Table 4_1_4-2d

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_4.2d
Adult current smokers with a checkup in the last 12 months who received advice to quit smoking, by education,^a United States, 2005
Population group		Total		Less than high school		High school graduate		At least some college
Population group		Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE
Total		64.7	1.3	64.2	2.4	66.3	2.2	63.2	2.5
Age	18–44	56.5	2.1	58.4	3.5	57.8	3.4	53.2	3.9
	45–64	70.9	2.0	68.1	4.1	72.9	3.0	70.2	3.4
	65 and over	72.8	3.2	*	*	*	*	*	*
Gender	Male	61.9	2.2	62.2	4.1	61.9	3.3	61.7	3.7
Gender	Female	67.2	1.6	66.0	2.8	70.1	2.5	64.7	3.3
Race	White, single race	65.3	1.5	65.7	2.8	68.6	2.5	61.4	2.7
	Black, single race	62.3	2.7	60.5	5.0	56.2	5.2	*	*
	Asian, single race	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
	NHOPI, single race	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
	AI/AN, single race	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Multiple races	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
Ethnicity	Non-Hispanic, all races	65.2	1.4	65.3	2.6	66.4	2.3	63.8	2.5
	Non-Hispanic, White	66.0	1.6	67.4	3.1	68.6	2.6	62.0	2.8
	Non-Hispanic, Black	61.9	2.6	60.0	5.1	56.4	5.2	*	*
	Hispanic	58.8	3.6	56.4	5.7	*	*	*	*
Family income^b	Negative/poor	65.8	2.9	65.4	3.5	60.4	5.3	*	*
	Near poor/low	61.3	3.0	57.7	4.6	65.6	4.6	*	*
	Middle	65.2	2.4	66.0	4.9	66.6	3.7	62.9	4.5
	High	65.6	2.7	*	*	69.1	3.5	61.9	3.9
Employment status, ages 18–64	Employed	61.2	1.8	58.6	3.7	64.2	2.7	59.2	3.0
Employment status, ages 18–64	Not employed	69.0	2.5	67.6	3.8	68.7	3.9	71.6	4.2
Health insurance, ages 18–64	Any private	64.3	2.0	62.7	4.6	66.8	2.6	62.4	3.1
	Public only	70.8	2.9	69.3	3.4	68.8	5.4	*	*
	Uninsured	48.7	3.8	50.1	6.4	53.4	5.7	*	*
Health insurance, age 65 and over	Medicare only	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Medicare and private	74.7	4.0	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Medicare and other public	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
Residence location^c	Metropolitan	65.3	1.5	65.0	2.7	67.7	2.5	62.9	2.7
	Large central metro	65.1	2.6	65.7	3.8	65.7	5.0	64.0	3.8
	Large fringe metro	65.0	2.5	*	*	65.8	4.8	64.9	5.1
	Medium metro	63.8	3.4	66.0	5.0	71.1	4.5	55.2	5.4
	Small metro	70.1	4.3	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Nonmetropolitan	62.4	2.8	61.5	5.4	61.6	4.2	65.0	5.5
	Micropolitan	58.4	3.1	*	*	59.1	5.0	*	*
	Noncore	70.4	4.7	*	*	*	*	*	*
Language spoken most often at home	English	65.3	1.4	64.7	2.5	67.0	2.2	63.7	2.5
Language spoken most often at home	Other	53.1	5.5	*	*	*	*	*	*
Perceived health status	Excellent/very good/good	62.2	1.5	59.8	3.0	62.7	2.5	62.9	2.7
Perceived health status	Fair/poor	73.4	2.4	72.5	3.8	78.4	3.3	65.4	5.3
Activity limitations^c	Basic activities	76.1	2.3	74.8	3.7	75.9	3.6	78.1	5.0
	Complex activities	77.5	2.7	74.3	4.1	80.3	4.0	*	*
	Neither basic nor complex activities	61.6	1.6	60.6	3.1	63.2	2.4	60.4	2.8

^a 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.

^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 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.

Current as of September 2009

Internet Citation: Table 4_1_4-2d: 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_4-2d.html