T16_1_7_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_7.2b
People under age 65 with any period of public insurance during the year, by ethnicity, United States, 2008
				Non-Hispanic
		Total		All races		White		Black		Hispanic, all races
Population group		Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE
Total		19.0	0.6	16.5	0.6	13.3	0.7	32.8	1.4	31.0	1.1
Age	0-17	36.6	1.2	30.3	1.3	23.8	1.5	58.1	2.1	58.9	1.8
	18-44	12.4	0.5	11.9	0.6	9.8	0.7	22.0	1.5	14.9	0.9
	45-64	11.7	0.5	11.3	0.6	9.9	0.6	19.9	1.4	15.3	1.3
Gender	Male	17.0	0.6	14.7	0.7	11.8	0.8	29.6	1.5	27.8	1.2
Gender	Female	21.0	0.7	18.4	0.7	14.8	0.8	35.6	1.5	34.5	1.4
Family income^a	Negative/poor	59.3	1.3	59.5	1.6	55.5	2.3	68.5	2.1	58.7	2.2
	Near poor/low	33.8	1.1	31.7	1.3	28.7	1.6	42.1	2.6	38.9	1.5
	Middle	12.2	0.7	11.3	0.7	10.2	0.8	16.2	1.3	17.4	1.3
	High	2.9	0.2	2.7	0.2	2.5	0.3	4.8	0.8	5.2	0.8
Education,^b age 18 and over	Less than high school	26.3	1.2	29.1	1.5	25.8	1.8	40.2	2.6	20.9	1.5
	High school graduate	14.5	0.7	14.5	0.8	12.8	0.9	19.9	1.4	14.4	1.2
	At least some college	6.3	0.3	6.1	0.4	5.2	0.4	13.1	1.0	8.9	0.9
Employment status, ages 18-64	Employed	6.4	0.4	5.9	0.4	4.9	0.4	11.8	0.8	9.0	0.7
Employment status, ages 18-64	Not employed	33.3	1.1	33.0	1.2	30.1	1.3	47.8	2.1	34.6	2.3
Residence location^c	Metropolitan	18.5	0.6	15.5	0.7	11.7	0.8	32.6	1.5	31.0	1.1
	Large central metro	20.8	0.9	17.0	1.0	10.6	1.0	35.3	2.0	30.2	1.4
	Large fringe metro	14.1	1.2	12.7	1.3	10.7	1.6	25.9	3.1	24.4	2.1
	Medium metro	19.5	1.5	15.8	1.3	11.6	1.3	36.2	3.2	38.1	2.5
	Small metro	20.4	1.6	18.7	1.6	16.5	1.7	32.6	5.3	33.5	3.9
	Nonmetropolitan	22.0	1.5	21.2	1.6	19.8	1.7	33.9	3.4	30.9	4.5
	Micropolitan	22.0	1.9	21.7	1.9	20.4	2.2	32.6	2.9	26.5	4.8
	Noncore	22.0	2.7	20.3	2.6	18.5	2.5	37.3	8.7	34.8	5.9
Language spoken most often at home	English	16.9	0.6	16.2	0.6	12.9	0.6	32.4	1.5	24.5	1.6
Language spoken most often at home	Other	31.3	1.5	21.6	4.3	DSU	DSU	38.7	9.5	35.5	1.3
Perceived health status	Excellent/very good/good	17.4	0.6	14.7	0.6	11.4	0.7	31.0	1.5	30.7	1.1
Perceived health status	Fair/poor	35.2	1.3	35.4	1.6	33.0	1.8	48.0	2.5	34.5	2.2
Activity limitations,^c ages 18-64	Basic activities	40.0	1.8	39.3	1.9	37.2	2.2	51.9	3.1	48.7	4.2
	Complex activities	53.7	2.1	53.0	2.2	51.4	2.6	65.0	3.3	62.2	4.3
	Neither basic nor complex activities	8.5	0.4	7.7	0.4	5.9	0.5	16.8	1.1	13.0	0.8
U.S. born	Yes	19.7	0.6	16.9	0.7	13.4	0.7	33.7	1.5	40.7	1.5
U.S. born	No	13.5	0.9	10.1	1.2	7.8	1.7	18.7	3.5	16.6	1.2

^a. 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.

^b. 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.

^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: 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_7_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_7_2b.html