Table 1_3_1-2a

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 1_3_1.2a
Adults age 50 and over who reported they ever had a colonoscopy, sigmoidoscopy, or proctoscopy, or had a fecal occult blood test within the past 2 years,^a by race, United States, 2005
Population group		Total		Single race										Multiple races
		Total		White		Black		Asian		NHOPI		AI/AN		Multiple races
		Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE
Total		55.5	0.6	56.8	0.6	48.6	1.6	42.4	3.8	*	*	38.1	9.3	55.8	5.1
Age, not age adjusted	50–64	49.2	0.7	50.4	0.8	43.5	1.9	37.4	4.3	*	*	43.8	10.5	39.0	6.6
Age, not age adjusted	65 and over	63.1	0.8	64.3	0.8	54.6	2.6	48.4	6.8	*	*	*	*	*	*
Gender	Male	56.6	0.8	58.2	0.8	46.9	2.4	42.8	5.3	*	*	*	*	51.5	7.7
Gender	Female	54.8	0.7	55.8	0.8	49.9	2.1	42.9	4.7	*	*	*	*	59.9	6.2
Health insurance,^b ages 50–64, not age adjusted	Private	53.4	0.8	54.5	0.9	47.4	2.6	37.9	5.1	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Public	48.8	1.9	48.7	2.3	48.1	4.1	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Uninsured	24.1	1.7	24.1	1.9	25.7	3.9	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
Health insurance, age 65 and over, not age adjusted	Medicare and private	68.2	1.0	68.5	1.0	63.7	4.0	68.4	8.7	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Medicare and public	60.2	2.1	62.6	2.4	52.9	4.7	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Medicare only	54.1	1.5	55.3	1.7	49.0	3.8	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
Family income^c	Negative/poor	40.5	1.5	40.6	1.8	39.3	3.4	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Near poor/low	48.0	1.3	48.7	1.5	45.6	3.6	37.2	8.1	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Middle	54.3	1.1	55.6	1.2	49.2	3.6	33.0	6.6	*	*	*	*	*	*
	High	63.7	0.9	64.0	1.0	63.8	4.1	56.6	4.6	*	*	*	*	*	*
Education	Less than high school	42.4	1.2	43.1	1.4	39.9	2.8	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
	High school graduate	52.7	0.9	53.6	1.0	49.1	2.8	35.8	8.1	*	*	*	*	*	*
	At least some college	62.9	0.7	63.8	0.7	57.8	2.6	48.9	4.7	*	*	*	*	64.9	6.0
Residence location^d	Large central metro	51.9	1.1	53.1	1.3	49.7	2.4	40.2	5.2	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Large fringe metro	60.2	1.1	60.9	1.2	59.8	3.8	49.3	6.4	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Medium metro	56.0	1.2	57.6	1.2	41.6	3.5	42.4	9.4	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Small metro	59.4	1.6	60.2	1.8	52.6	5.0	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Micropolitan (nonmetro)	54.3	1.9	55.2	1.9	41.5	4.8	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Noncore (nonmetro)	49.1	2.0	50.0	1.9	39.9	4.2	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*

^a Estimates are age adjusted to the 2000 standard population, except where indicated.

^b A small number of persons who were covered by both public and private health insurance plans were included in the "private health insurance" category only.��

^c 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. Missing values for family income were imputed using multiple imputation methodology. A small number of persons were excluded because their family income could not be imputed.

^d For more information, see the National Health Interview Survey 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: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Health Statistics, National Health Interview Survey.

Current as of September 2009

Internet Citation: Table 1_3_1-2a: 2008 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports. September 2009. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. http://www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/nhqrdr/nhqrdr08/1_cancer/T1_3_1-2a.html