Table 15_1_3-1d

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 15_1_3.1d
People who had a dental visit in the calendar year, by education,^a United States, 2005
Population group		Total		Less than high school		High school graduate		At least some college
Population group		Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE
Total		42.8	0.6	25.4	0.9	37.0	0.9	53.6	0.7
Age	18–44	38.3	0.8	27.8	1.3	30.7	1.2	47.1	0.9
	45–64	48.3	0.8	21.6	1.3	41.8	1.2	59.8	1.0
	65 and over	45.3	1.3	23.9	1.7	44.1	1.8	62.0	1.8
Gender	Male	38.6	0.8	23.1	1.1	32.4	1.2	49.2	0.9
Gender	Female	46.7	0.7	27.6	1.2	41.2	1.0	57.5	0.8
Race	White, single race	45.2	0.7	27.2	1.0	39.2	0.9	56.0	0.8
	Black, single race	28.0	1.1	17.6	1.4	24.7	1.5	37.3	1.7
	Asian, single race	41.2	2.4	21.7	4.2	34.0	4.6	47.3	3.0
	NHOPI, single race	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
	AI/AN, single race	34.1	4.9	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Multiple races	35.3	2.9	*	*	29.1	4.5	49.4	5.0
Ethnicity	Non-Hispanic, all races	45.4	0.6	28.8	1.0	38.7	0.9	54.6	0.7
	Non-Hispanic, White	48.8	0.7	32.8	1.3	41.6	1.0	57.5	0.8
	Non-Hispanic, Black	27.8	1.1	17.4	1.5	24.3	1.6	37.1	1.7
	Hispanic	24.8	1.1	17.4	1.3	23.7	1.7	38.9	2.3
Family income^b	Negative/poor	24.5	1.0	17.5	1.2	24.8	1.9	36.0	2.3
	Near poor/low	27.5	1.0	18.6	1.2	27.0	1.4	38.9	1.7
	Middle	39.9	1.0	26.4	1.6	36.7	1.4	48.6	1.3
	High	56.3	0.8	49.6	2.6	47.5	1.4	60.4	1.0
Employment status, ages 18–64	Employed	43.7	0.7	25.9	1.3	36.2	1.1	52.7	0.8
Employment status, ages 18–64	Not employed	37.1	1.0	25.7	1.3	32.9	1.6	50.5	1.7
Health insurance, ages 18–64	Any private	50.1	0.7	37.6	1.7	41.8	1.1	56.6	0.8
	Public only	26.5	1.1	23.2	1.5	28.2	2.0	30.5	2.7
	Uninsured	16.9	0.8	11.7	1.1	16.0	1.3	24.2	1.7
Health insurance, age 65 and over	Medicare only	36.9	2.0	19.8	2.5	36.3	3.0	54.6	3.9
	Medicare and private	53.7	1.6	32.4	3.0	50.1	2.3	66.0	2.0
	Medicare and other public	25.1	2.9	15.8	2.8	27.8	5.7	*	*
Residence location^c	Metropolitan	44.0	0.7	26.1	1.0	38.0	1.0	54.3	0.8
	Large central metro	39.8	1.1	21.4	1.1	32.3	1.6	51.8	1.3
	Large fringe metro	47.8	1.0	33.1	2.0	40.8	1.7	56.0	1.3
	Medium metro	45.1	1.5	26.1	2.6	40.6	2.0	55.5	2.0
	Small metro	45.7	1.6	29.1	2.8	41.4	2.6	55.8	2.3
	Nonmetropolitan	36.6	1.5	22.2	1.5	33.2	2.0	48.5	1.9
	Micropolitan	38.1	1.8	23.0	2.2	35.4	2.2	48.7	2.2
	Noncore	33.7	2.4	21.1	1.8	28.8	3.8	47.9	3.1
Language spoken most often at home	English	45.4	0.6	28.6	1.0	38.8	0.9	54.9	0.7
Language spoken most often at home	Other	24.7	1.3	17.9	1.4	23.4	1.9	36.9	2.4
Perceived health status	Excellent/very good/good	44.6	0.7	27.4	1.0	38.0	1.0	54.5	0.7
Perceived health status	Fair/poor	31.4	1.1	18.8	1.3	32.3	1.7	43.2	1.9
Activity limitations,^c age 18 and over	Basic activities	37.2	1.1	21.1	1.4	34.9	1.7	52.2	2.1
	Complex activities	33.0	1.2	18.9	1.6	31.5	2.2	47.8	2.7
	Neither basic nor complex activities	44.5	0.7	27.2	1.1	38.2	1.0	54.1	0.8

^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.

Current as of September 2009

Internet Citation: Table 15_1_3-1d: 2008 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports. September 2009. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. http://www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/nhqrdr/nhqrdr08/15_healthcareutilization/T15_1_3-1d.html