Table 14_3_2-2a
2008 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports
Population group | Total | Single race | Multiple races | ||||||||||||
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White | Black | Asian | NHOPI | AI/AN | |||||||||||
Percent | SE | Percent | SE | Percent | SE | Percent | SE | Percent | SE | Percent | SE | Percent | SE | ||
Total | 17.7 | 0.4 | 16.8 | 0.5 | 20.7 | 0.8 | 17.1 | 1.2 | * | * | 48.3 | 6.2 | 21.6 | 2.4 | |
Age, not age adjusted | 0–17 | 22.2 | 0.7 | 20.8 | 0.7 | 27.2 | 1.4 | 19.1 | 2.1 | * | * | 55.6 | 7.7 | 24.3 | 2.8 |
18–44 | 16.6 | 0.5 | 15.8 | 0.6 | 19.0 | 1.1 | 16.4 | 1.6 | * | * | 37.6 | 6.6 | 20.7 | 3.2 | |
45–64 | 16.0 | 0.6 | 15.4 | 0.7 | 18.4 | 1.4 | 15.2 | 2.2 | * | * | 51.6 | 9.4 | 21.5 | 5.5 | |
65 and over | 14.8 | 0.8 | 14.1 | 0.8 | 16.8 | 1.8 | 18.9 | 3.4 | * | * | * | * | * | * | |
Gender | Male | 17.5 | 0.5 | 16.5 | 0.6 | 20.8 | 1.1 | 17.8 | 1.9 | * | * | 51.9 | 7.2 | 20.5 | 3.0 |
Female | 17.9 | 0.5 | 17.1 | 0.5 | 20.8 | 1.0 | 16.8 | 1.5 | * | * | 44.4 | 6.3 | 22.4 | 2.7 | |
Health insurance,b ages 0–64 | Private | 12.6 | 0.5 | 12.5 | 0.5 | 11.7 | 0.9 | 12.1 | 1.5 | * | * | 36.4 | 8.2 | 13.8 | 2.2 |
Public | 35.0 | 1.1 | 34.2 | 1.3 | 35.0 | 1.9 | 39.4 | 4.3 | * | * | 70.6 | 6.4 | 35.4 | 5.8 | |
Uninsured | 24.0 | 0.9 | 22.6 | 1.0 | 28.0 | 2.0 | 18.9 | 3.4 | * | * | 49.4 | 8.7 | 29.1 | 4.9 | |
Health insurance, age 65 and over | Medicare and private | 12.6 | 0.9 | 12.5 | 1.0 | 11.1 | 2.5 | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * |
Medicare and public | 28.2 | 2.3 | 27.8 | 2.9 | 33.7 | 4.5 | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | |
Medicare only | 12.5 | 1.0 | 11.5 | 1.1 | 13.0 | 2.1 | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | |
Family incomec | Negative/poor | 28.6 | 0.9 | 26.9 | 1.0 | 30.1 | 1.8 | 35.1 | 3.9 | * | * | 64.1 | 7.2 | 29.9 | 4.5 |
Near poor/low | 22.0 | 0.7 | 21.1 | 0.9 | 23.6 | 1.5 | 24.4 | 3.1 | * | * | 41.6 | 8.0 | 29.1 | 5.2 | |
Middle | 16.2 | 0.6 | 16.0 | 0.7 | 15.4 | 1.4 | 15.8 | 2.3 | * | * | 49.4 | 8.3 | 14.8 | 3.6 | |
High | 11.3 | 0.6 | 11.3 | 0.7 | 10.5 | 1.5 | 10.0 | 1.5 | * | * | * | * | 17.6 | 4.9 | |
Education, age 25 and over | Less than high school | 23.1 | 0.9 | 22.2 | 1.1 | 25.4 | 2.0 | 22.0 | 4.2 | * | * | 46.7 | 7.6 | 31.7 | 6.8 |
High school graduate | 16.0 | 0.7 | 15.3 | 0.7 | 17.3 | 1.3 | 18.4 | 3.0 | * | * | 49.3 | 7.5 | 18.4 | 4.4 | |
At least some college | 13.4 | 0.5 | 13.0 | 0.6 | 14.6 | 1.2 | 13.1 | 1.6 | * | * | 37.1 | 7.3 | 16.8 | 3.8 | |
Residence locationd | Metropolitan | 16.4 | 0.4 | 15.2 | 0.5 | 21.6 | 0.9 | 17.0 | 1.3 | * | * | 39.2 | 7.6 | 17.8 | 2.4 |
Large central metro | 20.2 | 0.6 | 17.9 | 0.7 | 27.1 | 1.3 | 22.4 | 1.9 | * | * | 45.8 | 8.3 | 19.4 | 3.3 | |
Large fringe metro | 11.2 | 0.6 | 11.2 | 0.7 | 12.8 | 1.4 | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | |
Medium metro | 14.6 | 1.0 | 13.3 | 1.0 | 21.0 | 2.1 | 15.2 | 2.5 | * | * | * | * | * | * | |
Small metro | 21.6 | 2.2 | 21.7 | 2.6 | 17.8 | 2.3 | * | * | * | * | * | * | 27.1 | 7.3 | |
Micropolitan (nonmetro) | 20.2 | 2.1 | 20.5 | 2.3 | 11.9 | 2.4 | * | * | * | * | 61.2 | 8.3 | * | * | |
Noncore (nonmetro) | 27.9 | 3.2 | 27.1 | 3.4 | 19.0 | 5.1 | * | * | * | * | 64.9 | 10.7 | 40.0 | 6.6 | |
Activity limitations, age 18 and overd | Basic activities | 22.4 | 2.3 | 20.7 | 2.7 | 19.4 | 3.5 | 36.2 | 4.4 | * | * | * | * | * | * |
Complex activities | 23.4 | 1.2 | 22.4 | 1.5 | 25.8 | 2.7 | * | * | * | * | * | * | 24.9 | 4.8 | |
Neither basic nor complex activities | 15.0 | 0.4 | 14.4 | 0.5 | 17.4 | 0.9 | 14.5 | 1.2 | * | * | 46.8 | 6.8 | 18.4 | 3.6 |
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.