Table 4_1_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 4_1_4.1
Adult current smokers with a checkup in the last 12 months who received advice to quit smoking, United States, 2002 and 2005
Population group		2005					2002
		Total population (in thousands)^d	Percent smokers	Percent smokers with checkup^e	Told to quit		Total population (in thousands)^d	Percent smokers	Percent smokers with checkup^e	Told to quit
		Total population (in thousands)^d	Percent smokers	Percent smokers with checkup^e	Percent^f	SE	Total population (in thousands)^d	Percent smokers	Percent smokers with checkup^e	Percent^f	SE
Total		218,534	20.4	9.8	64.5	1.3	211,389	22.1	11.4	63.5	1.1
Age	18–44	109,568	22.6	8.7	56.4	2.1	109,805	24.6	10.6	57.1	1.7
	45–64	73,531	21.8	12.1	70.5	2.0	67,411	23.6	14.2	69.2	1.5
	65 and over	35,435	10.4	8.1	73.0	3.2	34,173	10.9	8.3	71.2	2.9
Gender	Male	105,337	23.4	9.6	61.8	2.2	101,486	24.9	11.0	61.9	1.7
Gender	Female	113,196	17.6	10.0	67.0	1.6	109,904	19.5	11.8	64.9	1.5
Race	White, single race	178,377	20.2	9.6	65.2	1.5	174,268	21.9	11.1	63.9	1.2
	Black, single race	25,245	22.6	12.6	62.3	2.7	23,794	26.4	15.7	61.5	2.9
	Asian, single race	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
	NHOPI, single race	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
	AI/AN, single race	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Multiple races	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
Ethnicity	Non-Hispanic, all races	190,314	21.2	10.3	65.0	1.4	185,541	22.7	11.9	64.8	1.1
	Non-Hispanic, White	151,464	21.2	10.3	65.8	1.6	149,367	22.7	11.7	65.5	1.3
	Non-Hispanic, Black	24,610	22.6	12.6	61.9	2.7	23,442	26.4	15.8	61.7	2.9
	Hispanic	28,220	14.9	5.9	58.8	3.6	25,849	17.8	7.5	48.7	3.5
Family income^a	Negative/poor	23,459	34.8	16.1	65.5	2.9	22,136	35.7	17.5	57.9	2.5
	Near poor/low	37,576	24.1	10.6	61.5	2.9	36,048	27.2	13.4	62.6	2.3
	Middle	68,151	21.5	10.1	64.8	2.4	66,429	22.8	11.7	63.2	1.9
	High	89,348	14.2	7.6	65.5	2.7	86,776	16.1	8.9	67.3	2.1
Education^b	Less than high school	40,899	30.0	13.5	64.2	2.4	44,519	29.6	14.2	62.6	2.4
	High school graduate	69,699	25.7	12.2	66.3	2.2	69,198	27.2	14.1	62.5	1.6
	At least some college	106,450	13.2	6.8	63.3	2.5	96,344	15.1	8.2	65.0	1.8
Employment status, ages 18–64	Employed	146,184	21.3	9.0	60.9	1.8	142,664	23.4	11.1	61.0	1.3
Employment status, ages 18–64	Not employed	36,849	26.3	14.6	68.8	2.5	34,543	27.6	15.7	67.3	2.2
Health insurance, ages 18–64	Any private	135,688	18.1	8.9	64.0	2.0	134,592	20.7	11.2	63.8	1.4
	Public only	16,755	37.2	22.4	70.4	2.9	14,896	39.4	24.1	65.6	2.5
	Uninsured	30,656	32.7	8.7	48.8	3.8	27,728	33.5	9.4	51.3	3.2
Health insurance, age 65 and over	Medicare only	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Medicare and private	21,094	10.0	7.9	74.7	4.0	20,417	10.0	8.0	71.8	3.8
	Medicare and other public	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
Residence location^c	Metropolitan	181,779	19.3	9.3	65.0	1.5	176,407	21.3	11.0	63.8	1.3
	Large central metro	65,351	18.1	9.0	65.0	2.5	64,336	20.4	10.9	64.9	1.9
	Large fringe metro	53,065	18.8	9.3	64.5	2.5	50,250	20.4	10.5	65.2	2.6
	Medium metro	44,316	21.2	9.6	63.4	3.3	43,344	22.5	11.3	62.7	2.7
	Small metro	19,047	20.5	9.9	70.2	4.3	18,478	24.6	11.8	60.0	3.6
	Nonmetropolitan	36,755	25.7	11.9	62.5	2.8	34,982	26.0	13.6	62.4	2.3
	Micropolitan	24,051	25.2	12.1	58.6	3.1	23,481	25.8	14.1	63.4	2.9
	Noncore	12,704	26.5	11.6	70.4	4.7	11,501	26.4	12.5	60.0	5.5
Language spoken most often at home	English	194,628	21.2	10.4	65.1	1.4	187,887	23.2	12.2	64.1	1.1
Language spoken most often at home	Other	23,906	13.7	4.5	53.2	5.4	23,440	13.3	5.3	54.1	4.7
Perceived health status	Excellent/very good/good	189,392	19.1	8.6	61.4	1.5	183,616	20.8	10.0	60.9	1.3
Perceived health status	Fair/poor	29,133	28.7	17.6	74.2	2.3	27,773	31.3	20.7	72.2	2.2
Activity limitations^c	Basic activities	29,551	23.0	14.5	75.9	2.3	27,816	24.2	16.1	69.5	3.1
	Complex activities	18,009	29.7	19.0	77.2	2.6	16,562	31.9	21.6	69.1	2.9
	Neither basic nor complex activities	183,030	19.7	8.8	61.3	1.6	178,922	21.5	10.5	61.9	1.2

^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 Total adult population, age 18 and over. Numbers may not add to total due to missing values or rounding.

^e Denominator is total adult population, excluding missing values. Numerator is current smokers with checkup within the year.

^f Denominator includes adult smokers with checkup.

* - 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 4_1_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/nhqrdr08/4_heartdiseases/T4_1_4-1.html