Table 6_3_1-3b
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 | 92.8 | 0.7 | 94.3 | 0.7 | 94.8 | 0.8 | 93.8 | 0.9 | 86.9 | 1.3 | |
Age | 0–5 | 94.7 | 0.6 | 95.7 | 0.7 | 96.6 | 0.8 | 93.4 | 1.7 | 91.1 | 1.0 |
6–17 | 91.9 | 0.8 | 93.6 | 0.8 | 94.0 | 1.0 | 93.9 | 1.0 | 84.6 | 1.7 | |
Gender | Male | 92.7 | 0.7 | 94.1 | 0.7 | 94.5 | 0.8 | 94.5 | 1.0 | 87.0 | 1.8 |
Female | 92.9 | 0.7 | 94.4 | 0.8 | 95.1 | 0.9 | 93.1 | 1.3 | 86.9 | 1.3 | |
Family incomea | Negative/poor | 91.1 | 0.9 | 92.5 | 1.0 | 93.4 | 1.5 | 92.2 | 1.4 | 88.1 | 1.8 |
Near poor/low | 91.8 | 1.0 | 94.1 | 1.1 | 93.9 | 1.6 | 95.0 | 1.0 | 86.7 | 1.8 | |
Middle | 92.5 | 1.0 | 94.5 | 0.8 | 95.1 | 0.8 | 94.4 | 2.1 | 82.6 | 3.2 | |
High | 95.0 | 0.9 | 95.0 | 1.0 | 95.3 | 1.1 | 94.2 | 3.0 | 95.2 | 1.2 | |
Health insurance | Any private | 94.5 | 0.8 | 95.0 | 0.8 | 95.2 | 0.9 | 94.5 | 1.4 | 90.6 | 1.9 |
Public only | 91.4 | 0.7 | 93.7 | 0.8 | 95.4 | 0.9 | 93.1 | 1.2 | 86.8 | 1.5 | |
Uninsured | 82.4 | 2.5 | 86.6 | 2.8 | 85.9 | 3.8 | * | * | 74.8 | 3.8 | |
Residence locationb | Metropolitan | 92.8 | 0.6 | 94.5 | 0.6 | 95.1 | 0.6 | 93.8 | 1.1 | 87.0 | 1.3 |
Large central metro | 89.9 | 1.4 | 92.8 | 1.4 | 93.6 | 1.6 | 93.0 | 1.5 | 84.0 | 2.0 | |
Large fringe metro | 94.6 | 0.7 | 95.6 | 0.7 | 95.8 | 0.8 | 96.5 | 2.1 | 88.9 | 2.4 | |
Medium metro | 94.1 | 0.9 | 94.7 | 1.0 | 95.3 | 1.0 | 93.4 | 1.4 | 91.2 | 1.7 | |
Small metro | 95.2 | 1.4 | 95.1 | 1.6 | 95.2 | 1.9 | 92.6 | 3.2 | 95.8 | 1.2 | |
Nonmetropolitan | 92.7 | 2.4 | 93.4 | 2.5 | 93.9 | 3.2 | 93.4 | 1.5 | 85.7 | 4.0 | |
Micropolitan | 90.7 | 3.5 | 90.7 | 3.8 | 90.8 | 4.6 | 94.8 | 1.4 | 90.3 | 2.7 | |
Noncore | 96.2 | 1.6 | 98.1 | 0.9 | 99.4 | 0.4 | 91.9 | 3.1 | 73.6 | 10.2 | |
Language spoken most often at home | English | 94.4 | 0.7 | 94.9 | 0.7 | 95.3 | 0.8 | 93.8 | 0.9 | 90.6 | 1.6 |
Other | 83.4 | 1.6 | 82.1 | 3.6 | 74.9 | 6.9 | * | * | 83.9 | 1.8 | |
Perceived health status | Excellent/very good/good | 92.8 | 0.7 | 94.3 | 0.7 | 94.8 | 0.8 | 93.7 | 0.9 | 86.8 | 1.3 |
Fair/poor | 94.4 | 1.9 | 95.3 | 2.0 | * | * | * | * | 90.8 | 5.0 | |
CSHCN | Yes | 97.4 | 0.5 | 97.7 | 0.5 | 97.7 | 0.6 | 98.1 | 0.7 | 95.1 | 1.5 |
No | 91.6 | 0.8 | 93.3 | 0.8 | 94.0 | 1.0 | 92.4 | 1.2 | 85.7 | 1.4 |
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 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: CSHCN: children with special health care needs; SE: standard error.
Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Center for Financing, Access and Cost Trends, Medical Expenditure Panel Survey.