Table 15_1_1-1d
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 | 73.7 | 0.5 | 65.5 | 0.8 | 71.5 | 0.7 | 78.5 | 0.5 | |
Age | 18–44 | 63.3 | 0.7 | 50.8 | 1.1 | 58.9 | 1.1 | 71.0 | 0.8 |
45–64 | 80.0 | 0.6 | 73.6 | 1.3 | 77.7 | 1.1 | 83.3 | 0.7 | |
65 and over | 92.4 | 0.5 | 89.6 | 1.0 | 92.2 | 0.9 | 94.5 | 0.8 | |
Gender | Male | 64.5 | 0.7 | 54.4 | 1.3 | 61.0 | 1.1 | 71.1 | 0.8 |
Female | 82.2 | 0.4 | 76.6 | 1.0 | 81.1 | 0.8 | 85.1 | 0.5 | |
Race | White, single race | 75.6 | 0.5 | 66.1 | 1.0 | 73.8 | 0.8 | 80.4 | 0.6 |
Black, single race | 65.2 | 1.1 | 62.2 | 2.2 | 60.3 | 1.8 | 71.2 | 1.6 | |
Asian, single race | 63.4 | 1.9 | 62.7 | 4.6 | 60.2 | 4.4 | 64.7 | 2.2 | |
NHOPI, single race | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | |
AI/AN, single race | 68.8 | 4.3 | * | * | * | * | * | * | |
Multiple races | 74.8 | 2.9 | * | * | 70.5 | 5.1 | 78.2 | 4.2 | |
Ethnicity | Non-Hispanic, all races | 76.3 | 0.5 | 71.7 | 1.0 | 73.9 | 0.7 | 79.1 | 0.5 |
Non-Hispanic, White | 79.0 | 0.5 | 74.8 | 1.1 | 77.0 | 0.8 | 81.4 | 0.6 | |
Non-Hispanic, Black | 65.3 | 1.1 | 62.8 | 2.3 | 60.2 | 1.8 | 71.2 | 1.5 | |
Hispanic | 56.3 | 1.0 | 51.1 | 1.4 | 52.7 | 1.8 | 69.4 | 1.8 | |
Family incomeb | Negative/poor | 66.5 | 1.1 | 62.4 | 1.5 | 66.9 | 1.6 | 72.9 | 2.4 |
Near poor/low | 69.3 | 0.9 | 64.1 | 1.3 | 70.5 | 1.5 | 73.8 | 1.5 | |
Middle | 71.7 | 0.8 | 63.9 | 1.7 | 70.9 | 1.2 | 75.9 | 1.0 | |
High | 79.0 | 0.6 | 76.4 | 1.9 | 74.4 | 1.3 | 81.1 | 0.7 | |
Employment status, ages 18–64 | Employed | 68.8 | 0.6 | 53.0 | 1.2 | 64.5 | 1.0 | 75.4 | 0.6 |
Not employed | 74.6 | 0.8 | 67.4 | 1.3 | 75.3 | 1.4 | 80.1 | 1.4 | |
Health insurance, ages 18–64 | Any private | 75.4 | 0.5 | 66.5 | 1.4 | 72.1 | 1.0 | 78.7 | 0.6 |
Public only | 77.6 | 1.0 | 72.1 | 1.5 | 80.6 | 1.6 | 83.5 | 2.1 | |
Uninsured | 42.4 | 1.1 | 37.5 | 1.6 | 40.3 | 1.9 | 50.7 | 2.1 | |
Health insurance, age 65 and over | Medicare only | 90.1 | 1.1 | 89.0 | 1.8 | 87.6 | 2.1 | 94.3 | 1.5 |
Medicare and private | 94.6 | 0.6 | 93.3 | 1.4 | 95.3 | 0.9 | 94.7 | 1.0 | |
Medicare and other public | 89.8 | 1.6 | 87.3 | 2.3 | 91.5 | 3.1 | * | * | |
Residence locationc | Metropolitan | 73.1 | 0.5 | 64.1 | 0.9 | 70.6 | 0.8 | 77.9 | 0.6 |
Large central metro | 68.3 | 0.7 | 58.3 | 1.3 | 63.5 | 1.3 | 75.2 | 0.9 | |
Large fringe metro | 75.6 | 0.9 | 68.6 | 2.2 | 74.1 | 1.5 | 78.5 | 1.2 | |
Medium metro | 76.6 | 1.0 | 67.9 | 2.1 | 75.3 | 1.5 | 80.9 | 1.2 | |
Small metro | 74.3 | 1.3 | 68.0 | 3.5 | 71.5 | 1.6 | 79.0 | 1.5 | |
Nonmetropolitan | 76.9 | 1.0 | 71.2 | 2.0 | 75.1 | 1.3 | 82.2 | 1.3 | |
Micropolitan | 77.1 | 1.2 | 70.7 | 2.6 | 75.9 | 1.6 | 81.7 | 1.5 | |
Noncore | 76.5 | 2.0 | 71.9 | 2.9 | 73.4 | 2.3 | 83.1 | 2.4 | |
Language spoken most often at home | English | 76.6 | 0.5 | 71.5 | 0.9 | 74.0 | 0.8 | 79.8 | 0.5 |
Other | 52.7 | 1.3 | 50.2 | 1.5 | 49.2 | 2.1 | 59.6 | 2.4 | |
Perceived health status | Excellent/very good/good | 71.6 | 0.5 | 60.0 | 1.0 | 68.8 | 0.9 | 77.2 | 0.6 |
Fair/poor | 88.4 | 0.6 | 84.7 | 1.2 | 88.5 | 1.0 | 92.1 | 0.9 | |
Activity limitations,c age 18 and over | Basic activities | 93.5 | 0.5 | 92.1 | 1.0 | 92.8 | 0.9 | 95.5 | 0.8 |
Complex activities | 92.9 | 0.7 | 92.6 | 1.1 | 92.1 | 1.3 | 94.0 | 1.4 | |
Neither basic nor complex activities | 70.6 | 0.5 | 58.4 | 1.0 | 67.7 | 0.9 | 76.6 | 0.6 |
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.