Table 2_1_1-2d
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 | 40.4 | 1.8 | 31.5 | 2.8 | 39.9 | 2.8 | 47.7 | 3.0 | |
Age, not adjusted | 40–59 | 39.1 | 2.4 | 30.8 | 4.0 | 38.5 | 3.7 | 44.4 | 4.1 |
60 and over | 42.4 | 2.2 | 32.6 | 2.8 | 42.1 | 4.0 | 53.1 | 4.1 | |
Gender | Male | 39.3 | 2.7 | 33.1 | 4.2 | 39.8 | 4.1 | 42.9 | 4.2 |
Female | 41.3 | 2.2 | 30.3 | 3.9 | 39.9 | 3.7 | 53.3 | 3.9 | |
Race | White, single race | 41.2 | 2.0 | 30.3 | 3.1 | 40.3 | 3.3 | 50.0 | 3.4 |
Black, single race | 37.2 | 3.7 | 33.2 | 5.7 | * | * | * | * | |
Asian, single race | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | |
NHOPI, single race | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | |
AI/AN, single race | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | |
Multiple races | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | |
Ethnicity | Non-Hispanic, all races | 41.4 | 1.9 | 31.5 | 3.9 | 40.8 | 2.9 | 48.0 | 3.0 |
Non-Hispanic, White | 42.4 | 2.3 | 29.1 | 4.8 | 41.3 | 3.5 | 50.4 | 3.6 | |
Non-Hispanic, Black | 37.6 | 3.7 | 33.7 | 5.9 | * | * | * | * | |
Hispanic | 34.3 | 3.2 | 32.2 | 3.4 | * | * | * | * | |
Family incomec | Negative/poor | 30.8 | 3.5 | 26.0 | 3.8 | * | * | * | * |
Near poor/low | 28.5 | 2.7 | 26.5 | 4.4 | 31.2 | 4.5 | * | * | |
Middle | 38.3 | 3.2 | 33.6 | 5.4 | 34.7 | 4.5 | 45.1 | 5.5 | |
High | 53.0 | 3.1 | * | * | 52.8 | 5.4 | 53.6 | 4.2 | |
Employment status, ages 40–64 | Employed | 44.9 | 3.8 | * | * | 38.1 | 5.3 | 53.4 | 5.4 |
Not employed | 39.6 | 2.7 | 30.9 | 3.8 | 41.7 | 4.6 | * | * | |
Health insurance, ages 40–64 | Any private | 47.8 | 3.0 | * | * | 44.8 | 4.4 | 52.7 | 4.6 |
Public only | 32.3 | 3.7 | 29.2 | 4.7 | * | * | * | * | |
Uninsured | 33.2 | 5.8 | * | * | * | * | * | * | |
Health insurance, age 65 and over | Medicare only | 40.2 | 4.8 | * | * | * | * | * | * |
Medicare and private | 43.1 | 3.3 | * | * | * | * | 50.3 | 5.1 | |
Medicare and other public | 31.9 | 4.6 | 30.2 | 5.3 | * | * | * | * | |
Residence locationd | Metropolitan | 42.1 | 2.1 | 33.2 | 3.3 | 42.3 | 3.4 | 48.4 | 3.2 |
Large central metro | 40.5 | 3.3 | 34.4 | 5.0 | 40.1 | 5.7 | 46.0 | 5.2 | |
Large fringe metro | 43.5 | 3.7 | * | * | * | * | * | * | |
Medium metro | 43.1 | 4.1 | 40.7 | 7.2 | * | * | * | * | |
Small metro | 41.5 | 8.0 | * | * | * | * | * | * | |
Nonmetropolitan | 34.0 | 3.4 | 25.3 | 5.0 | 32.0 | 5.2 | * | * | |
Micropolitan | 36.3 | 4.9 | * | * | * | * | * | * | |
Noncore | 31.9 | 3.9 | * | * | * | * | * | * | |
Language spoken most often at home | English | 41.1 | 1.9 | 30.6 | 3.5 | 40.5 | 2.8 | 48.7 | 3.0 |
Other | 33.6 | 3.7 | 35.7 | 4.8 | * | * | * | * | |
Perceived health status | Excellent/very good/good | 41.3 | 2.3 | 32.4 | 4.3 | 39.4 | 3.6 | 48.5 | 3.5 |
Fair/poor | 38.7 | 2.3 | 31.5 | 3.3 | 40.8 | 4.1 | 45.8 | 4.6 | |
Activity limitationsd | Basic activities | 37.0 | 2.8 | 30.4 | 3.9 | 38.1 | 4.1 | 43.8 | 5.1 |
Complex activities | 38.5 | 3.2 | 30.9 | 4.4 | 43.5 | 4.7 | * | * | |
Neither basic nor complex activities | 41.2 | 2.2 | 29.0 | 3.9 | 39.7 | 3.8 | 49.0 | 3.6 |
a Estimates are age adjusted to the 2000 standard population with two age groups: 40–59 and 60 and over, except where indicated.
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 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.
d 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.