Table T9_1_3_4-1

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 9_1_3_4.1
People who identified a hospital, emergency room, or clinic as a source of ongoing care,^a United States, 2009–2010
		2010		2009
Population group		Percent	SE	Percent	SE
Total		19.8	0.4	20.3	0.4
Age	0–17	24.0	0.6	24.0	0.7
	18–44	20.3	0.5	20.9	0.5
	45–64	17.2	0.5	17.9	0.6
	65 and over	15.7	0.7	16.1	0.8
Race	AI/AN only	41.5	5.5	47.0	4.5
	Asian only	16.4	1.0	17.8	1.2
	NHOPI only	30.5	8.5	DSU	DSU
	Black only	25.7	0.8	25.6	1.0
	White only	18.7	0.4	19.1	0.5
	Multiple races	22.3	1.8	26.9	2.2
Ethnicity	Hispanic, all races	30.2	0.9	31.7	1.0
	Non-Hispanic, all races	17.8	0.4	18.1	0.4
	Non-Hispanic, Black	25.6	0.8	25.0	1.0
	Non-Hispanic, White	16.1	0.5	16.3	0.5
Gender	Female	19.6	0.4	20.3	0.5
Gender	Male	20.0	0.5	20.3	0.5
Health insurance,^b ages 0–64	All persons ages 0–64	19.6	0.4	20.1	0.5
	Private	14.5	0.5	14.5	0.5
	Public only	35.1	0.8	37.7	1.1
	Uninsured	24.0	0.8	24.2	0.8
Health insurance, age 65 and over	All persons age 65 and over	15.7	0.7	16.1	0.8
	Medicare and private	12.4	0.9	13.7	1.1
	Medicare and public	29.4	1.9	28.3	2.0
	Medicare only	15.0	1.0	14.9	1.3
Family income^c	Negative/poor	31.9	0.8	33.2	1.1
	Near poor/low	24.6	0.7	26.0	0.8
	Middle	18.0	0.6	18.3	0.7
	High	13.1	0.5	13.4	0.5
Education, age 25 and over	Less than high school	26.2	0.9	26.1	1.0
	High school graduate	18.5	0.6	18.8	0.7
	At least some college	15.6	0.5	15.9	0.5
Location of residence^d	Metropolitan	18.6	0.4	19.2	0.4
	Large central metro	21.6	0.6	22.4	0.7
	Large fringe metro	13.3	0.6	14.4	0.7
	Medium metro	17.2	0.9	17.7	1.0
	Small metro	26.2	2.0	24.4	2.5
	Micropolitan (nonmetropolitan)	22.1	1.8	22.6	2.0
	Noncore (nonmetropolitan)	32.5	3.5	30.7	3.2
Activity limitations,^d age 18 and over	Basic activities	20.3	0.6	20.2	0.8
	Complex activities	22.0	0.8	23.8	1.1
	Neither basic nor complex activities	17.5	0.4	18.5	0.4

^a Estimates are not age adjusted.

^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 T9_1_3_4-1: 2012 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports. June 2013. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. http://archive.ahrq.gov/research/findings/nhqrdr/nhqrdr12/9_facilitators_barriers/T9_1_3_4-1.html