Table T9_1_3_5-2a
2012 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports
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| 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 | 87.9 | 0.6 | 88.5 | 0.7 | 86.4 | 1.2 | 86.9 | 2.8 | DSU | DSU | 86.0 | 5.8 | 82.7 | 4.5 | |
| Age | 0–17 | 93.2 | 2.0 | 90.2 | 3.1 | 98.0 | 1.5 | DSU | DSU | DSU | DSU | DSU | DSU | DSU | DSU |
| 18–44 | 76.6 | 1.6 | 77.7 | 1.9 | 75.4 | 3.1 | DSU | DSU | DSU | DSU | DSU | DSU | DSU | DSU | |
| 45–64 | 87.4 | 0.9 | 87.9 | 1.1 | 85.8 | 1.9 | 82.1 | 6.1 | DSU | DSU | DSU | DSU | DSU | DSU | |
| 65 and over | 96.9 | 0.5 | 97.0 | 0.6 | 96.3 | 1.1 | 97.7 | 2.3 | DSU | DSU | DSU | DSU | DSU | DSU | |
| Gender | Female | 89.9 | 0.7 | 90.7 | 0.8 | 86.5 | 1.6 | 89.7 | 3.5 | DSU | DSU | DSU | DSU | 89.5 | 4.5 |
| Male | 85.5 | 1.0 | 85.9 | 1.1 | 86.3 | 1.8 | 84.2 | 4.6 | DSU | DSU | DSU | DSU | DSU | DSU | |
| Health insurance,b ages 0–64 | All persons ages 0–64 | 92.8 | 0.6 | 92.8 | 0.8 | 93.3 | 1.1 | 88.5 | 4.5 | DSU | DSU | DSU | DSU | 92.0 | 3.1 |
| Private | 92.2 | 1.1 | 92.1 | 1.3 | 93.8 | 2.1 | 84.2 | 6.6 | DSU | DSU | DSU | DSU | DSU | DSU | |
| Public | 93.4 | 0.8 | 93.5 | 1.0 | 93.0 | 1.3 | DSU | DSU | DSU | DSU | DSU | DSU | DSU | DSU | |
| Uninsured | 56.5 | 2.3 | 59.7 | 2.6 | 46.1 | 4.8 | DSU | DSU | DSU | DSU | DSU | DSU | DSU | DSU | |
| Health insurance, age 65 and over | All persons age 65 and over | 96.9 | 0.5 | 97.0 | 0.6 | 96.3 | 1.1 | 97.7 | 2.3 | DSU | DSU | DSU | DSU | DSU | DSU |
| Medicare and private | 98.5 | 0.8 | 98.4 | 0.9 | 98.6 | 1.0 | DSU | DSU | DSU | DSU | DSU | DSU | DSU | DSU | |
| Medicare and public | 95.6 | 1.1 | 95.4 | 1.4 | 94.0 | 2.6 | DSU | DSU | DSU | DSU | DSU | DSU | DSU | DSU | |
| Medicare only | 96.5 | 1.0 | 97.1 | 1.1 | 96.2 | 1.7 | DSU | DSU | DSU | DSU | DSU | DSU | DSU | DSU | |
| Family incomec | Negative/poor | 83.0 | 1.2 | 82.9 | 1.6 | 84.2 | 2.0 | 90.1 | 3.5 | DSU | DSU | DSU | DSU | DSU | DSU |
| Near poor/low | 87.6 | 1.1 | 87.9 | 1.3 | 84.7 | 2.2 | 85.2 | 6.5 | DSU | DSU | DSU | DSU | DSU | DSU | |
| Middle | 90.3 | 1.1 | 91.1 | 1.2 | 88.2 | 3.0 | DSU | DSU | DSU | DSU | DSU | DSU | DSU | DSU | |
| High | 93.2 | 1.5 | 93.0 | 1.7 | 99.1 | 1.0 | DSU | DSU | DSU | DSU | DSU | DSU | DSU | DSU | |
| Education, age 25 and over | Less than high school | 85.4 | 1.2 | 85.8 | 1.4 | 85.3 | 2.0 | 87.0 | 5.3 | DSU | DSU | DSU | DSU | DSU | DSU |
| High school graduate | 88.8 | 1.1 | 89.5 | 1.3 | 85.6 | 2.1 | 89.2 | 5.0 | DSU | DSU | DSU | DSU | DSU | DSU | |
| At least some college | 89.9 | 1.0 | 91.2 | 1.1 | 85.7 | 2.6 | 86.0 | 5.1 | DSU | DSU | DSU | DSU | DSU | DSU | |
| Location of residenced | Metropolitan | 87.4 | 0.7 | 88.0 | 0.8 | 86.1 | 1.3 | 87.7 | 2.8 | DSU | DSU | DSU | DSU | 79.5 | 5.7 |
| Large central metro | 87.0 | 1.1 | 87.1 | 1.4 | 86.2 | 1.8 | 89.9 | 3.1 | DSU | DSU | DSU | DSU | DSU | DSU | |
| Large fringe metro | 88.4 | 1.4 | 89.4 | 1.5 | 87.4 | 3.0 | DSU | DSU | DSU | DSU | DSU | DSU | DSU | DSU | |
| Medium metro | 88.0 | 1.3 | 88.1 | 1.6 | 86.6 | 2.5 | DSU | DSU | DSU | DSU | DSU | DSU | DSU | DSU | |
| Small metro | 85.2 | 2.6 | 87.1 | 2.7 | 82.3 | 6.0 | DSU | DSU | DSU | DSU | DSU | DSU | DSU | DSU | |
| Micropolitan (nonmetropolitan) | 88.5 | 1.5 | 88.7 | 1.8 | 88.9 | 3.3 | DSU | DSU | DSU | DSU | DSU | DSU | DSU | DSU | |
| Noncore (nonmetropolitan) | 91.2 | 1.7 | 91.2 | 1.9 | 87.4 | 4.8 | DSU | DSU | DSU | DSU | DSU | DSU | DSU | DSU | |
| Activity limitations,d age 18 and over | Basic activities | 90.4 | 0.6 | 91.1 | 0.7 | 87.1 | 1.4 | 94.0 | 2.7 | DSU | DSU | DSU | DSU | 81.9 | 5.7 |
| Complex activities | 92.2 | 0.6 | 92.7 | 0.7 | 90.0 | 1.3 | 93.1 | 2.8 | DSU | DSU | DSU | DSU | DSU | DSU | |
| Neither basic nor complex activities | 75.6 | 1.9 | 76.5 | 2.2 | 74.7 | 3.9 | 71.9 | 7.6 | DSU | DSU | DSU | DSU | DSU | DSU | |
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.


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