Table 14_3_1-2a

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_3_1.2a
People with a specific source of ongoing care,^a by race, United States, 2006
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		86.1	0.3	86.1	0.4	86.0	0.6	86.8	1.1	*	*	86.2	2.7	84.2	2.1
Age, not age adjusted	0–17	94.4	0.3	94.5	0.4	94.9	0.7	91.7	1.7	*	*	94.8	2.1	94.2	1.5
	18–44	76.0	0.6	75.8	0.7	76.4	1.3	78.6	2.0	*	*	74.9	5.5	70.6	4.3
	45–64	88.8	0.5	88.9	0.5	86.8	1.2	90.1	1.7	*	*	88.7	5.1	88.3	4.2
	65 and over	96.3	0.3	96.4	0.4	95.2	1.0	95.6	1.6	*	*	*	*	*	*
Gender	Male	82.5	0.4	82.4	0.5	82.8	1.0	84.6	1.5	*	*	79.2	4.3	79.6	3.1
Gender	Female	89.6	0.3	89.8	0.4	88.7	0.7	89.1	1.4	*	*	92.4	2.3	89.3	2.1
Health insurance,^b ages 0–64	Private	91.9	0.3	92.0	0.3	92.5	0.7	91.8	1.0	*	*	93.9	2.8	86.4	3.0
	Public	91.2	0.6	90.8	0.8	92.1	1.0	90.8	2.3	*	*	96.2	2.5	87.8	4.1
	Uninsured	55.1	1.0	54.2	1.2	57.1	2.2	51.9	4.9	*	*	71.6	6.7	62.1	5.6
Health insurance, age 65 and over	Medicare and private	97.5	0.4	97.5	0.4	97.0	1.2	99.3	0.7	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Medicare and public	96.5	0.7	96.5	0.9	95.4	1.5	98.7	1.0	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Medicare only	94.8	0.8	94.7	0.9	94.6	1.5	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
Family income^c	Negative/poor	77.8	0.8	76.6	1.0	79.9	1.4	80.7	3.0	*	*	81.7	5.2	82.4	4.0
	Near poor/low	79.7	0.7	78.8	0.8	82.6	1.3	82.3	3.5	*	*	74.0	5.5	84.1	4.0
	Middle	87.4	0.5	87.2	0.6	88.7	1.1	85.6	2.7	*	*	93.7	2.5	86.1	3.5
	High	91.7	0.4	91.8	0.4	92.9	1.1	91.1	1.7	*	*	*	*	82.5	3.8
Education, age 25 and over	Less than high school	74.2	1.0	72.5	1.1	79.2	2.2	84.3	3.6	*	*	81.4	5.9	91.2	4.6
	High school graduate	83.4	0.7	84.1	0.8	81.8	1.5	77.8	3.7	*	*	80.9	6.4	73.3	6.2
	At least some college	88.9	0.4	89.0	0.4	87.9	1.0	90.7	1.1	*	*	89.4	4.1	83.1	3.7
Residence location^d	Metropolitan	86.0	0.3	86.0	0.4	85.7	0.7	87.4	1.0	*	*	81.9	4.0	84.6	2.1
	Large central metro	84.6	0.5	84.1	0.6	86.1	0.9	86.2	1.4	*	*	83.4	5.1	82.1	3.0
	Large fringe metro	88.4	0.5	88.5	0.6	88.3	1.4	88.9	1.9	*	*	*	*	87.5	4.7
	Medium metro	85.7	0.7	85.6	0.8	83.2	1.7	90.3	1.8	*	*	*	*	88.2	2.9
	Small metro	85.0	1.2	85.3	1.3	84.4	2.2	82.5	4.7	*	*	*	*	83.0	6.3
	Micropolitan (nonmetro)	86.0	1.1	85.6	1.2	90.1	2.1	*	*	*	*	93.6	3.6	*	*
	Noncore (nonmetro)	87.8	1.6	88.3	1.6	81.7	3.8	*	*	*	*	92.2	2.1	83.7	7.9
Activity limitations, age 18 and over^d	Basic activities	90.3	0.8	89.8	0.9	92.0	1.4	88.6	5.7	*	*	*	*	99.0	0.7
	Complex activities	88.4	0.9	88.4	1.1	89.0	1.9	93.2	3.5	*	*	*	*	82.1	7.1
	Neither basic nor complex activities	82.6	0.4	82.6	0.5	81.7	0.9	84.8	1.3	*	*	81.1	4.1	80.3	3.0

^a Estimates are age adjusted to the 2000 standard population, except where indicated.

^b A small number of persons who were covered by both public and private health insurance plans were included in the "private health insurance" category only.

^c 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.

^d For more information, see the National Health Interview Survey 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: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Health Statistics, National Health Interview Survey.

Current as of September 2009

Internet Citation: Table 14_3_1-2a: 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_3_1-2a.html