Table 12_1_6-5b
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 | 4.3 | 0.3 | 3.5 | 0.4 | 2.7 | 0.3 | 4.8 | 0.8 | 8.1 | 0.8 | |
Age | 0–5 | 4.3 | 0.5 | 3.2 | 0.5 | 2.3 | 0.5 | 4.8 | 1.3 | 8.5 | 1.2 |
6–17 | 4.3 | 0.4 | 3.6 | 0.4 | 2.9 | 0.4 | 4.9 | 0.9 | 7.7 | 1.1 | |
Gender | Male | 4.5 | 0.4 | 3.8 | 0.5 | 3.3 | 0.5 | 4.7 | 1.0 | 7.6 | 1.1 |
Female | 4.1 | 0.4 | 3.2 | 0.4 | 2.0 | 0.4 | 5.0 | 1.0 | 8.5 | 1.2 | |
Family incomea | Negative/poor | 7.9 | 1.0 | 8.3 | 1.3 | 6.8 | 1.5 | 9.2 | 2.1 | 7.1 | 1.3 |
Near poor/low | 6.0 | 0.7 | 5.2 | 0.8 | 5.7 | 1.2 | 4.8 | 1.4 | 8.1 | 1.5 | |
Middle | 4.2 | 0.7 | 3.1 | 0.8 | 2.2 | 0.5 | * | * | 10.7 | 2.1 | |
High | 1.3 | 0.4 | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | |
Health insurance | Any private | 2.6 | 0.4 | 2.1 | 0.4 | 1.9 | 0.3 | * | * | 6.4 | 1.5 |
Public only | 8.0 | 0.7 | 7.7 | 1.0 | 6.6 | 1.2 | 7.8 | 1.6 | 8.8 | 1.0 | |
Uninsured | 5.4 | 1.6 | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | |
Residence locationb | Metropolitan | 4.2 | 0.4 | 3.3 | 0.4 | 2.5 | 0.4 | 4.0 | 0.6 | 8.1 | 0.9 |
Large central metro | 5.0 | 0.7 | 4.1 | 0.9 | 2.8 | 0.8 | 3.2 | 0.7 | 7.2 | 1.2 | |
Large fringe metro | 2.7 | 0.5 | 1.8 | 0.4 | 1.2 | 0.3 | * | * | 9.4 | 2.4 | |
Medium metro | 4.9 | 0.8 | 4.0 | 0.8 | 4.0 | 1.0 | * | * | 9.6 | 2.3 | |
Small metro | 4.0 | 1.1 | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | |
Nonmetropolitan | 5.0 | 0.9 | 4.7 | 0.9 | 3.6 | 0.7 | * | * | * | * | |
Micropolitan | 5.0 | 1.1 | 4.8 | 1.1 | 3.6 | 1.0 | * | * | * | * | |
Noncore | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | |
Language spoken most often at home | English | 3.8 | 0.4 | 3.4 | 0.4 | 2.6 | 0.3 | 4.9 | 0.9 | 7.6 | 1.4 |
Other | 8.0 | 1.0 | * | * | * | * | * | * | 8.5 | 1.2 | |
Perceived health status | Excellent/very good/good | 4.3 | 0.3 | 3.5 | 0.4 | 2.6 | 0.3 | 4.8 | 0.9 | 8.0 | 0.9 |
Fair/poor | 5.6 | 1.5 | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | |
CSHCN | Yes | 5.2 | 0.7 | 4.8 | 0.7 | 3.4 | 0.7 | 7.1 | 1.7 | 8.1 | 1.9 |
No | 4.0 | 0.4 | 3.0 | 0.4 | 2.4 | 0.4 | 3.9 | 0.7 | 8.0 | 0.9 |
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.