Table 14_3_4-9d
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 | 76.6 | 1.4 | 83.5 | 2.2 | 79.0 | 2.1 | 70.6 | 2.4 | |
Age | 18–44 | 79.1 | 1.8 | 85.9 | 2.8 | 81.0 | 2.7 | 73.7 | 3.0 |
45–64 | 74.6 | 2.4 | 79.8 | 4.5 | 79.7 | 3.5 | 68.5 | 3.9 | |
65 and over | 66.8 | 4.6 | * | * | * | * | * | * | |
Gender | Male | 77.1 | 2.1 | 81.9 | 3.5 | 78.4 | 3.6 | 72.2 | 3.3 |
Female | 76.2 | 1.7 | 85.2 | 2.4 | 79.6 | 2.6 | 69.7 | 2.7 | |
Race | White, single race | 76.2 | 1.6 | 82.8 | 2.5 | 80.0 | 2.3 | 69.5 | 2.7 |
Black, single race | 78.0 | 2.9 | * | * | * | * | 76.0 | 5.1 | |
Asian, single race | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | |
NHOPI, single race | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | |
AI/AN, single race | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | |
Multiple races | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | |
Ethnicity | Non-Hispanic, all races | 74.4 | 1.6 | 80.9 | 2.5 | 77.9 | 2.3 | 68.8 | 2.5 |
Non-Hispanic, White | 73.7 | 1.8 | 79.3 | 3.0 | 78.9 | 2.5 | 67.3 | 3.0 | |
Non-Hispanic, Black | 77.8 | 3.0 | * | * | * | * | 75.7 | 5.2 | |
Hispanic | 89.9 | 2.5 | 90.3 | 3.6 | * | * | * | * | |
Family incomeb | Negative/poor | 85.2 | 2.1 | 87.0 | 3.1 | 81.4 | 3.9 | 86.3 | 3.8 |
Near poor/low | 87.8 | 2.1 | 89.0 | 3.1 | 87.0 | 3.1 | 87.4 | 4.5 | |
Middle | 77.2 | 2.8 | 84.4 | 5.0 | 78.5 | 3.6 | 73.0 | 4.3 | |
High | 55.9 | 3.7 | * | * | * | * | 53.1 | 4.4 | |
Employment status, ages 18–64 | Employed | 76.6 | 1.7 | 83.3 | 3.1 | 80.8 | 2.4 | 70.8 | 2.8 |
Not employed | 80.4 | 2.3 | 84.9 | 3.1 | 79.8 | 4.1 | 75.9 | 4.1 | |
Health insurance, ages 18–64 | Any private | 65.9 | 2.5 | 70.4 | 5.4 | 70.3 | 3.7 | 62.4 | 3.3 |
Public only | 82.7 | 2.8 | 80.3 | 5.1 | 83.4 | 4.3 | * | * | |
Uninsured | 93.8 | 1.3 | 94.3 | 1.9 | 95.0 | 2.4 | 92.2 | 2.5 | |
Health insurance, age 65 and over | Medicare only | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * |
Medicare and private | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | |
Medicare and other public | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | |
Residence locationc | Metropolitan | 78.1 | 1.5 | 85.0 | 2.5 | 81.6 | 2.2 | 71.9 | 2.5 |
Large central metro | 79.5 | 2.2 | 83.0 | 3.7 | 82.3 | 3.4 | 74.8 | 3.9 | |
Large fringe metro | 71.8 | 3.2 | * | * | * | * | 66.0 | 4.4 | |
Medium metro | 79.0 | 2.7 | 88.9 | 4.2 | 83.6 | 3.5 | 69.1 | 5.1 | |
Small metro | 88.8 | 3.3 | * | * | * | * | * | * | |
Nonmetropolitan | 69.3 | 4.4 | 78.2 | 5.1 | 67.2 | 5.6 | 64.0 | 6.4 | |
Micropolitan | 72.7 | 4.9 | * | * | * | * | * | * | |
Noncore | 64.8 | 6.7 | * | * | * | * | * | * | |
Language spoken most often at home | English | 75.2 | 1.6 | 81.2 | 2.5 | 78.6 | 2.2 | 69.6 | 2.5 |
Other | 87.5 | 3.4 | 92.2 | 4.0 | * | * | * | * | |
Perceived health status | Excellent/very good/good | 74.9 | 1.7 | 83.0 | 2.8 | 78.6 | 2.4 | 68.5 | 2.6 |
Fair/poor | 82.3 | 2.1 | 84.7 | 3.5 | 80.2 | 3.7 | 81.9 | 3.7 | |
Activity limitations,c age 18 and over | Basic activities | 82.4 | 2.1 | 84.0 | 3.3 | 81.4 | 3.9 | 81.9 | 3.6 |
Complex activities | 83.8 | 2.4 | 86.5 | 3.8 | 84.6 | 4.2 | * | * | |
Neither basic nor complex activities | 74.8 | 1.7 | 82.7 | 2.8 | 78.2 | 2.5 | 68.2 | 2.8 |
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.