T9_2_3_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 9_2_3.1
Adults with doctor-diagnosed arthritis who reported they received health care provider counseling about physical activity or exercise,^a United States, 2006 and 2009
		2009		2006
Population group		Percent	SE	Percent	SE
Total		57.2	1.1	52.2	1.2
Age	18-44	56.4	2.0	DNA	DNA
	45-64	59.6	1.1	DNA	DNA
	65 and over	55.4	1.2	DNA	DNA
Gender	Female	61.5	1.4	55.2	1.5
Gender	Male	50.8	2.0	47.9	2.0
Race	AI/AN only	55.7	12.9	DNA	DNA
	Asian only	49.6	6.0	60.7	6.3
	NHOPI only	DSU	DSU	DNA	DNA
	Black only	61.5	2.8	59.6	3.1
	White only	56.6	1.3	51.1	1.3
	Multiple races	61.1	8.1	55.3	8.9
Ethnicity	Hispanic, all races	64.7	3.0	62.4	3.3
	Non-Hispanic, all races	56.5	1.2	51.3	1.3
	Non-Hispanic, Black	60.5	2.9	57.7	3.2
	Non-Hispanic, White	56.0	1.4	50.4	1.4
Health insurance,^b ages 18-64	All persons under 65 years	58.3	1.5	DNA	DNA
	Private	58.3	1.8	DNA	DNA
	Public	58.2	2.9	DNA	DNA
	Uninsured	52.3	3.2	DNA	DNA
Health insurance, age 65 and over	All persons 65 years and over	55.4	1.1	DNA	DNA
	Medicare and private	54.9	1.6	DNA	DNA
	Medicare and public	56.1	3.0	DNA	DNA
	Medicare only	56.5	2.2	DNA	DNA
Family income^c	Negative/poor	56.4	2.8	50.8	2.7
	Near poor/low	52.6	2.6	51.4	2.7
	Middle	56.9	2.3	54.6	2.3
	High	61.1	2.3	DNA	DNA
Education, age 25 and over	Less than high school	53.4	3.7	50.2	3.0
	High school graduate	52.5	2.1	54.1	2.3
	At least some college	61.5	1.4	DNA	DNA
Location of residence^d	Metropolitan	58.9	1.3	53.0	1.3
	Large central metro	63.8	2.2	DNA	DNA
	Large fringe metro	58.8	2.3	DNA	DNA
	Medium metro	58.5	2.3	DNA	DNA
	Small metro	50.4	3.7	DNA	DNA
	Micropolitan (nonmetropolitan)	54.3	3.4	DNA	DNA
	Noncore (nonmetropolitan)	44.2	3.6	49.2	2.9
Activity limitations^d	Basic activities	64.5	2.1	DNA	DNA
	Complex activities	63.6	2.3	DNA	DNA
	Neither basic nor complex activities	53.3	1.4	DNA	DNA

^a. Estimates are age adjusted to 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.

DNA - Dana have not been analyzed.

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: T9_2_3_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/nhqrdr11/9_musculoskeletal/T9_2_3_1.html