Table 14_4_8-1b
2008 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports
Population group | Total | Non-Hispanic | Hispanic, all races | ||||||||
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All races | White | Black | |||||||||
Percent | SE | Percent | SE | Percent | SE | Percent | SE | Percent | SE | ||
Total | 79.0 | 1.4 | 79.5 | 1.5 | 80.6 | 1.6 | 75.3 | 3.8 | 76.2 | 2.9 | |
Age | 0–5 | 77.9 | 2.5 | 78.4 | 2.8 | 80.3 | 3.2 | * | * | 75.8 | 5.0 |
6–17 | 79.4 | 1.6 | 79.9 | 1.7 | 80.7 | 1.8 | 77.8 | 4.0 | 76.4 | 3.4 | |
Gender | Male | 77.0 | 2.0 | 77.4 | 2.3 | 78.7 | 2.5 | 70.8 | 5.1 | 74.1 | 4.2 |
Female | 81.4 | 1.8 | 81.7 | 2.0 | 82.7 | 2.1 | * | * | 78.9 | 3.7 | |
Family incomea | Negative/poor | 75.3 | 3.0 | 76.0 | 3.7 | 77.8 | 4.7 | * | * | 73.2 | 4.8 |
Near poor/low | 77.3 | 2.8 | 77.7 | 3.3 | 77.4 | 4.2 | * | * | 76.0 | 5.0 | |
Middle | 78.7 | 2.7 | 78.0 | 2.9 | 79.2 | 3.0 | * | * | * | * | |
High | 81.5 | 2.2 | 82.5 | 2.2 | 83.4 | 2.3 | * | * | * | * | |
Health insurance | Any private | 80.6 | 1.6 | 80.7 | 1.7 | 81.2 | 1.8 | * | * | * | * |
Public only | 75.1 | 2.5 | 75.6 | 3.1 | 78.3 | 3.6 | 71.5 | 5.4 | 73.8 | 4.1 | |
Uninsured | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | |
Residence locationb | Metropolitan | 78.9 | 1.5 | 79.4 | 1.7 | 81.0 | 1.8 | 74.5 | 4.1 | 75.8 | 3.1 |
Large central metro | 75.6 | 2.6 | 73.6 | 3.2 | 76.7 | 3.8 | * | * | 80.8 | 4.0 | |
Large fringe metro | 78.5 | 2.5 | 79.7 | 2.6 | 80.3 | 2.7 | * | * | * | * | |
Medium metro | 83.0 | 3.1 | 84.0 | 3.2 | 85.1 | 3.3 | * | * | * | * | |
Small metro | 81.0 | 4.1 | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | |
Nonmetropolitan | 79.7 | 3.4 | 79.6 | 3.5 | 78.7 | 4.0 | * | * | * | * | |
Micropolitan | 78.7 | 3.9 | 78.6 | 4.1 | 77.6 | 4.7 | * | * | * | * | |
Noncore | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | |
Language spoken most often at home | English | 79.7 | 1.5 | 79.9 | 1.5 | 80.8 | 1.6 | 76.2 | 3.7 | 77.0 | 3.9 |
Other | 72.8 | 4.4 | * | * | * | * | * | * | 74.7 | 4.4 | |
Perceived health status | Excellent/very good/good | 79.6 | 1.4 | 79.9 | 1.6 | 81.2 | 1.6 | 75.0 | 4.1 | 77.9 | 2.9 |
Fair/poor | 71.0 | 5.0 | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | |
CSHCN | Yes | 76.5 | 1.9 | 77.0 | 2.1 | 79.7 | 2.2 | 71.7 | 4.9 | 73.3 | 4.7 |
No | 81.9 | 1.8 | 82.5 | 2.0 | 82.0 | 2.2 | * | * | 78.7 | 3.9 |
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 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: CSHCN: children with special health care needs; SE: standard error.
Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Center for Financing, Access and Cost Trends, Medical Expenditure Panel Survey.