Table 12_1_4-4c
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 | 19.5 | 0.8 | 22.0 | 1.8 | 19.5 | 1.5 | 19.1 | 1.4 | 18.6 | 1.4 | |
Age | 0–5 | 19.0 | 1.3 | 20.9 | 2.4 | 20.4 | 2.2 | 17.9 | 2.4 | 17.8 | 2.3 |
6–17 | 19.8 | 1.0 | 22.8 | 2.0 | 19.0 | 1.8 | 19.7 | 1.6 | 19.0 | 1.6 | |
Gender | Male | 19.6 | 1.0 | 22.3 | 2.1 | 18.4 | 1.7 | 19.8 | 1.8 | 18.6 | 1.8 |
Female | 19.5 | 1.0 | 21.7 | 2.3 | 20.6 | 2.0 | 18.4 | 1.8 | 18.6 | 1.7 | |
Race | White, single race | 19.6 | 1.0 | 24.2 | 2.2 | 20.4 | 1.9 | 19.2 | 1.6 | 17.6 | 1.4 |
Black, single race | 16.4 | 1.6 | 19.2 | 2.8 | 11.4 | 2.3 | 17.4 | 3.2 | 17.7 | 4.7 | |
Asian, single race | 25.9 | 4.0 | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | |
NHOPI, single race | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | |
AI/AN, single race | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | |
Multiple races | 22.8 | 3.6 | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | |
Ethnicity | Non-Hispanic, all races | 18.5 | 0.9 | 19.9 | 2.1 | 17.3 | 1.8 | 18.4 | 1.5 | 18.5 | 1.4 |
Non-Hispanic, White | 18.3 | 1.1 | 21.3 | 3.1 | 17.6 | 2.3 | 18.5 | 1.8 | 17.7 | 1.5 | |
Non-Hispanic, Black | 16.2 | 1.7 | 19.2 | 2.9 | 11.3 | 2.3 | 17.6 | 3.2 | 16.3 | 4.3 | |
Hispanic, all races | 24.5 | 1.7 | 26.8 | 2.7 | 25.2 | 3.0 | 23.6 | 3.5 | 19.1 | 4.0 | |
Health insurance | Any private | 18.5 | 1.0 | 13.0 | 2.8 | 19.0 | 2.4 | 19.2 | 1.6 | 18.4 | 1.4 |
Public only | 21.4 | 1.4 | 24.1 | 2.0 | 18.5 | 1.9 | 18.7 | 3.0 | * | * | |
Uninsured | 21.5 | 3.0 | * | * | 33.6 | 6.5 | * | * | * | * | |
Residence locationb | Metropolitan | 19.0 | 0.9 | 21.6 | 1.9 | 19.3 | 1.8 | 18.8 | 1.5 | 17.9 | 1.4 |
Large central metro | 20.1 | 1.6 | 23.7 | 2.7 | 21.2 | 2.8 | 16.9 | 2.3 | 20.3 | 3.1 | |
Large fringe metro | 18.2 | 1.4 | 21.5 | 4.6 | 15.9 | 3.3 | 19.4 | 2.4 | 17.3 | 2.2 | |
Medium metro | 18.2 | 1.8 | 18.5 | 3.4 | 19.3 | 3.3 | 18.2 | 3.0 | 17.3 | 3.3 | |
Small metro | 19.7 | 2.2 | 21.1 | 5.5 | 19.1 | 5.5 | 25.3 | 4.8 | 14.0 | 3.5 | |
Nonmetropolitan | 22.2 | 2.1 | 23.4 | 4.6 | 20.2 | 2.7 | 20.7 | 3.3 | 26.8 | 4.8 | |
Micropolitan | 22.2 | 2.2 | 27.9 | 5.9 | 19.2 | 3.2 | 21.3 | 3.8 | * | * | |
Noncore | 22.2 | 4.1 | * | * | 21.7 | 4.2 | * | * | * | * | |
Language spoken most often at home | English | 18.4 | 0.9 | 20.4 | 2.0 | 16.7 | 1.7 | 18.7 | 1.4 | 18.2 | 1.4 |
Other | 27.0 | 2.1 | 28.3 | 3.2 | 29.1 | 3.6 | 23.2 | 4.6 | * | * | |
Perceived health status | Excellent/very good/good | 19.2 | 0.8 | 21.5 | 1.8 | 19.4 | 1.6 | 18.9 | 1.4 | 18.3 | 1.4 |
Fair/poor | 28.1 | 3.6 | 30.2 | 5.9 | * | * | * | * | * | * | |
CSHCN | Yes | 22.3 | 1.5 | 22.7 | 2.7 | 18.7 | 2.5 | 23.4 | 2.9 | 23.3 | 3.1 |
No | 18.5 | 0.9 | 21.6 | 2.0 | 19.7 | 1.7 | 17.5 | 1.5 | 17.2 | 1.4 |
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.