Table 14_1_7-1d

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_7.1d
People under age 65 with any period of public insurance 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		11.5	0.4	24.6	1.0	13.2	0.6	5.9	0.3
Age	18–44	11.7	0.5	23.0	1.2	14.4	0.9	5.5	0.4
	45–64	11.2	0.5	28.0	1.6	11.6	0.8	6.4	0.5
	65 and over	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
Gender	Male	8.4	0.4	18.4	1.0	9.2	0.6	3.9	0.4
Gender	Female	14.6	0.5	31.7	1.5	17.3	0.8	7.6	0.4
Race	White, single race	10.0	0.4	21.6	1.1	11.5	0.6	5.2	0.4
	Black, single race	21.6	1.0	39.2	2.7	22.3	1.5	12.0	1.1
	Asian, single race	7.1	1.2	28.6	5.4	9.8	2.9	2.6	0.7
	NHOPI, single race	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
	AI/AN, single race	21.0	3.9	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Multiple races	17.3	2.6	*	*	14.7	3.5	13.4	3.8
Ethnicity	Non-Hispanic, all races	10.9	0.4	27.0	1.3	13.1	0.6	5.5	0.3
	Non-Hispanic, White	9.0	0.4	23.0	1.5	11.1	0.7	4.8	0.4
	Non-Hispanic, Black	21.4	1.1	39.8	2.8	22.4	1.5	11.5	1.1
	Hispanic	15.7	0.9	20.1	1.3	13.9	1.2	10.5	1.2
Family income^b	Negative/poor	42.6	1.4	48.8	2.0	44.2	2.1	30.8	2.3
	Near poor/low	23.0	1.0	28.0	1.7	22.7	1.4	18.1	1.5
	Middle	7.8	0.4	12.3	1.0	8.4	0.7	5.4	0.7
	High	2.0	0.2	3.9	0.9	2.8	0.4	1.6	0.2
Employment status, ages 18–64	Employed	6.2	0.3	13.6	0.9	7.5	0.5	3.5	0.3
Employment status, ages 18–64	Not employed	31.7	1.0	44.3	1.8	33.5	1.4	19.4	1.2
Residence location^c	Metropolitan	11.2	0.4	24.7	1.2	13.3	0.7	5.6	0.4
	Large central metro	13.5	0.8	28.1	1.9	16.3	1.3	6.2	0.5
	Large fringe metro	8.2	0.7	20.0	2.2	10.7	1.1	4.1	0.6
	Medium metro	11.6	0.9	23.6	1.9	13.0	1.4	6.7	0.8
	Small metro	11.0	1.2	23.4	3.5	11.7	1.4	6.1	1.3
	Nonmetropolitan	13.1	0.8	24.4	2.1	13.1	1.0	7.5	0.9
	Micropolitan	12.3	1.0	23.6	2.7	12.6	1.5	6.9	1.1
	Noncore	14.7	1.6	25.6	3.1	14.1	1.6	8.9	1.6
Language spoken most often at home	English	11.0	0.4	26.7	1.3	12.9	0.6	5.7	0.3
Language spoken most often at home	Other	14.8	1.0	19.6	1.6	15.5	1.6	7.1	1.1
Perceived health status	Excellent/very good/good	8.6	0.3	19.8	1.0	10.1	0.6	4.3	0.3
Perceived health status	Fair/poor	35.2	1.4	47.0	2.3	33.9	2.1	26.3	2.0
Activity limitations,^c ages 18–64	Basic activities	39.5	1.6	56.3	3.0	40.1	2.5	29.1	2.3
	Complex activities	50.7	1.7	63.3	2.9	52.5	2.7	38.3	2.7
	Neither basic nor complex activities	8.0	0.3	19.0	1.0	9.1	0.5	3.8	0.3

^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_7-1d: 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_7-1d.html