T8_3_3_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 8_3_3.2a
People with current asthma who receive written asthma management plans from their health provider,^a by race, United States, 2009
				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		33.4	1.2	32.3	1.4	41.7	2.9	39.2	6.5	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	30.6	6.1
Age	0-17	44.3	2.3	44.6	2.9	47.7	4.2	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	18-44	29.8	2.1	28.5	2.4	40.0	5.2	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	45-64	31.9	2.4	29.2	2.6	42.3	5.5	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	65 and over	26.1	2.8	25.5	3.0	30.5	8.3	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Gender	Female	33.7	1.6	32.7	1.8	41.4	3.4	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Gender	Male	32.5	2.0	30.9	2.3	44.6	5.2	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Health insurance,^b age under 65	All persons under 65 years	35.8	1.4	35.0	1.7	43.7	3.4	42.0	7.2	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	30.9	6.7
	Private	37.4	1.8	36.4	2.1	48.1	4.6	39.3	8.3	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	Public	33.8	2.6	32.0	3.2	40.3	5.1	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	Uninsured	25.8	3.4	20.9	3.7	41.8	6.5	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Health insurance, age 65 and over	All persons 65 years and over	25.9	2.9	25.3	3.1	33.8	8.5	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	Medicare and private	17.3	3.1	16.4	3.3	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	Medicare and public	35.2	6.9	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	Medicare only	39.2	6.5	39.8	7.4	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Family income^c	Negative/poor	30.9	2.6	30.8	3.3	32.8	4.3	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	Near poor/low	32.4	2.5	29.5	2.9	41.5	6.7	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	Middle	35.4	2.3	33.9	2.7	46.3	5.1	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	High	35.0	2.3	34.1	2.5	51.7	6.3	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Education, age 25 and over	Less than high school	24.5	3.3	23.4	3.9	30.3	6.2	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	High school graduate	26.8	2.9	24.5	3.2	41.1	7.3	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	At least some college	33.3	2.1	31.5	2.3	44.3	5.6	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Location of residence^d	Metropolitan	35.3	1.3	34.6	1.5	43.2	3.1	35.2	6.8	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	28.6	6.6
	Large central metro	37.3	2.3	35.4	2.7	45.2	4.4	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	Large fringe metro	36.0	2.5	35.5	2.9	39.6	6.0	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	Medium metro	34.8	2.7	34.5	3.0	50.9	6.1	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	Small metro	32.0	3.4	33.8	4.1	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	Micropolitan (nonmetropolitan)	27.2	3.6	25.6	4.0	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	Noncore (nonmetropolitan)	20.1	3.9	18.6	4.3	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Activity limitations,^d age 18 and over	Basic activities	35.6	4.6	35.6	4.6	40.4	10.7	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	Complex activities	28.6	3.2	25.5	3.6	40.3	6.9	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	Neither basic nor complex activities	32.3	1.9	31.1	2.1	43.8	4.6	DSU	DSU	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 age 65 and over 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: T8_3_3_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/nhqrdr11/8_respiratorydiseases/T8_3_3_2a.html