Table 1_2_1_2a

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 1_2_1.2a
Women ages 21-65 who received a Pap smear in the last 3 years,^a by race, United States, 2008
				Single race
		Total		White		Black		Asian		NHOPI		AI/AN		Multiple races
Population group		Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE
Total		84.5	0.5	85.1	0.6	86.1	1.3	71.5	2.6	DSU	DSU	82.0	5.0	86.1	4.3
Age, not age adjusted	21-44	85.0	0.7	85.9	0.7	85.6	1.7	67.8	3.3	DSU	DSU	87.0	5.2	92.2	3.8
Age, not age adjusted	45-65	83.7	0.8	84.0	0.9	86.2	2.2	75.9	4.1	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Health insurance,^b ages 21-64	Private	88.7	0.6	89.7	0.6	88.8	1.7	75.7	2.9	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	91.1	5.7
	Public	84.4	1.4	82.7	1.8	87.7	2.4	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	Uninsured	67.5	1.5	66.9	1.8	75.5	3.4	31.0	5.9	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Family income^c	Negative/poor	76.4	1.7	73.8	2.1	84.7	2.4	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	Near poor/low	74.7	1.7	73.8	2.0	81.2	3.4	53.4	6.6	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	Middle	82.8	1.1	83.2	1.3	85.9	2.6	64.7	6.5	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	High	91.0	0.7	91.8	0.8	91.9	2.0	80.7	3.5	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Education, ages 25-65	Less than high school	75.0	1.9	72.8	2.2	84.8	2.8	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	High school graduate	78.9	1.3	79.1	1.5	79.2	3.1	58.1	7.2	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	At least some college	89.0	0.6	89.8	0.6	91.2	1.5	77.5	2.7	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	85.0	6.4
Location of residence^d	Metropolitan	84.9	0.6	85.5	0.6	86.7	1.3	72.5	2.6	DSU	DSU	83.9	5.8	86.3	5.1
	Large central metro	83.1	1.0	84.2	1.2	84.5	2.2	70.1	3.4	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	Large fringe metro	86.2	1.0	86.6	1.1	87.0	2.5	74.8	4.9	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	Medium metro	86.2	1.2	86.3	1.2	91.8	1.9	71.4	7.8	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	Small metro	83.6	1.8	83.1	2.0	85.1	4.1	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	Micropolitan	83.1	2.0	84.3	2.2	80.8	5.5	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	Noncore (nonmetropolitan)	81.4	2.2	82.5	2.6	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Activity limitations^d	Basic activities	82.9	1.6	81.4	1.9	89.3	3.5	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	Complex activities	78.9	2.2	76.5	2.7	85.6	3.9	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	Neither basic nor complex activities	85.4	0.5	86.4	0.6	85.9	1.5	70.9	2.8	DSU	DSU	82.5	5.5	81.5	5.8

^a. Estimates are age adjusted to the 2000 U.S. standard population. Age data are unadjusted.

^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: Table 1_2_1_2a: 2011 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports. October 2014. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. http://archive.ahrq.gov/research/findings/nhqrdr/nhqrdr11/1_cancer/T1_2_1_2a.html