Table 2_1_2-2b
2008 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports
Population group | Total | Non-Hispanic | Hispanic, all races | ||||||||
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All races | White | Black | |||||||||
Percent | SE | Percent | SE | Percent | SE | Percent | SE | Percent | SE | ||
Total | 90.0 | 1.1 | 90.8 | 1.2 | 91.5 | 1.4 | 91.3 | 1.9 | 86.1 | 2.5 | |
Age, not adjusted | 40–59 | 88.0 | 1.6 | 89.3 | 1.7 | 90.3 | 1.9 | * | * | 81.0 | 4.3 |
60 and over | 93.2 | 1.1 | 93.0 | 1.2 | 93.4 | 1.4 | 89.4 | 2.5 | 94.2 | 1.8 | |
Gender | Male | 88.9 | 1.8 | 90.1 | 2.0 | 91.3 | 2.2 | * | * | 83.2 | 4.0 |
Female | 91.0 | 1.3 | 91.4 | 1.4 | 91.6 | 1.7 | 91.8 | 2.2 | 89.1 | 3.4 | |
Family incomeb | Negative/poor | 85.5 | 2.9 | 86.4 | 3.2 | * | * | * | * | * | * |
Near poor/low | 85.3 | 3.0 | 84.6 | 3.8 | 84.7 | 4.4 | * | * | 87.0 | 3.9 | |
Middle | 92.8 | 1.7 | 93.8 | 1.6 | 93.5 | 2.0 | * | * | * | * | |
High | 91.4 | 1.7 | 91.9 | 1.9 | 92.6 | 2.1 | * | * | * | * | |
Educationc | Less than high school | 88.4 | 2.3 | 88.0 | 3.2 | 89.4 | 3.2 | * | * | 89.3 | 2.6 |
High school graduate | 90.7 | 2.1 | 92.2 | 1.9 | 93.5 | 2.1 | * | * | * | * | |
At least some college | 91.0 | 1.6 | 91.1 | 1.7 | 90.8 | 2.1 | * | * | * | * | |
Employment status, ages 40–64 | Employed | 90.7 | 1.5 | 91.5 | 1.6 | 91.6 | 1.9 | * | * | * | * |
Not employed | 90.5 | 1.9 | 91.0 | 2.2 | 92.3 | 2.4 | * | * | 88.3 | 4.2 | |
Health insurance, ages 40–64 | Any private | 92.5 | 1.4 | 93.1 | 1.6 | 92.9 | 1.8 | * | * | * | * |
Public only | 88.6 | 2.6 | 87.4 | 3.1 | * | * | * | * | * | * | |
Uninsured | 79.0 | 4.9 | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | |
Health insurance, age 65 and over | Medicare only | 91.1 | 2.4 | 91.1 | 2.6 | * | * | * | * | * | * |
Medicare and private | 95.9 | 1.3 | 95.9 | 1.3 | 96.1 | 1.4 | * | * | * | * | |
Medicare and other public | 88.1 | 3.5 | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | |
Residence locationd | Metropolitan | 89.6 | 1.3 | 90.5 | 1.4 | 91.2 | 1.6 | 91.7 | 2.0 | 85.2 | 2.8 |
Large central metro | 91.0 | 1.7 | 93.0 | 2.3 | 97.9 | 1.4 | 93.1 | 2.7 | 86.4 | 3.5 | |
Large fringe metro | 90.6 | 2.9 | 90.5 | 3.1 | 88.9 | 3.9 | * | * | * | * | |
Medium metro | 86.7 | 2.6 | 87.5 | 2.6 | 88.4 | 2.7 | * | * | * | * | |
Small metro | 89.7 | 3.1 | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | |
Nonmetropolitan | 91.8 | 2.1 | 91.5 | 2.3 | 92.1 | 2.4 | * | * | * | * | |
Micropolitan | 91.6 | 2.8 | 91.5 | 3.1 | 91.5 | 3.3 | * | * | * | * | |
Noncore | 91.9 | 3.2 | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | |
Language spoken most often at home | English | 90.0 | 1.2 | 91.0 | 1.2 | 91.4 | 1.4 | 91.3 | 1.9 | 81.4 | 4.0 |
Other | 90.1 | 2.7 | * | * | * | * | * | * | 91.6 | 2.1 | |
Perceived health status | Excellent/very good/good | 89.5 | 1.4 | 89.9 | 1.6 | 90.1 | 1.9 | 92.0 | 2.7 | 86.9 | 3.2 |
Fair/poor | 90.8 | 1.4 | 92.3 | 1.7 | 94.4 | 1.5 | 90.6 | 2.5 | 85.1 | 4.0 | |
Activity limitationsd | Basic activities | 91.2 | 1.6 | 91.4 | 1.8 | 93.4 | 1.6 | 89.8 | 2.7 | 89.9 | 2.7 |
Complex activities | 93.0 | 1.4 | 93.5 | 1.5 | 94.2 | 1.8 | * | * | * | * | |
Neither basic nor complex activities | 89.6 | 1.4 | 90.6 | 1.5 | 90.5 | 1.8 | 93.6 | 2.6 | 85.6 | 3.2 |
a Estimates are age adjusted to the 2000 standard population with two age groups: 40–59 and 60 and over, except where indicated.
b 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.
c 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.
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: SE: standard error.
Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Center for Financing, Access and Cost Trends, Medical Expenditure Panel Survey.