Table T2_8_1_5-1

2012 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports

This appendix provides detailed data tables for all measures analyzed for the 2012 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports. Tables are included for measures discussed in the main text of the reports as well as for other measures that were examined but not included in the main text.

Table 2_8_1_5.1
Adults with chronic joint symptoms who have ever seen a doctor or other health professional for joint symptoms,^a United States, 2009–2010
		2010		2009
Population group		Percent	SE	Percent	SE
Total		69.1	0.8	70.5	0.8
Age	18–44	62.5	1.3	64.5	1.4
	45–64	73.7	0.9	74.0	1.0
	65 and over	81.6	1.0	83.2	1.0
Gender	Female	72.7	1.0	74.6	1.0
Gender	Male	65.5	1.2	66.0	1.3
Race	AI/AN only	72.8	6.9	57.5	7.2
	Asian only	60.1	4.3	62.4	4.6
	NHOPI only	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	Black only	74.8	1.8	75.1	1.9
	White only	68.5	0.9	70.2	0.9
	Multiple races	71.4	4.0	70.8	5.3
Ethnicity	Hispanic, all races	64.7	2.0	65.9	2.0
	Non-Hispanic, all races	69.8	0.9	71.3	0.9
	Non-Hispanic, Black	75.0	1.8	75.2	2.0
	Non-Hispanic, White	69.2	1.0	71.0	1.0
Health insurance,^b ages 18–64	All persons under 65 years	70.2	1.0	72.3	1.1
	Private	67.6	1.1	69.4	1.2
	Public	80.0	1.8	82.4	1.8
	Uninsured	52.3	1.9	52.5	2.1
Health insurance, age 65 and over	All persons 65 years and over	81.7	1.0	83.2	1.0
	Medicare and private	81.0	1.4	83.8	1.2
	Medicare and public	88.9	1.9	87.1	2.2
	Medicare only	79.8	1.7	80.3	2.0
Family income^c	Negative/poor	71.0	1.7	72.2	1.9
	Near poor/low	66.6	1.9	68.1	1.8
	Middle	68.2	1.5	70.4	1.5
	High	70.8	1.4	72.0	1.5
Education, age 25 and over	Less than high school	70.0	2.2	67.1	2.3
	High school graduate	68.3	1.5	72.3	1.4
	At least some college	73.1	0.9	72.5	1.0
Location of residence^d	Metropolitan	69.3	0.9	71.0	0.9
	Large central metro	65.9	1.5	68.2	1.7
	Large fringe metro	71.1	1.5	73.4	1.7
	Medium metro	70.3	1.7	71.0	1.7
	Small metro	70.8	2.4	72.3	2.0
	Micropolitan (nonmetropolitan)	66.9	2.4	69.8	2.4
	Noncore (nonmetropolitan)	69.9	2.9	66.4	3.0
Activity limitations^d	Basic activities	79.1	1.0	86.4	1.2
	Complex activities	85.1	1.2	86.9	1.2
	Neither basic nor complex activities	58.8	1.3	63.0	1.0

^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: 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 June 2013

Internet Citation: Table T2_8_1_5-1: 2012 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports. June 2013. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. http://archive.ahrq.gov/research/findings/nhqrdr/nhqrdr12/8_musculoskeletal/T2_8_1_5-1.html