T16_1_7_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_7.2d
People under age 65 with any period of public insurance during the 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		12.1	0.4	26.3	1.2	14.5	0.7	6.3	0.3
Age	18-44	12.4	0.5	26.0	1.4	15.1	0.9	5.9	0.4
Age	45-64	11.7	0.5	26.8	1.6	13.7	0.9	6.8	0.5
Gender	Male	8.9	0.4	20.3	1.3	9.7	0.7	4.4	0.4
Gender	Female	15.2	0.6	33.5	1.7	19.4	1.0	8.0	0.5
Race	White, single race	10.7	0.4	23.5	1.2	13.0	0.8	5.6	0.4
	Black, single race	21.3	1.1	40.5	2.5	20.1	1.4	13.3	1.0
	Asian, single race	8.3	1.3	24.8	5.0	17.6	3.3	3.4	0.8
	NHOPI, single race	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	AI/AN, single race	17.6	3.1	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	Multiple races	19.5	3.0	DSU	DSU	23.9	5.3	11.1	2.7
Ethnicity	Non-Hispanic, all races	11.6	0.5	29.1	1.5	14.5	0.8	6.1	0.4
	Non-Hispanic, White	9.9	0.5	25.8	1.8	12.8	0.9	5.2	0.4
	Non-Hispanic, Black	21.0	1.1	40.2	2.6	19.9	1.4	13.1	1.0
	Hispanic, all races	15.1	0.9	20.9	1.5	14.4	1.2	8.9	0.9
Family income^b	Negative/poor	42.2	1.6	48.3	2.4	42.2	2.2	34.2	2.4
	Near poor/low	22.3	1.1	28.4	1.9	23.5	1.6	16.2	1.5
	Middle	8.5	0.5	14.8	1.2	9.6	0.9	5.7	0.6
	High	2.5	0.2	8.6	1.7	3.4	0.5	1.6	0.3
Employment status, ages 18-64	Employed	6.4	0.4	15.2	1.0	7.7	0.7	3.7	0.3
Employment status, ages 18-64	Not employed	33.2	1.1	44.3	2.0	37.4	1.5	20.9	1.3
Residence location^c	Metropolitan	11.7	0.5	25.7	1.3	14.7	0.8	6.2	0.4
	Large central metro	13.0	0.7	27.8	1.9	15.9	1.3	6.8	0.6
	Large fringe metro	9.4	0.9	21.0	2.1	12.8	1.8	5.2	0.6
	Medium metro	12.3	0.9	27.2	2.8	15.6	1.4	6.1	0.7
	Small metro	12.7	1.2	24.7	3.3	13.9	1.7	7.1	1.3
	Nonmetropolitan	14.1	1.1	28.9	2.6	13.8	1.3	7.5	1.3
	Micropolitan	14.0	1.5	29.9	3.5	12.3	1.6	8.6	1.7
	Noncore	14.2	1.5	27.0	2.4	17.2	2.5	5.1	1.2
Language spoken most often at home	English	11.5	0.4	29.6	1.3	13.8	0.6	6.0	0.4
Language spoken most often at home	Other	16.1	1.3	18.9	1.6	19.6	3.1	9.7	1.1
Perceived health status	Excellent/very good/good	9.3	0.4	21.9	1.2	11.6	0.7	4.6	0.3
Perceived health status	Fair/poor	33.2	1.3	43.2	2.3	33.6	2.0	25.2	2.0
Activity limitations,^c ages 18-64	Basic activities	39.9	1.8	53.1	3.5	44.4	2.5	28.8	2.2
	Complex activities	53.7	2.1	63.2	3.3	58.2	3.1	43.1	3.3
	Neither basic nor complex activities	8.5	0.4	21.2	1.2	9.8	0.7	4.1	0.3
U.S. born	Yes	12.1	0.5	30.1	1.4	14.5	0.8	6.2	0.4
U.S. born	No	11.8	0.8	17.7	1.5	13.9	1.4	6.7	0.7

^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_7_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_7_2d.html