Table 16_3_4-1

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 16_3_4.1
Adults with limited English proficiency, by whether they had a usual source of care (USC) with or without language assistance, United States, 2005
Population group		Total population (in thousands)^d	Without USC		With assistance		Without assistance
Population group		Total population (in thousands)^d	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE
Total		9,401	51.5	2.3	44.1	2.2	4.4	0.8
Age	18–44	5,323	66.1	2.7	32.4	2.7	*	*
	45–64	2,645	41.0	3.1	52.2	3.2	6.9	1.8
	65 and over	1,433	16.6	3.3	72.8	4.2	*	*
Gender	Male	4,461	65.7	2.8	30.3	2.6	4.0	1.1
Gender	Female	4,940	38.6	2.3	56.5	2.4	4.9	1.0
Race	White, single race	7,861	53.7	2.4	42.5	2.3	3.8	0.8
	Black, single race	263	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Asian, single race	1,172	34.5	5.3	55.9	5.1	*	*
	NHOPI, single race	15	*	*	*	*	*	*
	AI/AN, single race	28	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Multiple races	62	*	*	*	*	*	*
Ethnicity	Hispanic, all races	7,573	54.5	2.4	42.8	2.4	2.6	0.6
Ethnicity	Non-Hispanic, all races	1,828	38.8	4.6	49.2	4.6	12.0	3.3
Family income^a	Negative/poor	2,223	49.1	2.9	46.6	3.0	*	*
	Near poor/low	3,535	52.2	3.1	45.4	3.1	*	*
	Middle	2,733	53.1	4.0	41.7	3.7	*	*
	High	909	*	*	*	*	*	*
Education^b	Less than high school	6,234	50.9	2.8	45.6	2.8	3.5	0.8
	High school graduate	2,004	54.2	3.7	41.4	3.4	*	*
	At least some college	1,036	47.2	5.5	43.6	5.4	*	*
Employment status, ages 18–64	Employed	5,635	63.7	2.5	32.8	2.4	3.5	0.9
Employment status, ages 18–64	Not employed	2,319	43.1	3.4	54.0	3.5	2.9	0.8
Health insurance, ages 18–64	Any private	2,252	40.2	3.8	53.0	3.9	*	*
	Public only	1,364	32.2	3.8	64.6	3.9	*	*
	Uninsured	4,353	74.7	2.5	23.7	2.3	*	*
Health insurance, age 65 and over	Medicare only	313	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Medicare and private	189	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Medicare and other public	840	13.3	3.8	77.5	5.1	*	*
Residence location^c	Metropolitan	8,963	51.5	2.4	44.2	2.3	4.3	0.8
	Large central metro	5,727	50.9	2.9	46.6	2.8	2.5	0.7
	Large fringe metro	1,625	53.5	6.0	38.8	5.4	*	*
	Medium metro	1,285	50.2	3.8	40.5	4.3	*	*
	Small metro	326	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Nonmetropolitan	438	51.1	6.7	42.0	6.4	*	*
	Micropolitan	319	53.6	6.3	39.4	4.5	*	*
	Noncore	119	*	*	*	*	*	*
Perceived health status	Excellent/very good/good	7,664	57.0	2.5	39.1	2.4	3.9	0.9
Perceived health status	Fair/poor	1,737	27.1	3.0	66.2	3.3	6.7	1.9
Activity limitations^c	Basic activities	1,072	17.5	3.1	72.4	4.0	10.1	2.8
	Complex activities	519	22.7	5.9	68.8	6.0	*	*
	Neither basic nor complex activities	8,093	56.0	2.5	40.2	2.4	3.8	0.8

^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 Numbers may not add to total due to missing values or rounding.

* - 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 16_3_4-1: 2008 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports. September 2009. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. http://www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/nhqrdr/nhqrdr08/16_prioritypopulations/T16_3_4-1.html