Table 14_1_5-1a

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_5.1a
People under age 65 who were uninsured all year, by race, United States, 2005
Population group		Total		Single race										Multiple races
		Total		White		Black		Asian		NHOPI		AI/AN		Multiple races
		Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE
Total		14.1	0.4	13.8	0.4	15.6	0.8	14.3	2.0	*	*	20.6	3.3	15.8	1.8
Age	0–17	6.4	0.4	6.4	0.5	5.5	0.8	9.6	2.5	*	*	*	*	*	*
	18–44	20.1	0.6	19.8	0.7	22.0	1.4	16.6	2.6	*	*	33.8	5.4	26.2	3.8
	45–64	12.6	0.5	11.8	0.6	17.7	1.3	14.7	3.1	*	*	*	*	19.0	4.2
	65 and over	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
Gender	Male	16.1	0.5	15.4	0.5	20.4	1.3	16.1	2.4	*	*	18.2	3.7	17.6	2.6
Gender	Female	12.1	0.4	12.1	0.5	11.2	0.8	12.6	2.0	*	*	23.5	4.9	14.0	2.6
Family income^a	Negative/poor	24.3	1.0	25.8	1.1	18.5	1.5	36.2	7.4	*	*	*	*	22.1	4.4
	Near poor/low	24.3	0.9	25.9	1.1	20.5	1.5	22.1	5.2	*	*	*	*	13.4	3.3
	Middle	13.9	0.6	13.6	0.7	15.1	1.5	14.1	2.6	*	*	*	*	18.8	3.6
	High	6.2	0.5	5.9	0.5	7.7	1.4	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
Education,^b ages 18–64	Less than high school	33.3	0.9	34.4	1.1	30.6	2.6	22.0	5.4	*	*	*	*	*	*
	High school graduate	19.1	0.6	18.2	0.7	22.2	1.7	26.7	5.1	*	*	*	*	24.6	5.7
	At least some college	10.0	0.5	9.2	0.5	14.0	1.1	11.3	2.2	*	*	*	*	22.3	4.2
Employment status, ages 18–64	Employed	15.8	0.5	15.4	0.6	18.5	1.0	14.0	2.0	*	*	23.1	4.6	22.5	3.3
Employment status, ages 18–64	Not employed	22.0	0.8	20.9	0.9	26.1	2.1	23.8	4.5	*	*	*	*	*	*
Residence location^c	Metropolitan	14.0	0.4	13.7	0.5	15.3	0.8	14.3	2.1	*	*	23.5	4.4	16.1	2.0
	Large central metro	17.8	0.8	18.1	1.0	16.8	1.3	17.8	3.2	*	*	*	*	20.3	4.3
	Large fringe metro	11.1	0.6	10.9	0.7	13.0	1.3	10.6	2.7	*	*	*	*	17.7	4.9
	Medium metro	12.3	1.0	11.8	1.0	14.9	1.9	12.5	3.4	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Small metro	12.7	0.9	12.8	1.2	13.1	3.4	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Nonmetropolitan	14.5	0.8	14.1	0.8	17.9	2.4	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Micropolitan	13.1	1.0	12.3	1.1	21.2	3.8	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Noncore	17.2	1.5	17.5	1.6	13.5	1.9	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
Language spoken most often at home	English	11.2	0.3	10.4	0.4	14.7	0.8	9.9	1.9	*	*	19.4	3.4	15.1	1.8
Language spoken most often at home	Other	32.7	1.3	35.8	1.3	38.5	6.8	18.8	3.3	*	*	*	*	*	*
Perceived health status	Excellent/very good/good	13.7	0.4	13.3	0.4	15.3	0.8	13.9	2.0	*	*	20.0	3.1	16.1	1.9
Perceived health status	Fair/poor	18.5	0.9	18.7	1.1	17.5	1.9	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
Activity limitations,^c ages 18–64	Basic activities	14.4	1.0	14.3	1.1	12.3	1.8	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Complex activities	14.9	1.1	14.7	1.3	13.4	2.0	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Neither basic nor complex activities	17.2	0.5	16.5	0.6	21.3	1.2	16.2	2.3	*	*	28.0	5.4	23.1	3.5

^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 Less than high school refers to fewer than 12 years of education; high school graduate, 12 years of education; and at least some college, more than 12 years of education.

^c 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; SE: standard error.

Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Center for Financing, Access and Cost Trends, Medical Expenditure Panel Survey.

Current as of September 2009

Internet Citation: Table 14_1_5-1a: 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_5-1a.html