53.4	2.4	37.6	1.9	24.1	1.8
Family income^b	Negative/poor	39.0	1.5	42.1	2.5	41.9	2.1	31.3	2.1
	Near poor/low	32.7	1.1	44.0	2.0	30.6	1.6	25.9	1.9
	Middle	17.8	0.8	33.1	2.2	18.9	1.1	12.0	0.9
	High	7.5	0.5	17.0	2.5	12.1	1.1	5.0	0.5
Employment status, ages 18-64	Employed	16.8	0.5	39.7	1.5	20.7	0.9	9.6	0.5
Employment status, ages 18-64	Not employed	23.5	1.0	29.1	1.9	25.6	1.4	17.3	1.3
Residence location^c	Metropolitan	18.1	0.6	36.5	1.6	21.9	0.9	10.9	0.5
	Large central metro	21.4	0.9	40.9	2.5	27.1	1.3	12.3	0.9
	Large fringe metro	13.6	0.9	31.2	2.5	17.4	1.5	8.0	0.8
	Medium metro	18.3	1.7	33.8	3.9	21.0	2.5	12.2	1.1
	Small metro	19.7	1.5	37.8	3.9	20.7	2.3	11.7	1.8
	Nonmetropolitan	19.2	1.0	32.0	2.8	21.9	1.9	10.7	1.5
	Micropolitan	18.9	1.3	31.1	2.7	23.5	2.3	9.1	1.6
	Noncore	19.7	1.9	33.6	5.0	18.5	3.1	13.9	3.1
Language spoken most often at home	English	14.7	0.4	25.6	1.1	19.3	0.8	9.5	0.5
Language spoken most often at home	Other	42.8	2.2	57.5	2.7	42.4	3.0	25.1	2.1
Perceived health status	Excellent/very good/good	17.9	0.6	37.4	1.5	21.9	0.8	10.4	0.5
Perceived health status	Fair/poor	21.4	1.1	29.3	2.1	22.0	1.6	14.9	1.6
Activity limitations,^c ages 18-64	Basic activities	14.9	1.0	19.6	2.4	16.2	1.9	11.1	1.5
	Complex activities	14.9	1.1	14.6	1.8	15.6	2.0	14.5	1.9
	Neither basic nor complex activities	18.6	0.6	38.3	1.5	22.5	0.8	10.7	0.5
U.S. born	Yes	14.9	0.5	26.5	1.2	19.3	0.8	9.5	0.5
U.S. born	No	34.4	1.8	55.5	2.7	38.2	2.1	18.1	1.3

^a. Persons age 18 and over. Less than high school refers to fewer than 12 years of education; high school graduate, 12 years of education; and at least some college, more than 12 years of education.

^b. Negative/poor refers to household 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 MEPS entry in Appendix B: Detailed Methods.

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: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Center for Financing, Access, and Cost Trends, Medical Expenditure Panel Survey.

Page last reviewed October 2014

Internet Citation: T16_1_5_2d: 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_5_2d.html