Table 14_3_4-9b

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_4.9b
People unable to get or delayed in getting needed dental care due to financial or insurance reasons, by ethnicity, United States, 2005
Population group		Total		Non-Hispanic						Hispanic, all races
		Total		All races		White		Black		Hispanic, all races
		Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE
Total		75.7	1.4	73.9	1.6	73.5	1.9	75.3	2.8	85.8	2.6
Age	0–17	71.2	3.8	71.5	4.4	72.6	5.4	*	*	70.4	6.8
	18–44	79.1	1.8	76.9	2.1	77.5	2.4	74.5	4.2	90.3	2.9
	45–64	74.4	2.4	72.0	2.6	70.1	3.1	*	*	92.9	4.3
	65 and over	66.8	4.6	66.6	5.0	*	*	*	*	*	*
Gender	Male	76.1	2.0	75.0	2.2	73.8	2.6	77.6	4.5	81.5	4.2
Gender	Female	75.4	1.7	73.0	1.9	73.3	2.2	73.6	3.6	89.8	2.2
Family income^a	Negative/poor	83.4	2.0	80.9	2.4	82.7	2.8	73.7	4.6	92.3	3.2
	Near poor/low	86.5	2.0	85.8	2.3	86.3	2.9	84.2	4.2	89.8	4.3
	Middle	75.4	2.9	74.7	3.2	74.0	3.6	*	*	79.8	6.0
	High	55.5	3.7	54.1	3.8	55.0	4.3	*	*	*	*
Education,^b age 18 and over	Less than high school	83.5	2.2	80.9	2.5	79.3	3.0	*	*	90.3	3.6
	High school graduate	79.0	2.1	77.9	2.3	78.9	2.5	*	*	*	*
	At least some college	70.6	2.4	68.8	2.5	67.3	3.0	75.7	5.2	*	*
Employment status, ages 18–64	Employed	76.5	1.7	74.4	1.9	73.9	2.1	78.0	4.1	89.4	3.2
Employment status, ages 18–64	Not employed	80.2	2.3	77.1	2.8	77.4	3.6	*	*	95.1	2.1
Health insurance, under age 65	Any private	65.9	2.4	65.4	2.6	65.3	2.8	70.0	5.1	71.1	7.3
	Public only	79.1	2.7	77.3	3.2	80.3	3.9	66.1	5.7	85.8	4.5
	Uninsured	93.9	1.2	92.8	1.5	92.5	1.8	*	*	97.4	1.3
Health insurance, age 65 and over	Medicare only	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Medicare and private	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Medicare and other public	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
Residence location^c	Metropolitan	77.1	1.4	75.3	1.6	75.6	2.0	74.4	3.0	86.0	2.8
	Large central metro	77.8	2.0	74.9	2.8	76.6	3.9	71.5	4.3	84.6	3.7
	Large fringe metro	71.9	3.1	69.9	3.4	70.8	4.0	*	*	*	*
	Medium metro	78.5	2.9	77.7	3.1	76.1	3.6	*	*	*	*
	Small metro	85.7	3.2	84.5	3.5	84.2	3.7	*	*	*	*
	Nonmetropolitan	69.2	4.2	68.6	4.1	66.5	4.4	*	*	*	*
	Micropolitan	71.5	4.9	71.5	4.9	69.1	5.1	*	*	*	*
	Noncore	66.0	7.2	64.6	7.0	63.0	7.6	*	*	*	*
Language spoken most often at home	English	74.3	1.5	73.8	1.6	73.0	1.9	75.3	2.8	80.4	5.1
Language spoken most often at home	Other	86.2	3.3	*	*	*	*	*	*	90.1	2.9
Perceived health status	Excellent/very good/good	74.0	1.6	71.8	1.8	71.3	2.2	73.5	3.2	86.0	3.0
Perceived health status	Fair/poor	82.4	2.0	82.0	2.2	82.1	2.6	*	*	84.7	5.0
Activity limitations,^c age 18 and over	Basic activities	82.1	2.1	80.9	2.3	79.2	2.9	*	*	*	*
	Complex activities	84.0	2.3	82.9	2.5	82.0	3.1	*	*	*	*
	Neither basic nor complex activities	74.7	1.7	71.9	1.9	71.5	2.3	74.8	3.7	89.0	3.0

^a 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.

^b 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.

^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: 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_3_4-9b: 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_4-9b.html