Table 14_1_3-1b

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_3.1b
People under age 65 with any private health insurance,^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		66.3	0.5	71.3	0.5	75.6	0.6	52.2	1.0	40.0	0.9
Age	0–17	59.4	0.7	65.7	0.8	72.4	1.0	41.4	1.5	34.2	1.2
	18–44	65.0	0.5	70.4	0.6	73.7	0.6	55.0	1.1	39.5	1.0
	45–64	75.2	0.5	77.5	0.5	80.3	0.6	62.0	1.2	53.7	1.3
Gender	Male	65.9	0.5	71.2	0.5	75.3	0.6	52.1	1.1	39.1	1.0
Gender	Female	66.7	0.5	71.4	0.6	75.8	0.6	52.3	1.1	40.9	1.0
Family income^b	Negative/poor	21.4	1.1	25.9	1.4	30.7	2.1	17.6	1.6	10.2	1.0
	Near poor/low	42.8	0.9	47.5	1.1	49.4	1.4	42.8	1.8	28.5	1.4
	Middle	74.9	0.6	77.6	0.7	79.7	0.7	69.7	1.4	58.4	1.6
	High	89.8	0.4	90.7	0.4	91.4	0.4	85.0	1.4	78.8	2.1
Education, ages 25–64	Less than high school	37.9	0.9	45.9	1.2	50.8	1.6	31.9	1.9	25.6	1.1
	High school graduate	66.3	0.7	68.2	0.7	71.7	0.8	56.8	1.4	52.4	1.4
	At least some college	82.2	0.4	83.3	0.4	85.0	0.5	72.2	1.1	68.3	1.2
Residence location^c	Metropolitan	67.5	0.5	73.2	0.6	78.2	0.6	52.8	1.0	40.2	1.0
	Large central metro	62.2	0.8	70.6	0.9	79.2	1.1	48.6	1.6	39.1	1.2
	Large fringe metro	75.9	0.9	79.8	0.9	82.7	1.1	65.0	2.1	45.1	2.3
	Medium metro	66.7	1.1	71.5	1.1	75.2	1.2	51.1	2.0	38.3	2.3
	Small metro	64.5	1.9	67.2	2.1	71.3	2.2	45.0	3.1	42.1	4.0
	Micropolitan (nonmetro)	61.2	1.7	63.1	1.7	66.1	1.9	44.2	3.7	40.1	4.3
	Noncore (nonmetro)	58.9	2.2	61.5	2.1	63.8	2.0	51.9	6.4	34.3	3.4
Activity limitations,^c ages 18–64	Basic activities	43.2	1.2	45.2	1.3	48.4	1.6	31.6	2.3	25.3	2.3
	Complex activities	39.1	1.1	40.6	1.2	44.7	1.4	23.1	1.8	25.2	2.1
	Neither basic nor complex activities	72.0	0.5	76.0	0.5	79.0	0.6	61.5	1.1	44.4	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_3-1b: 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_3-1b.html