T16_3_5_1

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_3_5.1
People in fair or poor health with a specific source of ongoing care,^a United States, 2009
Population group		Percent	SE
Total		87.5	0.8
Age	0-17	92.0	2.1
	18-44	74.2	2.0
	45-64	87.5	1.1
	65 and over	98.0	0.4
Race	AI/AN only	DSU	DSU
	Asian only	88.7	3.3
	NHOPI only	DSU	DSU
	Black only	87.4	1.4
	White only	87.7	0.9
	Multiple races	86.8	4.1
Ethnicity	Hispanic, all races	77.4	2.2
	Non-Hispanic, all races	89.5	0.8
	Non-Hispanic, Black	87.7	1.4
	Non-Hispanic, White	90.3	1.0
Gender	Male	84.3	1.3
Gender	Female	90.2	0.8
Health insurance,^b ages 0-64	Private	95.4	0.8
	Public only	92.7	1.0
	Uninsured	48.3	2.6
Health insurance, age 65 and over	Medicare and private	98.6	0.5
	Medicare and public	98.3	0.7
	Medicare only	98.6	0.5
Family income^c	Negative/poor	82.7	1.6
	Near poor/low	86.3	1.4
	Middle	88.9	1.3
	High	94.8	1.2
Education, age 25 and over	Less than high school	85.7	1.7
	High school graduate	87.7	1.2
	At least some college	91.0	1.0
Location of residence^d	Metropolitan	87.1	0.9
	Large central metro	85.3	1.4
	Large fringe metro	91.6	1.3
	Medium metro	86.3	1.7
	Small metro	85.5	3.4
	Micropolitan (nonmetropolitan)	88.5	2.0
	Noncore (nonmetropolitan)	89.9	1.7
Activity limitations,^d age 18 and over	Basic activities	91.3	0.8
	Complex activities	89.8	1.0
	Neither basic nor complex activities	79.0	1.6

^a. Estimates are not age adjusted.

^b. A small number of people who were covered by both public and private health insurance plans were included in the "private" category only.��

^c. 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.

^d. 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: AI/AN: American Indian or Alaska Native; NHOPI: Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander; 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_3_5_1: 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_3_5_1.html