Table 1_3_1_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 1_3_1.1
Men and women ages 50-75 who report that they had a blood stool test in the past year, sigmoidoscopy in the past 5 years and blood stool test in the past 3 years, or a colonoscopy in the past 10 years,^a United States, 2000, 2003, 2005, and 2008
		2008		2005		2003		2000
Population group		Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE
Total		52.2	0.7	45.0	0.6	39.6	0.6	34.1	0.6
Age	50-64	48.3	0.9	40.2	0.7	35.6	0.7	30.0	0.7
Age	65-75	60.5	1.1	55.0	1.1	47.8	1.1	42.8	1.0
Race	AI/AN only	28.7	5.7	29.0	7.8	DSU	DSU	34.9	8.6
	Asian only	47.5	3.3	31.3	3.5	28.3	3.7	22.7	3.6
	NHOPI only	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	Black only	48.2	1.9	39.1	1.7	35.9	1.7	30.0	1.8
	White only	53.4	0.8	46.3	0.7	40.3	0.7	35.1	0.6
	Multiple races	39.3	5.3	36.5	5.4	40.9	6.1	38.1	7.0
Ethnicity	Hispanic, all races	35.0	2.0	29.3	1.8	28.1	1.7	22.0	1.7
	Non-Hispanic, all races	53.9	0.8	46.4	0.6	40.5	0.7	35.0	0.6
	Non-Hispanic, Black	48.7	1.9	39.0	1.7	35.9	1.7	30.1	1.8
	Non-Hispanic, White	55.2	0.8	48.0	0.7	41.4	0.7	35.8	0.7
Gender	Male	52.3	1.0	45.5	0.9	40.8	0.9	33.6	0.9
Gender	Female	52.3	0.9	44.7	0.8	38.5	0.8	34.6	0.8
Health insurance,^b ages 50-64	Private	53.9	1.0	43.8	0.8	38.7	0.9	32.3	0.8
	Public only	46.3	2.0	42.6	1.8	36.6	1.9	29.2	2.1
	Uninsured	18.8	2.1	16.2	1.4	14.7	1.4	14.3	1.4
Health insurance, ages 65-75	All persons ages 65-75	60.5	1.1	55.0	1.1	47.8	1.1	42.8	1.0
	Medicare and private	66.5	1.5	60.1	1.3	50.9	1.4	47.5	1.3
	Medicare and public	59.5	3.0	52.4	2.9	49.8	2.7	26.8	2.9
	Medicare only	50.3	2.2	47.1	2.0	39.6	2.1	36.2	1.9
Family income^c	Negative/poor	34.5	2.2	29.3	1.8	30.0	1.9	26.4	1.7
	Near poor/low	42.0	1.7	37.6	1.5	30.8	1.6	27.9	1.5
	Middle	49.6	1.5	43.4	1.3	38.2	1.1	32.7	1.2
	High	60.8	1.1	52.1	1.0	45.8	1.0	39.6	1.0
Education, age 25 and over	Less than high school	35.4	1.7	33.3	1.4	27.8	1.2	24.6	1.1
	High school graduate	48.9	1.3	42.5	1.1	38.4	1.1	33.2	1.0
	At least some college	58.8	0.9	50.4	0.8	44.9	0.9	38.9	0.9
Location of residence^d	Metropolitan	53.2	0.8	44.6	0.7	40.1	0.7	34.4	0.7
	Large central metro	47.0	1.5	40.5	1.2	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	Large fringe metro	56.2	1.5	50.3	1.3	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	Medium metro	56.2	1.6	44.9	1.3	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	Small metro	54.6	2.1	49.3	1.9	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	Micropolitan (nonmetropolitan)	50.2	2.4	45.1	1.9	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	Noncore (nonmetropolitan)	46.6	2.1	38.2	2.1	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Activity limitations^d	Basic activities	53.1	1.4	41.0	2.4	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	Complex activities	51.5	1.9	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	Neither basic nor complex activities	52.6	0.9	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU

^a. Estimates are age adjusted to the 2000 U.S. standard population. Age data and health insurance data for ages 65-75 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_3_1_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/nhqrdr11/1_cancer/T1_3_1_1.html