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2009 National Healthcare Quality & Disparities Reports

Table 16_3_4.1
People who identified a hospital, emergency room, or clinic as a source of ongoing care,a United States, 1999 and 2007
    2007 1999
Population group Percent SE Percent SE
Total   18.2 0.4 17.6 0.3
Age, not age adjusted 0–17 21.8 0.7 20.7 0.5
18–44 17.4 0.5 17.6 0.4
45–64 16.8 0.6 16.1 0.5
65 and over 15.6 0.8 14.1 0.6
Race AI/AN only 56.0 6.8 48.0 4.3
Asian only 19.0 1.4 16.2 1.6
NHOPI only DSU DSU DSU DSU
Black only 21.2 0.9 24.2 0.8
White only 16.9 0.4 16.1 0.4
Multiple races 28.4 2.5 22.4 2.2
Ethnicity Hispanic, all races 26.8 1.0 23.1 0.7
Non-Hispanic, all races 16.4 0.5 16.9 0.4
Non-Hispanic, Black 21.0 0.9 24.3 0.8
Non-Hispanic, White 14.5 0.5 15.3 0.4
Gender Male 17.5 0.5 17.2 0.4
Female 18.9 0.5 18.1 0.4
Health insurance,b ages 0–64 Private 13.1 0.4 13.8 0.4
Public only 35.6 1.1 38.8 1.0
Uninsured 23.9 1.1 24.9 0.7
Health insurance, age 65 and over Medicare and private 13.6 1.0 11.7 0.8
Medicare and public 28.2 2.2 30.8 2.2
Medicare only 13.2 1.3 14.0 1.1
Family incomec Negative/poor 31.1 1.2 29.9 0.8
Near poor/low 22.7 0.8 23.3 0.7
Middle 16.8 0.6 16.2 0.5
High 11.4 0.5 11.4 0.4
Education, age 25 and over Less than high school 25.6 1.0 21.1 0.8
High school graduate 16.6 0.7 16.7 0.6
At least some college 14.1 0.5 13.9 0.4
Residence locationd Metropolitan 16.7 0.4 DNA DNA
  Large central metro 20.3 0.6 DNA DNA
  Large fringe metro 11.8 0.6 DNA DNA
  Medium metro 14.7 0.9 DNA DNA
  Small metro 22.8 2.0 DNA DNA
Micropolitan (nonmetro) 23.3 2.4 DNA DNA
Noncore (nonmetro) 27.8 3.6 DNA DNA
Activity limitations,d age 18 and over Basic activities 21.5 2.1 DNA DNA
Complex activities 21.8 1.2 DNA DNA
No activity limitations 16.0 0.5 DNA DNA

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

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.

DNA - Data have not been analyzed.

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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