Table T2_8_1_3-2b
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 | 57.2 | 1.1 | 56.5 | 1.2 | 56.0 | 1.4 | 60.5 | 2.9 | 64.7 | 3.0 | |
| Age | 18–44 | 56.4 | 2.0 | 55.5 | 2.2 | 55.5 | 2.5 | 57.6 | 5.0 | 64.6 | 5.1 |
| 45–64 | 59.6 | 1.1 | 58.9 | 1.2 | 57.7 | 1.4 | 64.9 | 3.1 | 68.3 | 3.3 | |
| 65 and over | 55.4 | 1.2 | 55.1 | 1.2 | 54.2 | 1.3 | 61.6 | 3.1 | 59.8 | 3.6 | |
| Gender | Female | 61.5 | 1.4 | 61.0 | 1.5 | 60.9 | 1.8 | 62.8 | 3.3 | 66.7 | 3.5 |
| Male | 50.8 | 2.0 | 50.0 | 2.1 | 49.3 | 2.3 | 55.0 | 6.0 | 61.2 | 5.8 | |
| Health insurance,b ages 18–64 | All persons, ages 18–64 | 58.3 | 1.5 | 57.7 | 1.6 | 57.1 | 1.8 | 60.7 | 3.8 | 65.6 | 4.2 |
| Private | 58.3 | 1.8 | 57.5 | 1.9 | 57.2 | 2.2 | 60.3 | 4.6 | 68.6 | 4.9 | |
| Public | 58.2 | 2.9 | 58.1 | 3.1 | 56.5 | 3.6 | 61.2 | 6.2 | 55.9 | 8.0 | |
| Uninsured | 52.3 | 3.2 | 50.6 | 3.7 | 51.5 | 4.2 | 55.8 | 7.9 | 63.8 | 6.4 | |
| Health insurance, age 65 and over | All persons 65 years and over | 55.4 | 1.1 | 55.2 | 1.2 | 54.5 | 1.3 | 61.6 | 3.2 | 58.8 | 3.5 |
| Medicare and private | 54.9 | 1.6 | 55.0 | 1.6 | 54.5 | 1.8 | 63.3 | 4.7 | 53.2 | 8.5 | |
| Medicare and public | 56.1 | 3.0 | 55.8 | 3.3 | 52.9 | 4.0 | 63.4 | 6.2 | 57.3 | 6.4 | |
| Medicare only | 56.5 | 2.2 | 55.9 | 2.3 | 55.3 | 2.6 | 60.9 | 4.7 | 62.0 | 5.5 | |
| Family incomec | Negative/poor | 56.4 | 2.8 | 56.8 | 3.0 | 55.1 | 3.9 | 60.8 | 5.1 | 53.4 | 6.5 |
| Near poor/low | 52.6 | 2.6 | 52.0 | 2.8 | 51.9 | 3.2 | 56.9 | 6.3 | 56.0 | 6.6 | |
| Middle | 56.9 | 2.3 | 55.6 | 2.5 | 53.7 | 2.8 | 66.1 | 4.7 | 69.0 | 5.5 | |
| High | 61.1 | 2.3 | 60.3 | 2.4 | 60.6 | 2.6 | 57.7 | 8.2 | 74.8 | 5.4 | |
| Education, age 25 and over | Less than high school | 53.4 | 3.7 | 53.5 | 4.2 | 49.9 | 4.9 | 66.3 | 7.3 | 52.9 | 5.4 |
| High school graduate | 52.5 | 2.1 | 51.5 | 2.3 | 51.1 | 2.5 | 57.5 | 5.1 | 64.3 | 5.0 | |
| At least some college | 61.5 | 1.4 | 60.9 | 1.5 | 60.4 | 1.7 | 64.8 | 3.3 | 70.6 | 4.0 | |
| Location of residenced | Metropolitan | 58.9 | 1.3 | 58.2 | 1.4 | 57.4 | 1.6 | 61.4 | 3.1 | 65.2 | 3.1 |
| Large central metro | 63.8 | 2.2 | 63.6 | 2.5 | 64.3 | 3.2 | 60.2 | 3.9 | 65.2 | 4.6 | |
| Large fringe metro | 58.8 | 2.3 | 58.1 | 2.4 | 56.2 | 2.6 | 74.6 | 5.7 | 66.2 | 5.4 | |
| Medium metro | 58.5 | 2.3 | 58.0 | 2.6 | 57.1 | 2.8 | 63.0 | 7.1 | 64.2 | 7.0 | |
| Small metro | 50.4 | 3.7 | 49.6 | 3.8 | 50.5 | 4.1 | 47.7 | 7.9 | DSU | DSU | |
| Micropolitan (nonmetropolitan) | 54.3 | 3.4 | 53.9 | 3.4 | 54.2 | 3.8 | 61.4 | 6.9 | DSU | DSU | |
| Noncore (nonmetropolitan) | 44.2 | 3.6 | 43.8 | 3.6 | 46.0 | 3.8 | 41.4 | 10.4 | DSU | DSU | |
| Activity limitationsd | Basic activities | 64.5 | 2.1 | 63.7 | 2.3 | 63.0 | 2.5 | 64.5 | 5.1 | 73.7 | 4.5 |
| Complex activities | 63.6 | 2.3 | 63.0 | 2.4 | 63.5 | 2.6 | 59.7 | 5.0 | 72.8 | 5.4 | |
| Neither basic nor complex activities | 53.3 | 1.4 | 52.5 | 1.5 | 51.9 | 1.8 | 58.9 | 3.5 | 60.2 | 4.1 | |
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 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.
Key: SE: standard error.
Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Health Statistics, National Health Interview Survey.


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