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2008 National Healthcare Quality & Disparities Reports

Table 14_3_1.1
People with a specific source of ongoing care,a United States, 1999 and 2006
Population group 2006 1999
Percent SE Percent SE
Total 86.1 0.3 86.4 0.2
Age, not age adjusted 0–17 94.4 0.3 93.3 0.3
18–44 76.0 0.6 77.8 0.4
45–64 88.8 0.5 88.7 0.4
65 and over 96.3 0.3 94.9 0.3
Race AI/AN only 86.2 2.7 83.3 3.0
Asian only 86.8 1.1 82.1 1.5
NHOPI only * * * *
Black only 86.0 0.6 85.5 0.5
White only 86.1 0.4 87.1 0.2
Multiple races 84.2 2.1 86.4 2.0
Ethnicity Hispanic, all races 74.3 0.8 77.3 0.7
Non-Hispanic, all races 88.3 0.3 87.7 0.2
Non-Hispanic, Black 86.7 0.6 85.6 0.5
Non-Hispanic, White 88.8 0.4 88.4 0.2
Gender Male 82.5 0.4 82.2 0.3
Female 89.6 0.3 90.5 0.2
Health insurance,b ages 0–64 Private 91.9 0.3 90.5 0.2
Public only 91.2 0.6 91.2 0.5
Uninsured 55.1 1.0 57.9 0.8
Health insurance, age 65 and over Medicare and private 97.5 0.4 95.8 0.4
Medicare and public 96.5 0.7 94.0 1.2
Medicare only 94.8 0.8 93.8 0.8
Family incomec Negative/poor 77.8 0.8 77.7 0.7
Near poor/low 79.7 0.7 80.3 0.6
Middle 87.4 0.5 87.5 0.4
High 91.7 0.4 91.0 0.3
Education, age 25 and over Less than high school 74.2 1.0 77.4 0.7
High school graduate 83.4 0.7 84.5 0.5
At least some college 88.9 0.4 88.7 0.3
Residence locationd Metropolitan 86.0 0.3 DNA DNA
  Large central metro 84.6 0.5 DNA DNA
  Large fringe metro 88.4 0.5 DNA DNA
  Medium metro 85.7 0.7 DNA DNA
  Small metro 85.0 1.2 DNA DNA
Micropolitan (nonmetro) 86.0 1.1 DNA DNA
Noncore (nonmetro) 87.8 1.6 DNA DNA
Activity limitations, age 18 and overd Basic activities 90.3 0.8 DNA DNA
Complex activities 88.4 0.9 DNA DNA
Neither basic nor complex activities 82.6 0.4 DNA DNA

a Estimates are age adjusted to the 2000 standard population, except where indicated.

b A small number of persons who were covered by both public and private health insurance plans were included in the "private health insurance" category only.

c Negative/poor refers to household incomes below the Federal poverty line; near poor/low, over 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 persons 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.

DNA - Data have not been analyzed.

* - 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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