T17_1_2_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 17_1_2.2b
People who received a prescription medication in the calendar year,^a 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		61.3	0.4	63.4	0.5	66.1	0.6	56.1	0.9	50.6	0.9
Age	0-17	46.6	0.8	48.2	1.0	51.7	1.2	39.6	1.5	40.9	1.7
	18-44	54.1	0.7	57.6	0.7	61.0	0.9	48.3	1.6	38.5	1.3
	45-64	74.5	0.7	75.9	0.7	77.7	0.8	71.3	1.4	62.3	1.6
	65 and over	90.4	0.6	90.6	0.7	91.2	0.8	87.7	1.3	87.5	1.9
Gender	Male	55.7	0.6	57.9	0.7	60.2	0.8	50.7	1.1	45.3	1.0
Gender	Female	66.7	0.5	68.7	0.6	72.0	0.7	60.7	1.1	56.4	1.0
Family income^b	Negative/poor	59.5	0.9	63.0	1.1	66.7	1.6	57.5	1.6	49.4	1.7
	Near poor/low	57.3	0.9	60.8	1.1	64.2	1.3	56.3	2.5	47.8	1.3
	Middle	60.6	0.7	62.3	0.8	65.1	1.0	55.4	1.5	51.2	1.5
	High	64.6	0.7	65.7	0.7	67.7	0.9	55.6	2.1	54.8	1.6
Education,^c age 18 and over	Less than high school	60.9	1.0	66.5	1.1	69.5	1.3	59.4	1.7	50.0	1.3
	High school graduate	63.5	0.8	65.5	0.8	67.7	1.0	59.7	1.5	52.1	1.7
	At least some college	70.2	0.5	71.2	0.6	73.5	0.7	65.4	1.4	60.9	1.9
Employment status, ages 18-64	Employed	60.4	0.6	63.2	0.6	65.9	0.8	56.1	1.3	44.6	1.3
Employment status, ages 18-64	Not employed	65.0	0.9	67.3	1.0	71.1	1.2	57.5	2.0	55.2	1.9
Health insurance, ages 0-64	Any private	60.7	0.5	61.8	0.6	64.7	0.7	52.8	1.2	51.2	1.1
	Public only	66.0	1.0	68.7	1.3	71.9	2.1	64.1	1.5	57.6	1.6
	Uninsured	35.7	1.2	39.0	1.5	42.4	1.9	29.9	1.8	28.8	1.4
Health insurance, age 65 and over	Medicare only	88.9	1.1	88.9	1.1	89.9	1.3	87.4	2.5	88.7	2.7
	Medicare and private	92.7	0.8	92.7	0.8	92.9	0.9	89.7	2.7	90.7	3.1
	Medicare and other public	90.6	1.7	91.0	1.9	91.3	2.7	89.0	2.9	89.4	3.5
Residence location^d	Metropolitan	61.0	0.5	63.4	0.6	66.7	0.7	56.0	1.0	50.6	0.9
	Large central metro	55.8	0.8	58.8	1.1	62.6	1.7	55.4	1.4	48.2	1.0
	Large fringe metro	63.2	0.9	64.7	1.1	67.5	1.1	54.2	1.9	51.5	1.9
	Medium metro	64.6	0.9	66.2	1.0	69.5	1.1	57.1	2.4	55.3	2.7
	Small metro	63.8	1.3	65.4	1.5	66.5	1.6	61.4	3.3	52.9	2.4
	Nonmetropolitan	62.5	1.1	63.3	1.2	63.9	1.3	57.7	1.8	51.4	2.3
	Micropolitan	63.4	1.5	64.2	1.5	65.0	1.7	58.8	2.1	49.5	4.1
	Noncore	60.8	1.4	61.3	1.7	61.4	1.9	54.3	4.6	54.2	1.9
Language spoken most often at home	English	64.0	0.4	64.7	0.5	66.9	0.6	56.8	0.9	56.2	1.2
Language spoken most often at home	Other	46.4	0.9	44.3	1.7	47.1	3.3	43.4	5.2	47.3	1.1
Perceived health status	Excellent/very good/good	59.6	0.5	61.8	0.5	64.7	0.6	53.6	0.9	47.9	0.9
Perceived health status	Fair/poor	82.4	1.1	85.8	1.3	86.4	1.8	83.5	1.9	71.2	2.0
Activity limitations,^d age 18 and over	Basic activities	89.1	1.2	89.5	1.3	89.8	1.6	87.9	2.6	85.8	2.9
	Complex activities	92.0	0.9	92.3	1.0	93.5	1.1	89.6	2.4	88.8	2.8
	Neither basic nor complex activities	64.1	0.5	66.5	0.5	69.1	0.6	58.8	1.1	52.1	1.1
U.S. born	Yes	63.6	0.4	64.7	0.5	66.7	0.6	57.2	0.9	53.3	1.2
U.S. born	No	48.2	1.1	50.4	1.6	58.9	3.4	47.4	3.2	46.6	1.5

^a. Estimates are age adjusted to the 2000 U.S. standard population using five age groups: 0-17, 18-44, 45-64, 65-74, and 75 and over.

^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. 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.

^d. 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: T17_1_2_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/nhqrdr11/17_utilization/T17_1_2_2b.html