Table 12_1_12-3c
2008 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports
Population group | Total | Negative/poor | Near poor/low | Middle | High | ||||||
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Percent | SE | Percent | SE | Percent | SE | Percent | SE | Percent | SE | ||
Total | 67.8 | 0.8 | 63.7 | 1.9 | 64.4 | 1.7 | 69.5 | 1.5 | 70.5 | 1.7 | |
Age | 0–5 | 69.6 | 1.2 | 65.5 | 2.4 | 64.4 | 2.6 | 71.6 | 2.5 | 73.9 | 2.4 |
6–17 | 66.8 | 1.0 | 62.3 | 2.2 | 64.3 | 2.1 | 68.4 | 1.8 | 68.8 | 2.1 | |
Gender | Male | 66.7 | 1.0 | 62.4 | 2.4 | 64.4 | 2.3 | 70.0 | 2.0 | 67.1 | 2.1 |
Female | 69.0 | 1.1 | 64.9 | 2.1 | 64.3 | 2.2 | 69.0 | 1.9 | 74.2 | 2.2 | |
Race | White, single race | 69.0 | 1.0 | 64.0 | 2.3 | 64.9 | 1.9 | 69.9 | 1.7 | 72.4 | 1.9 |
Black, single race | 67.8 | 2.0 | 65.0 | 3.0 | 68.6 | 3.7 | 67.8 | 3.5 | 72.2 | 4.9 | |
Asian, single race | 57.6 | 5.1 | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | |
NHOPI, single race | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | |
AI/AN, single race | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | |
Multiple races | 51.3 | 4.9 | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | |
Ethnicity | Non-Hispanic, all races | 68.0 | 0.9 | 61.9 | 2.4 | 64.7 | 2.1 | 69.1 | 1.7 | 71.1 | 1.7 |
Non-Hispanic, White | 69.2 | 1.2 | 60.7 | 3.5 | 65.3 | 2.6 | 69.4 | 2.0 | 72.6 | 1.9 | |
Non-Hispanic, Black | 68.0 | 2.0 | 64.8 | 3.1 | 69.6 | 3.7 | 68.1 | 3.6 | 71.7 | 5.0 | |
Hispanic, all races | 66.9 | 1.8 | 67.6 | 2.9 | 63.6 | 2.4 | 72.3 | 3.9 | 63.4 | 6.9 | |
Health insurance | Any private | 69.3 | 1.1 | 67.1 | 5.1 | 61.3 | 2.9 | 70.3 | 1.8 | 71.1 | 1.8 |
Public only | 64.7 | 1.4 | 62.6 | 2.1 | 66.9 | 2.2 | 66.1 | 4.0 | * | * | |
Uninsured | 65.4 | 3.9 | * | * | 65.7 | 6.1 | 67.2 | 6.1 | * | * | |
Residence locationb | Metropolitan | 68.2 | 0.9 | 64.0 | 2.0 | 63.4 | 2.0 | 70.2 | 1.6 | 71.0 | 1.8 |
Large central metro | 68.4 | 1.5 | 64.1 | 2.9 | 64.4 | 2.8 | 70.1 | 2.8 | 73.1 | 3.5 | |
Large fringe metro | 68.8 | 1.8 | 60.5 | 5.9 | 66.2 | 4.1 | 69.0 | 3.7 | 71.4 | 2.8 | |
Medium metro | 68.2 | 1.8 | 64.5 | 3.5 | 60.4 | 4.6 | 70.6 | 2.9 | 72.7 | 4.1 | |
Small metro | 65.4 | 3.4 | 69.2 | 5.1 | 60.4 | 6.7 | 74.0 | 4.2 | 59.1 | 6.6 | |
Nonmetropolitan | 65.7 | 2.3 | 62.3 | 3.8 | 68.5 | 3.1 | 66.2 | 4.2 | 64.8 | 5.5 | |
Micropolitan | 64.3 | 2.5 | 58.2 | 4.1 | 63.6 | 4.2 | 66.2 | 4.5 | * | * | |
Noncore | 68.1 | 3.9 | 68.2 | 6.5 | 75.7 | 3.8 | * | * | * | * | |
Language spoken most often at home | English | 68.6 | 0.9 | 64.0 | 2.1 | 65.1 | 2.0 | 69.5 | 1.6 | 71.5 | 1.8 |
Other | 62.8 | 2.2 | 63.1 | 3.7 | 61.7 | 3.0 | 69.5 | 5.1 | * | * | |
Perceived health status | Excellent/very good/good | 68.5 | 0.8 | 65.2 | 1.9 | 65.1 | 1.7 | 69.9 | 1.5 | 70.7 | 1.7 |
Fair/poor | 47.9 | 4.6 | 38.5 | 6.2 | * | * | * | * | * | * | |
CSHCN | Yes | 61.7 | 1.7 | 54.8 | 2.9 | 59.0 | 3.3 | 65.9 | 3.0 | 63.3 | 3.4 |
No | 69.7 | 0.9 | 66.4 | 2.2 | 66.4 | 1.8 | 70.8 | 1.8 | 72.4 | 1.7 |
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.