Table 4_1_4-2d
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 | 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 |
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 incomeb | 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 |
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 locationc | 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 |
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 |
Fair/poor | 73.4 | 2.4 | 72.5 | 3.8 | 78.4 | 3.3 | 65.4 | 5.3 | |
Activity limitationsc | 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.