Table 11_1_4-4b
2008 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports
Population group | Total | Non-Hispanic | Hispanic, all races | ||||||||
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All races | White | Black | |||||||||
Percent | SE | Percent | SE | Percent | SE | Percent | SE | Percent | SE | ||
Total | 15.0 | 1.0 | 13.9 | 1.1 | 13.1 | 1.2 | 14.1 | 2.4 | 21.2 | 2.8 | |
Age | 0–5 | 17.3 | 1.6 | 17.3 | 1.8 | 15.6 | 2.1 | 18.3 | 4.5 | 17.2 | 3.0 |
6–17 | 13.5 | 1.2 | 11.7 | 1.3 | 11.4 | 1.4 | 11.5 | 2.7 | 24.0 | 4.0 | |
Gender | Male | 15.3 | 1.5 | 14.3 | 1.6 | 13.6 | 1.9 | 14.3 | 3.5 | 20.7 | 3.5 |
Female | 14.7 | 1.4 | 13.4 | 1.4 | 12.4 | 1.5 | 14.0 | 3.1 | 21.8 | 4.5 | |
Family incomea | Negative/poor | 20.5 | 2.6 | 17.2 | 2.7 | 17.2 | 3.7 | 14.0 | 4.0 | 29.3 | 5.6 |
Near poor/low | 19.3 | 2.2 | 18.4 | 2.7 | 15.6 | 3.1 | * | * | 22.0 | 4.2 | |
Middle | 11.9 | 1.8 | 10.4 | 1.9 | 10.8 | 2.3 | * | * | * | * | |
High | 12.5 | 1.8 | 13.3 | 2.0 | 12.9 | 2.0 | * | * | * | * | |
Health insurance | Any private | 13.2 | 1.2 | 12.5 | 1.2 | 12.1 | 1.3 | 13.7 | 3.1 | 19.7 | 4.7 |
Public only | 19.5 | 1.8 | 18.6 | 2.2 | 17.9 | 2.8 | 14.6 | 3.2 | 22.2 | 3.4 | |
Uninsured | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | |
Residence locationb | Metropolitan | 15.0 | 1.1 | 13.8 | 1.2 | 13.4 | 1.4 | 12.1 | 2.4 | 21.1 | 2.9 |
Large central metro | 18.3 | 2.0 | 16.5 | 2.3 | 17.6 | 3.1 | 15.4 | 3.3 | 23.5 | 3.6 | |
Large fringe metro | 13.1 | 1.8 | 13.4 | 1.9 | 12.2 | 2.1 | * | * | * | * | |
Medium metro | 14.4 | 2.6 | 12.2 | 2.6 | 12.3 | 3.0 | * | * | * | * | |
Small metro | 12.7 | 3.0 | 12.2 | 3.2 | * | * | * | * | * | * | |
Nonmetropolitan | 14.9 | 2.3 | 14.3 | 2.3 | 11.5 | 2.4 | * | * | * | * | |
Micropolitan | 14.0 | 2.4 | 13.4 | 2.6 | 11.1 | 2.7 | * | * | * | * | |
Noncore | 16.6 | 4.8 | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | |
Language spoken most often at home | English | 13.9 | 1.1 | 13.7 | 1.1 | 13.1 | 1.2 | 13.7 | 2.4 | 15.8 | 3.6 |
Other | 27.3 | 3.3 | * | * | * | * | * | * | 29.0 | 3.8 | |
Perceived health status | Excellent/very good/good | 14.7 | 1.0 | 13.6 | 1.0 | 12.8 | 1.2 | 13.9 | 2.4 | 21.0 | 2.9 |
Fair/poor | 20.7 | 4.9 | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | |
CSHCN | Yes | 18.9 | 2.2 | 18.4 | 2.2 | 19.3 | 2.8 | 13.7 | 3.1 | * | * |
No | 13.1 | 1.1 | 11.6 | 1.1 | 10.1 | 1.2 | 15.1 | 3.0 | 20.6 | 2.9 |
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: 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.