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2009 National Healthcare Quality & Disparities Reports

Table 8_3_1.2d
People with current asthma who are now taking preventive medicine daily or almost daily (either oral or inhaler), by education,a United States, 2006
    Total Less than high school High school graduate At least some college
Population group Percent SE Percent SE Percent SE Percent SE
Total   31.8 1.5 31.2 2.6 33.3 2.9 31.1 2.2
Age 18–44 23.7 2.1 22.4 4.0 25.6 4.0 23.1 2.9
45–64 33.9 2.3 25.9 4.0 32.6 4.1 37.8 3.5
65 and over 47.6 3.5 53.1 5.9 DSU DSU DSU DSU
Gender Male 27.1 2.3 29.5 4.3 30.9 5.1 24.0 3.0
Female 34.4 1.9 32.2 3.3 34.6 3.3 35.3 2.8
Race White, single race 33.8 1.7 32.6 3.1 36.0 3.2 33.1 2.5
Black, single race 23.4 3.1 26.3 5.1 DSU DSU DSU DSU
Asian, single race DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU
NHOPI, single race DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU
AI/AN, single race DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU
Multiple races DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU
Ethnicity Non-Hispanic, all races 32.9 1.6 32.0 2.9 34.7 3.1 32.1 2.3
Non-Hispanic, White 35.2 1.9 33.9 3.6 37.7 3.5 34.2 2.6
Non-Hispanic, Black 24.3 3.2 26.2 5.1 DSU DSU DSU DSU
Hispanic, all races 21.5 3.3 27.1 5.1 DSU DSU DSU DSU
Family incomeb Negative/poor 31.3 3.2 29.7 4.3 DSU DSU DSU DSU
Near poor/low 32.5 3.0 29.4 4.1 35.7 5.8 DSU DSU
Middle 30.2 2.8 DSU DSU 30.0 4.8 27.8 4.2
High 32.8 2.7 DSU DSU DSU DSU 31.3 3.1
Employment status, ages 18–64 Employed 27.0 1.9 23.6 4.4 26.3 4.1 28.1 2.5
Not employed 30.2 2.6 24.0 3.7 33.7 4.9 33.2 4.5
Health insurance, ages 18–64 Any private 29.0 2.0 DSU DSU 31.9 4.3 29.3 2.4
Public only 29.6 2.9 26.8 3.9 28.9 5.2 DSU DSU
Uninsured 17.8 4.2 DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU
Health insurance, age 65 and over Medicare only 46.9 6.5 DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU
Medicare and private 49.5 5.1 DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU
Medicare and other public DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU
Residence locationc Metropolitan 32.7 1.8 31.3 3.2 35.3 3.5 31.8 2.3
  Large central metro 28.1 2.4 33.3 4.7 31.4 4.9 24.0 3.5
  Large fringe metro 37.6 4.1 DSU DSU DSU DSU 38.1 4.6
  Medium metro 29.9 3.5 26.6 5.4 DSU DSU 30.4 4.0
  Small metro 42.4 5.8 DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU
Nonmetropolitan 27.5 2.9 30.6 4.3 26.3 5.4 DSU DSU
  Micropolitan 29.7 3.8 DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU
  Noncore 23.0 4.0 DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU
Language spoken most often at home English 32.1 1.6 31.5 2.8 33.5 2.9 31.5 2.2
Other 23.7 4.9 DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU DSU
Perceived health status Excellent/very good/good 29.7 1.8 28.5 3.7 30.0 3.4 29.9 2.4
Fair/poor 37.3 2.9 34.7 3.8 40.1 4.9 36.8 4.9
Activity limitations,c age 18 and over Basic activities 37.7 2.7 34.0 3.9 39.1 4.9 39.2 5.4
Complex activities 38.6 3.3 26.8 4.6 49.1 5.8 DSU DSU
Neither basic nor complex activities 29.5 1.8 30.4 3.7 28.9 3.3 29.5 2.4

a People age 18 and over. Less than high school refers to fewer than 12 years of education; high school graduate, 12 years of education; and at least some college, more than 12 years of education.

b 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.

c For more information, see the MEPS 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: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Center for Financing, Access, and Cost Trends, Medical Expenditure Panel Survey.

 

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