T9_2_4_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 9_2_4.2a
Overweight adults with doctor-diagnosed arthritis who reported they received health care provider counseling about weight reduction,^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		42.1	1.4	40.7	1.6	47.7	3.2	44.1	8.2	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	49.5	8.2
Age	18-44	41.9	2.5	40.1	2.9	49.2	5.2	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	45-64	44.7	1.4	43.7	1.5	47.9	3.7	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	65 and over	38.6	1.4	37.9	1.6	43.1	3.7	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Gender	Female	45.6	1.8	43.5	2.2	52.5	3.9	50.8	12.6	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Gender	Male	37.7	2.2	37.6	2.4	35.6	5.4	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Health insurance,^b ages 18-64	All persons under 65 years	43.9	1.9	42.9	2.1	48.6	4.0	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	39.8	11.6
	Private	42.7	2.2	41.5	2.5	48.5	5.7	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	Public	47.1	3.5	47.0	4.2	48.5	6.7	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	Uninsured	38.5	3.7	35.3	4.1	49.3	8.5	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Health insurance, age 65 and over	All persons 65 years and over	37.9	1.4	37.3	1.6	42.7	3.8	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	Medicare and private	36.2	1.9	35.3	2.0	47.0	5.6	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	Medicare and public	42.6	3.7	40.6	4.1	46.4	8.3	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	Medicare only	38.8	2.7	39.2	3.1	37.0	5.1	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Family income^c	Negative/poor	46.2	3.5	44.0	4.8	50.3	5.9	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	Near poor/low	40.4	2.9	40.1	3.5	41.2	5.1	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	Middle	40.0	2.7	37.8	2.9	50.1	6.3	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	High	44.4	2.7	43.7	2.9	54.9	9.2	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Education, age 25 and over	Less than high school	45.6	4.4	44.3	5.1	49.5	8.4	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	High school graduate	38.7	2.1	37.1	2.3	47.0	5.5	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	At least some college	44.3	1.8	43.5	2.0	48.8	4.1	49.4	9.1	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Location of residence^d	Metropolitan	43.9	1.6	42.8	1.9	48.0	3.5	51.7	9.3	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	46.9	8.5
	Large central metro	50.3	3.1	48.4	4.1	54.0	4.3	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	Large fringe metro	43.3	3.3	42.9	3.6	43.0	7.8	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	Medium metro	39.9	3.0	39.7	3.4	39.0	6.9	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	Small metro	41.0	3.0	40.2	3.8	52.4	9.7	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	Micropolitan (nonmetropolitan)	34.1	3.4	30.3	2.9	45.8	8.6	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	Noncore (nonmetropolitan)	35.5	4.6	36.6	4.8	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Activity limitations^d	Basic activities	52.3	2.6	51.7	3.1	53.3	5.1	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	Complex activities	48.8	2.7	47.7	3.3	52.5	5.4	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	Neither basic nor complex activities	36.1	1.7	34.6	1.9	44.4	4.0	33.1	8.0	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 for a given household size and composition; 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: T9_2_4_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/nhqrdr11/9_musculoskeletal/T9_2_4_2a.html