Table T2_1_1_1-2b
2012 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports
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| Total | All races | White | Black | Hispanic, all races | |||||||
| Population group | Percent | SE | Percent | SE | Percent | SE | Percent | SE | Percent | SE | |
| Total | 72.4 | 0.8 | 72.7 | 0.9 | 73.3 | 1.0 | 72.7 | 1.8 | 69.9 | 2.2 | |
| Age | 50–64 | 72.6 | 1.0 | 73.1 | 1.0 | 73.5 | 1.2 | 74.0 | 2.2 | 68.6 | 2.4 |
| 65–74 | 71.9 | 1.4 | 71.8 | 1.5 | 72.8 | 1.6 | 69.8 | 3.3 | 72.9 | 4.0 | |
| Health insurance,b ages 50–64 | Persons ages 50–64 | 78.1 | 1.0 | 78.0 | 1.0 | 78.3 | 1.2 | 79.7 | 2.3 | 78.6 | 2.6 |
| Private | 80.1 | 1.0 | 80.1 | 1.1 | 80.2 | 1.2 | 82.8 | 2.6 | 80.7 | 2.7 | |
| Public | 67.1 | 2.5 | 66.4 | 2.8 | 64.7 | 3.6 | 72.8 | 4.5 | 72.2 | 5.7 | |
| Uninsured | 38.5 | 2.5 | 37.5 | 2.8 | 36.3 | 3.4 | 46.8 | 6.2 | 42.5 | 5.3 | |
| Health insurance, ages 65–74 | Persons 65 years and over | 71.9 | 1.4 | 71.8 | 1.5 | 72.8 | 1.6 | 69.8 | 3.3 | 72.9 | 4.0 |
| Medicare and private | 78.1 | 1.8 | 77.9 | 1.9 | 77.9 | 2.0 | 81.0 | 4.6 | DSU | DSU | |
| Medicare and public | 64.0 | 3.6 | 62.8 | 4.2 | 64.3 | 5.2 | 61.3 | 8.0 | 69.1 | 7.8 | |
| Medicare only | 65.5 | 2.5 | 64.0 | 2.7 | 64.8 | 3.2 | 64.3 | 6.2 | 76.3 | 5.2 | |
| Family incomec | Negative/poor | 56.2 | 2.4 | 53.6 | 2.7 | 52.0 | 3.8 | 61.9 | 4.3 | 67.8 | 4.3 |
| Near poor/low | 58.3 | 2.0 | 57.8 | 2.3 | 55.1 | 2.8 | 65.6 | 3.7 | 60.9 | 4.1 | |
| Middle | 71.1 | 1.5 | 71.0 | 1.6 | 70.8 | 1.8 | 76.1 | 3.3 | 70.7 | 4.0 | |
| High | 83.0 | 1.1 | 83.0 | 1.1 | 83.6 | 1.2 | 85.6 | 3.2 | 83.6 | 3.9 | |
| Education | Less than high school | 58.0 | 2.3 | 56.0 | 2.9 | 53.7 | 3.7 | 66.4 | 4.1 | 63.6 | 3.4 |
| High school graduate | 69.5 | 1.5 | 69.4 | 1.6 | 69.4 | 1.8 | 72.0 | 3.1 | 70.0 | 4.1 | |
| At least some college | 77.2 | 1.0 | 77.3 | 1.0 | 78.0 | 1.1 | 76.6 | 2.5 | 76.4 | 3.4 | |
| Location of residenced | Metropolitan | 73.0 | 0.9 | 73.3 | 0.9 | 74.1 | 1.1 | 73.0 | 1.9 | 70.5 | 2.2 |
| Large central metro | 74.1 | 1.5 | 73.9 | 1.7 | 75.6 | 2.1 | 72.5 | 2.8 | 75.2 | 2.6 | |
| Large fringe metro | 71.6 | 1.7 | 71.7 | 1.8 | 72.8 | 2.0 | 71.7 | 4.2 | 71.8 | 4.9 | |
| Medium metro | 73.8 | 1.7 | 75.0 | 1.8 | 74.8 | 2.0 | 76.2 | 4.2 | 62.1 | 4.2 | |
| Small metro | 71.1 | 2.7 | 71.6 | 2.7 | 72.3 | 3.1 | 68.9 | 7.1 | DSU | DSU | |
| Micropolitan (nonmetropolitan) | 72.9 | 2.5 | 72.7 | 2.5 | 73.4 | 2.6 | 76.5 | 4.3 | DSU | DSU | |
| Noncore (nonmetropolitan) | 64.6 | 3.3 | 65.4 | 3.2 | 65.0 | 3.3 | DSU | DSU | DSU | DSU | |
| Activity limitationsd | Basic activities | 69.2 | 1.2 | 69.1 | 1.3 | 68.8 | 1.5 | 70.7 | 2.5 | 70.1 | 3.1 |
| Complex activities | 64.0 | 1.6 | 64.1 | 1.7 | 63.4 | 2.0 | 67.6 | 3.4 | 62.7 | 4.5 | |
| Neither basic nor complex activities | 76.0 | 1.1 | 76.3 | 1.1 | 77.5 | 1.3 | 76.5 | 3.0 | 72.1 | 3.0 | |
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 household 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. Missing values for family income were imputed using multiple imputation methodology. A small number of people were excluded because their family income could not be imputed.
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: SE: standard error.
Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Health Statistics, National Health Interview Survey.


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