Table 14_3_4-3d
2008 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports
Population group | Total | Less than high school | High school graduate | At least some college | |||||
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Percent | SE | Percent | SE | Percent | SE | Percent | SE | ||
Total | 66.4 | 1.2 | 76.6 | 2.0 | 69.5 | 1.7 | 58.9 | 1.9 | |
Age | 18–44 | 72.7 | 1.7 | 82.1 | 2.8 | 77.1 | 2.6 | 65.2 | 2.5 |
45–64 | 66.2 | 1.8 | 80.2 | 3.0 | 68.2 | 2.6 | 58.4 | 2.9 | |
65 and over | 42.9 | 3.0 | 51.3 | 4.3 | 49.8 | 5.1 | 28.7 | 4.3 | |
Gender | Male | 66.0 | 1.8 | 76.6 | 2.8 | 70.2 | 2.6 | 56.2 | 2.9 |
Female | 66.7 | 1.3 | 76.6 | 2.7 | 69.0 | 2.0 | 60.6 | 2.1 | |
Race | White, single race | 64.9 | 1.4 | 75.9 | 2.3 | 68.4 | 1.9 | 56.9 | 2.2 |
Black, single race | 76.0 | 2.3 | 85.2 | 3.0 | 75.8 | 3.9 | 70.4 | 3.9 | |
Asian, single race | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | |
NHOPI, single race | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | |
AI/AN, single race | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | |
Multiple races | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | |
Ethnicity | Non-Hispanic, all races | 63.7 | 1.3 | 73.0 | 2.1 | 67.8 | 1.8 | 57.0 | 2.0 |
Non-Hispanic, White | 61.7 | 1.5 | 71.2 | 2.6 | 66.5 | 2.1 | 54.6 | 2.4 | |
Non-Hispanic, Black | 75.7 | 2.4 | 84.5 | 3.1 | 75.9 | 4.0 | 70.1 | 4.0 | |
Hispanic | 86.7 | 2.1 | 87.8 | 3.1 | 86.6 | 3.7 | 85.0 | 3.4 | |
Family incomeb | Negative/poor | 79.6 | 1.9 | 83.7 | 2.8 | 76.6 | 3.5 | 77.3 | 4.4 |
Near poor/low | 80.2 | 2.3 | 81.5 | 3.4 | 81.6 | 2.7 | 77.3 | 3.9 | |
Middle | 67.2 | 2.1 | 73.9 | 4.1 | 68.5 | 3.2 | 63.3 | 3.0 | |
High | 45.0 | 2.7 | * | * | 50.8 | 4.1 | 42.5 | 3.2 | |
Employment status, ages 18–64 | Employed | 69.0 | 1.5 | 80.9 | 2.9 | 73.3 | 2.1 | 62.0 | 2.2 |
Not employed | 72.4 | 1.8 | 82.1 | 2.2 | 72.6 | 3.2 | 63.7 | 3.7 | |
Health insurance, ages 18–64 | Any private | 58.2 | 2.0 | 66.9 | 5.0 | 61.3 | 2.8 | 54.7 | 2.6 |
Public only | 76.3 | 2.1 | 77.7 | 3.3 | 79.8 | 3.5 | 71.0 | 4.5 | |
Uninsured | 90.9 | 1.4 | 94.5 | 1.6 | 90.3 | 2.5 | 87.7 | 3.0 | |
Health insurance, age 65 and over | Medicare only | 50.9 | 5.0 | * | * | * | * | * | * |
Medicare and private | 30.7 | 4.1 | * | * | * | * | * | * | |
Medicare and other public | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | |
Residence locationc | Metropolitan | 66.1 | 1.4 | 77.1 | 2.4 | 69.4 | 1.9 | 58.7 | 2.0 |
Large central metro | 67.2 | 2.4 | 77.5 | 4.5 | 74.5 | 3.4 | 57.3 | 3.1 | |
Large fringe metro | 62.6 | 2.4 | 75.6 | 5.6 | 63.7 | 4.3 | 58.0 | 3.4 | |
Medium metro | 66.2 | 2.8 | 79.4 | 3.2 | 69.6 | 3.1 | 56.6 | 4.9 | |
Small metro | 70.6 | 4.1 | * | * | * | * | * | * | |
Nonmetropolitan | 67.8 | 3.0 | 74.8 | 3.5 | 70.0 | 3.9 | 60.3 | 4.6 | |
Micropolitan | 67.0 | 3.7 | 73.2 | 4.5 | 70.9 | 5.4 | 59.1 | 5.8 | |
Noncore | 68.9 | 4.0 | * | * | * | * | * | * | |
Language spoken most often at home | English | 64.8 | 1.2 | 73.6 | 2.1 | 68.5 | 1.8 | 58.1 | 2.0 |
Other | 82.7 | 3.0 | 90.0 | 3.7 | * | * | 70.6 | 6.2 | |
Perceived health status | Excellent/very good/good | 64.7 | 1.4 | 75.7 | 2.8 | 67.4 | 2.0 | 58.5 | 1.9 |
Fair/poor | 71.2 | 1.9 | 78.2 | 2.6 | 74.9 | 2.9 | 60.7 | 3.7 | |
Activity limitations,c age 18 and over | Basic activities | 67.1 | 2.0 | 68.0 | 3.2 | 73.0 | 3.0 | 61.2 | 3.5 |
Complex activities | 70.8 | 2.0 | 75.0 | 3.4 | 75.7 | 3.3 | 62.3 | 4.1 | |
Neither basic nor complex activities | 65.9 | 1.4 | 80.4 | 2.5 | 67.6 | 2.2 | 58.7 | 2.1 |
a Persons age 18 and over. 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, at or 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.