Table 14_1_2-1b

2008 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports

The National Healthcare Quality Report (NHQR) is a comprehensive national overview of quality of health care in the United States. It is organized around four dimensions of quality of care: effectiveness, patient safety, timeliness, and patient centeredness.

Table 14_1_2.1b
People under age 65 with public health insurance only,^a by ethnicity, United States, 2006
Population group		Total		Non-Hispanic						Hispanic, all races
		Total		All races		White		Black		Hispanic, all races
		Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE
Total		33.3	0.5	28.4	0.5	24.2	0.6	46.8	1.0	59.4	0.9
Age	0–17	40.3	0.7	34.0	0.8	27.4	0.9	57.4	1.5	65.4	1.2
	18–44	34.6	0.5	29.3	0.6	26.0	0.6	44.0	1.1	59.7	1.0
	45–64	24.5	0.5	22.3	0.5	19.5	0.6	37.2	1.2	45.6	1.3
Gender	Male	33.7	0.5	28.4	0.5	24.4	0.6	46.9	1.1	60.2	1.0
Gender	Female	32.9	0.5	28.3	0.5	24.0	0.6	46.6	1.1	58.5	1.0
Family income^b	Negative/poor	77.6	1.1	73.0	1.4	68.7	2.1	80.4	1.6	89.1	1.1
	Near poor/low	56.4	0.9	51.6	1.1	49.9	1.4	55.9	1.8	70.9	1.4
	Middle	24.8	0.6	22.1	0.7	20.2	0.7	29.8	1.4	41.0	1.5
	High	10.1	0.4	9.2	0.4	8.5	0.4	14.7	1.4	21.0	2.1
Education, ages 25–64	Less than high school	61.7	0.9	53.6	1.2	48.9	1.6	66.9	1.9	74.2	1.1
	High school graduate	33.4	0.6	31.5	0.7	28.1	0.8	42.5	1.4	47.1	1.3
	At least some college	17.8	0.4	16.6	0.4	15.0	0.5	27.5	1.1	31.5	1.2
Residence location^c	Metropolitan	32.1	0.5	26.4	0.5	21.6	0.6	46.2	1.0	59.1	1.0
	Large central metro	37.1	0.8	28.8	0.9	20.4	1.0	50.3	1.5	60.1	1.2
	Large fringe metro	23.8	0.9	20.0	0.9	17.1	1.1	34.1	2.0	54.5	2.2
	Medium metro	33.0	1.1	28.3	1.1	24.7	1.2	48.1	1.9	61.1	2.3
	Small metro	35.1	1.9	32.5	2.1	28.4	2.2	54.1	3.2	57.6	4.1
	Micropolitan (nonmetro)	38.5	1.7	36.6	1.7	33.7	1.9	55.0	3.7	59.5	4.3
	Noncore (nonmetro)	40.9	2.2	38.3	2.1	36.0	2.0	47.1	6.2	65.7	3.4
Activity limitations,^c ages 18–64	Basic activities	56.6	1.2	54.5	1.3	51.4	1.6	67.9	2.3	74.6	2.3
	Complex activities	60.4	1.1	58.9	1.2	55.0	1.4	75.7	1.7	74.5	2.1
	Neither basic nor complex activities	27.8	0.5	23.9	0.5	20.9	0.6	38.2	1.1	55.2	1.2

^a Estimates are not adjusted.

^b 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. Missing values for family income were imputed using multiple imputation methodology. A small number of persons were excluded because their family income could not be imputed.

^c For more information, see the National Health Interview Survey entry in Appendix A, Data Sources.

Key: SE: standard error.

Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Health Statistics, National Health Interview Survey.

Current as of September 2009

Internet Citation: Table 14_1_2-1b: 2008 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports. September 2009. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. http://www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/nhqrdr/nhqrdr08/14_facilitators_barrierstocare/T14_1_2-1b.html