Table 11_1_2-4a
2008 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports
Population group | Total | Single race | Multiple races | ||||||||||||
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White | Black | Asian | NHOPI | AI/AN | |||||||||||
Percent | SE | Percent | SE | Percent | SE | Percent | SE | Percent | SE | Percent | SE | Percent | SE | ||
Total | 20.8 | 0.8 | 21.1 | 1.0 | 17.5 | 1.5 | 25.6 | 4.6 | * | * | * | * | 25.6 | 4.0 | |
Age | 0–5 | 20.0 | 1.1 | 20.5 | 1.3 | 13.6 | 1.9 | * | * | * | * | * | * | 25.9 | 5.5 |
6–17 | 21.3 | 1.0 | 21.5 | 1.2 | 19.7 | 1.9 | 23.4 | 5.5 | * | * | * | * | 25.4 | 5.1 | |
Gender | Male | 20.6 | 1.0 | 20.8 | 1.2 | 16.9 | 1.9 | * | * | * | * | * | * | 28.9 | 5.7 |
Female | 21.0 | 1.1 | 21.4 | 1.3 | 18.2 | 2.1 | 24.4 | 5.7 | * | * | * | * | 21.7 | 4.5 | |
Family incomea | Negative/poor | 22.6 | 1.9 | 23.6 | 2.1 | 17.8 | 3.2 | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * |
Near poor/low | 21.9 | 1.6 | 22.7 | 2.0 | 17.1 | 2.7 | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | |
Middle | 21.5 | 1.5 | 22.1 | 1.7 | 20.2 | 4.0 | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | |
High | 18.6 | 1.2 | 18.4 | 1.4 | 14.0 | 3.4 | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | |
Health insurance | Any private | 20.3 | 1.0 | 20.3 | 1.2 | 17.2 | 2.2 | 26.9 | 5.1 | * | * | * | * | 24.1 | 5.8 |
Public only | 21.7 | 1.3 | 23.4 | 1.6 | 16.5 | 2.2 | * | * | * | * | * | * | 28.6 | 6.0 | |
Uninsured | 22.5 | 3.6 | 20.6 | 3.6 | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | |
Residence locationb | Metropolitan | 20.3 | 0.9 | 20.6 | 1.1 | 17.0 | 1.5 | 25.5 | 4.6 | * | * | * | * | 24.6 | 4.4 |
Large central metro | 21.2 | 1.4 | 21.8 | 1.8 | 19.9 | 2.1 | 20.2 | 6.0 | * | * | * | * | * | * | |
Large fringe metro | 20.9 | 1.5 | 21.0 | 1.8 | 15.5 | 2.7 | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | |
Medium metro | 19.0 | 2.2 | 19.1 | 2.3 | 14.3 | 4.1 | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | |
Small metro | 18.4 | 2.8 | 19.1 | 3.5 | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | |
Nonmetropolitan | 23.9 | 2.3 | 24.0 | 2.6 | 22.3 | 3.9 | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | |
Micropolitan | 22.9 | 2.5 | 23.5 | 2.9 | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | |
Noncore | 25.6 | 4.2 | 24.9 | 4.9 | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | |
Language spoken most often at home | English | 20.0 | 0.9 | 20.0 | 1.1 | 16.8 | 1.5 | 33.3 | 6.7 | * | * | * | * | 25.8 | 4.1 |
Other | 27.1 | 2.1 | 28.7 | 2.3 | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | |
Perceived health status | Excellent/very good/good | 20.6 | 0.8 | 20.9 | 1.0 | 17.5 | 1.6 | 25.0 | 4.6 | * | * | * | * | 24.5 | 3.8 |
Fair/poor | 27.6 | 3.5 | 29.2 | 4.5 | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | |
CSHCN | Yes | 23.9 | 1.5 | 24.4 | 1.8 | 19.4 | 2.7 | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * |
No | 19.9 | 0.9 | 20.1 | 1.1 | 16.7 | 1.6 | 25.2 | 5.2 | * | * | * | * | 23.7 | 3.8 |
a 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.
b For more information, see the MEPS entry in Appendix A, Data Sources.
* - 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; CSHCN: children with special health care needs; SE: standard error.
Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Center for Financing, Access and Cost Trends, Medical Expenditure Panel Survey.