Table 14_4_3-1

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_4_3.1
People unable to get or delayed in getting needed dental care in the last 12 months, United States, 2002 and 2005
Population group		2005			2002
Population group		Total population (in thousands)	Percent	SE	Total population (in thousands)	Percent	SE
Total		296,185	6.4	0.3	288,182	5.5	0.2
Age	0–17	73,452	3.8	0.4	72,730	3.2	0.2
	18–44	110,815	8.5	0.4	111,090	7.1	0.3
	45–64	73,257	7.2	0.4	67,009	6.4	0.3
	65 and over	36,280	3.9	0.4	34,921	3.1	0.3
Gender	Male	145,116	5.9	0.3	140,802	5.0	0.3
Gender	Female	151,069	7.0	0.3	147,380	5.9	0.2
Race	White, single race	237,761	6.4	0.3	233,530	5.5	0.2
	Black, single race	36,870	6.9	0.6	35,504	5.7	0.4
	Asian, single race	12,659	4.2	0.9	11,567	2.9	0.6
	NHOPI, single race	1,078	*	*	884	*	*
	AI/AN, single race	2,332	12.5	3.1	2,583	6.6	1.9
	Multiple races	5,484	8.5	1.5	4,114	6.5	1.3
Ethnicity	Non-Hispanic, all races	252,609	6.4	0.3	248,517	5.5	0.2
	Non-Hispanic, White	196,514	6.4	0.3	195,463	5.6	0.3
	Non-Hispanic, Black	35,880	6.9	0.6	34,875	5.6	0.4
	Hispanic	43,576	6.6	0.5	39,665	5.4	0.5
Family income^a	Negative/poor	37,915	10.5	0.6	35,618	9.4	0.6
	Near poor/low	54,033	9.1	0.6	52,639	7.6	0.4
	Middle	92,693	6.8	0.5	91,063	5.3	0.3
	High	111,543	3.6	0.3	108,862	3.3	0.2
Education,^b age 18 and over	Less than high school	41,928	10.0	0.6	45,282	7.5	0.4
	High school graduate	70,724	7.2	0.4	69,829	6.1	0.3
	At least some college	107,388	6.4	0.3	97,855	5.8	0.3
Employment status, ages 18–64	Employed	147,001	7.6	0.3	143,280	6.5	0.3
Employment status, ages 18–64	Not employed	37,780	9.6	0.6	35,665	8.2	0.5
Health insurance, ages 18–64	Any private	182,776	5.0	0.3	183,519	4.5	0.2
	Public only	38,952	8.2	0.5	34,249	7.3	0.5
	Uninsured	35,796	14.2	0.8	33,061	11.3	0.7
Health insurance, age 65 and over	Medicare only	10,078	4.4	0.7	10,202	3.4	0.6
	Medicare and private	21,331	2.9	0.5	20,648	2.8	0.4
	Medicare and other public	4,477	8.5	1.4	3,788	4.0	1.0
Residence location^c	Metropolitan	247,418	6.3	0.3	241,330	5.6	0.2
	Large central metro	89,436	6.4	0.4	87,683	6.1	0.3
	Large fringe metro	73,350	5.7	0.5	69,802	4.8	0.3
	Medium metro	59,108	7.2	0.6	58,570	6.0	0.6
	Small metro	25,524	5.8	0.7	25,275	5.2	0.6
	Nonmetropolitan	48,767	7.1	0.7	46,852	4.9	0.5
	Micropolitan	31,968	6.3	0.8	31,339	4.9	0.6
	Noncore	16,799	8.5	1.5	15,513	4.7	0.7
Language spoken most often at home	English	257,411	6.5	0.3	252,871	5.5	0.2
Language spoken most often at home	Other	34,902	6.3	0.5	31,079	5.1	0.5
Perceived health status	Excellent/very good/good	262,298	5.6	0.2	255,683	4.9	0.2
Perceived health status	Fair/poor	31,890	13.5	0.7	30,511	10.5	0.6
Activity limitations,^c age 18 and over	Basic activities	29,148	11.9	0.8	27,554	10.1	0.7
	Complex activities	17,758	14.8	1.0	16,398	13.0	0.9
	Neither basic nor complex activities	183,537	6.4	0.3	179,243	5.5	0.2

^a 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.

^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.

^d Denominator includes persons eligible to access care. Numerator includes persons unable to get or delayed in receiving needed care.

* - 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.

Current as of September 2009

Internet Citation: Table 14_4_3-1: 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_4_3-1.html