Table 14_1_6-1d

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_6.1d
People under age 65 with any period of uninsurance during the year, by education,^a United States, 2005
Population group		Total		Less than high school		High school graduate		At least some college
Population group		Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE
Total		28.9	0.6	48.1	1.0	31.4	0.8	20.5	0.7
Age	18–44	34.7	0.7	52.7	1.2	38.7	1.1	25.0	0.9
	45–64	20.0	0.6	38.4	1.7	21.6	1.0	14.0	0.8
	65 and over	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
Gender	Male	31.3	0.7	51.1	1.5	34.4	1.1	21.3	0.9
Gender	Female	26.5	0.6	44.7	1.4	28.3	1.0	19.8	0.7
Race	White, single race	27.8	0.6	49.1	1.1	30.1	0.9	19.2	0.7
	Black, single race	35.0	1.2	46.7	2.7	37.3	1.6	27.1	1.4
	Asian, single race	26.2	2.5	35.6	6.0	36.1	5.8	21.7	2.9
	NHOPI, single race	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
	AI/AN, single race	45.0	5.6	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Multiple races	36.1	3.2	*	*	35.5	5.5	37.5	5.1
Ethnicity	Non-Hispanic, all races	25.1	0.5	41.3	1.4	28.3	0.8	19.2	0.7
	Non-Hispanic, White	23.0	0.6	40.6	1.6	26.0	0.9	17.4	0.8
	Non-Hispanic, Black	34.5	1.2	45.2	2.7	37.0	1.6	27.1	1.4
	Hispanic	51.8	1.2	60.9	1.5	51.7	2.2	37.0	2.1
Family income^b	Negative/poor	55.8	1.4	58.5	1.8	55.4	2.4	52.1	2.7
	Near poor/low	51.4	1.2	58.2	1.9	50.3	1.9	45.6	2.2
	Middle	30.2	0.9	44.6	1.9	29.2	1.3	25.3	1.3
	High	12.5	0.7	20.0	2.3	15.0	1.2	10.8	0.8
Employment status, ages 18–64	Employed	27.3	0.6	50.4	1.2	30.0	0.9	19.6	0.7
Employment status, ages 18–64	Not employed	34.6	0.9	43.9	1.7	36.2	1.5	25.3	1.4
Residence location^c	Metropolitan	28.6	0.6	47.9	1.1	31.4	0.9	20.6	0.7
	Large central metro	34.3	1.1	53.0	1.4	39.3	1.6	24.3	1.4
	Large fringe metro	23.9	0.9	42.3	2.3	27.1	1.7	17.9	1.0
	Medium metro	26.4	1.3	46.7	3.3	26.4	1.7	19.5	1.5
	Small metro	26.5	1.5	42.3	3.1	30.4	2.0	18.1	2.1
	Nonmetropolitan	30.3	1.2	48.9	2.5	31.2	1.7	20.2	1.2
	Micropolitan	29.2	1.5	49.5	3.4	30.1	2.2	19.2	1.5
	Noncore	32.4	2.2	47.9	3.7	33.4	2.9	22.3	2.9
Language spoken most often at home	English	25.3	0.5	42.2	1.4	28.3	0.8	19.0	0.7
Language spoken most often at home	Other	54.8	1.5	61.9	1.6	58.1	2.2	41.2	3.3
Perceived health status	Excellent/very good/good	28.3	0.6	49.6	1.1	31.0	0.9	20.1	0.7
Perceived health status	Fair/poor	33.2	1.2	41.7	2.1	33.9	1.9	25.2	2.0
Activity limitations,^c ages 18–64	Basic activities	26.1	1.3	35.5	2.6	26.5	2.3	20.3	2.0
	Complex activities	26.4	1.4	28.8	2.7	30.0	2.4	20.3	2.4
	Neither basic nor complex activities	28.9	0.6	50.5	1.1	31.4	0.8	20.4	0.7

^a Persons ages 18–64. 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.

^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.

^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_6-1d: 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_6-1d.html