Table 12_1_8-4a
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 | 15.7 | 0.7 | 15.7 | 0.8 | 13.0 | 1.6 | 26.6 | 4.6 | * | * | * | * | 17.0 | 3.0 | |
Age | 0–5 | 16.3 | 1.1 | 15.8 | 1.3 | 13.8 | 2.4 | * | * | * | * | * | * | 18.0 | 4.7 |
6–17 | 15.4 | 0.8 | 15.6 | 1.0 | 12.6 | 1.5 | 22.4 | 5.9 | * | * | * | * | 16.2 | 4.1 | |
Gender | Male | 16.1 | 0.9 | 15.9 | 1.1 | 13.3 | 2.1 | 28.4 | 5.7 | * | * | * | * | 17.4 | 4.2 |
Female | 15.3 | 0.8 | 15.4 | 1.0 | 12.8 | 1.7 | 25.2 | 5.7 | * | * | * | * | 16.5 | 4.2 | |
Family incomea | Negative/poor | 18.3 | 1.7 | 19.3 | 2.1 | 18.1 | 2.9 | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * |
Near poor/low | 16.9 | 1.4 | 18.2 | 1.8 | 10.0 | 2.1 | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | |
Middle | 15.5 | 1.3 | 15.7 | 1.5 | 9.8 | 2.5 | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | |
High | 13.7 | 1.3 | 12.8 | 1.3 | 12.4 | 3.6 | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | |
Health insurance | Any private | 15.1 | 0.9 | 14.8 | 1.0 | 11.2 | 2.0 | 28.6 | 6.0 | * | * | * | * | 18.8 | 4.2 |
Public only | 16.9 | 1.2 | 17.7 | 1.4 | 15.0 | 2.3 | * | * | * | * | * | * | 17.0 | 4.1 | |
Uninsured | 16.4 | 2.8 | 18.7 | 3.4 | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | |
Residence locationb | Metropolitan | 15.4 | 0.8 | 15.4 | 1.0 | 12.2 | 1.4 | 26.7 | 4.6 | * | * | * | * | 18.0 | 3.4 |
Large central metro | 17.1 | 1.4 | 17.1 | 1.7 | 11.3 | 2.0 | 33.9 | 7.3 | * | * | * | * | * | * | |
Large fringe metro | 14.8 | 1.4 | 14.4 | 1.6 | 16.2 | 3.6 | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | |
Medium metro | 13.7 | 1.4 | 14.3 | 1.7 | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | |
Small metro | 15.5 | 2.3 | 16.2 | 2.6 | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | |
Nonmetropolitan | 17.2 | 1.6 | 17.1 | 1.7 | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | |
Micropolitan | 16.1 | 1.9 | 16.7 | 2.1 | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | |
Noncore | 19.2 | 3.2 | 17.7 | 3.0 | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | |
Language spoken most often at home | English | 14.5 | 0.7 | 14.4 | 0.9 | 12.7 | 1.6 | 29.3 | 7.8 | * | * | * | * | 15.8 | 2.9 |
Other | 23.7 | 1.9 | 23.6 | 2.2 | * | * | 23.8 | 4.8 | * | * | * | * | * | * | |
Perceived health status | Excellent/very good/good | 15.4 | 0.7 | 15.4 | 0.9 | 12.9 | 1.6 | 26.4 | 4.6 | * | * | * | * | 15.6 | 3.0 |
Fair/poor | 24.1 | 3.5 | 24.9 | 4.3 | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | |
CSHCN | Yes | 19.3 | 1.3 | 19.5 | 1.6 | 15.0 | 2.6 | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * |
No | 14.6 | 0.8 | 14.5 | 0.9 | 12.3 | 1.6 | 25.7 | 4.9 | * | * | * | * | 14.8 | 3.4 |
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.