Table 4_1_6-2d

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_6.2d
Adults with obesity who ever received advice from a health provider to exercise more, 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		58.3	0.9	50.5	1.6	57.0	1.5	63.2	1.3
Age	18–44	47.5	1.4	38.8	2.4	43.9	2.2	54.6	2.0
	45–64	67.8	1.3	61.1	2.4	68.1	2.2	70.0	1.8
	65 and over	65.8	2.0	57.6	3.7	66.5	3.2	73.4	3.0
Gender	Male	53.5	1.2	45.9	2.4	50.4	2.0	59.4	1.8
Gender	Female	62.6	1.0	54.0	2.0	62.9	1.8	67.0	1.5
Race	White, single race	58.7	1.1	50.7	2.0	58.1	1.7	63.2	1.5
	Black, single race	56.0	1.6	47.0	2.8	52.1	2.8	64.2	2.5
	Asian, single race	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
	NHOPI, single race	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
	AI/AN, single race	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Multiple races	60.8	5.7	*	*	*	*	*	*
Ethnicity	Non-Hispanic, all races	60.7	1.1	56.1	2.0	58.7	1.6	64.0	1.4
	Non-Hispanic, White	61.9	1.2	58.3	2.6	60.5	1.9	64.2	1.6
	Non-Hispanic, Black	56.1	1.6	47.7	2.9	52.4	2.9	63.9	2.5
	Hispanic	44.1	1.9	37.1	2.5	44.9	3.4	55.2	3.7
Family income^b	Negative/poor	49.5	2.0	46.4	2.6	48.9	3.4	56.2	3.9
	Near poor/low	51.9	1.6	51.4	2.3	50.2	2.4	55.2	3.5
	Middle	58.7	1.5	49.6	3.2	58.7	2.3	63.4	2.5
	High	64.1	1.4	58.6	5.0	62.1	2.5	65.7	1.7
Employment status, ages 18–64	Employed	56.1	1.1	41.9	2.1	53.2	1.9	62.4	1.5
Employment status, ages 18–64	Not employed	60.0	1.7	57.4	2.5	62.6	2.5	59.5	3.8
Health insurance, ages 18–64	Any private	60.8	1.2	49.7	2.5	60.0	2.0	63.8	1.5
	Public only	59.3	1.9	59.0	3.0	58.5	3.4	61.1	3.8
	Uninsured	38.2	2.0	36.8	2.9	35.2	3.1	45.0	4.3
Health insurance, age 65 and over	Medicare only	62.1	3.9	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Medicare and private	68.6	2.3	63.2	5.1	68.2	3.8	72.5	3.6
	Medicare and other public	61.8	4.6	56.4	6.0	*	*	*	*
Residence location^c	Metropolitan	59.1	1.1	50.1	1.8	58.1	1.8	64.0	1.5
	Large central metro	55.2	1.4	44.9	2.3	53.9	2.8	61.9	2.4
	Large fringe metro	61.4	1.9	53.9	4.0	60.9	3.1	64.8	2.6
	Medium metro	60.4	2.4	51.9	4.3	60.6	3.1	63.8	3.1
	Small metro	62.1	2.7	56.7	5.2	56.8	4.3	69.0	3.9
	Nonmetropolitan	54.9	1.9	51.8	3.2	52.8	2.8	59.3	3.2
	Micropolitan	55.3	2.5	55.6	4.4	50.4	3.6	60.1	3.9
	Noncore	54.3	3.4	45.6	4.7	57.2	4.4	57.3	7.1
Language spoken most often at home	English	60.2	1.0	54.9	1.9	58.1	1.6	64.1	1.3
Language spoken most often at home	Other	38.4	2.4	36.1	2.7	39.1	4.4	43.5	7.2
Perceived health status	Excellent/very good/good	55.7	1.0	43.8	2.0	54.0	1.8	61.7	1.4
Perceived health status	Fair/poor	69.2	1.7	65.7	2.6	69.1	2.6	73.3	3.0
Activity limitations^c	Basic activities	70.5	1.5	67.1	3.0	71.0	2.4	72.7	2.8
	Complex activities	69.2	1.8	64.3	3.4	72.5	2.7	70.1	3.5
	Neither basic nor complex activities	54.9	1.0	44.1	1.8	52.8	1.8	61.0	1.5

^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_6-2d: 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_6-2d.html