Table 6_3_2-3a
2008 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports
Population group | Total | Single race | Multiple races | ||||||||||||
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White | Black | Asian | NHOPI | AI/AN | |||||||||||
Percent | SE | Percent | SE | Percent | SE | Percent | SE | Percent | SE | Percent | SE | Percent | SE | ||
Total | 34.8 | 0.9 | 35.9 | 1.0 | 33.5 | 1.9 | 26.3 | 3.1 | * | * | * | * | 28.0 | 3.8 | |
Age | 2–5 | 31.6 | 1.5 | 33.3 | 1.9 | 30.5 | 3.2 | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * |
6–17 | 35.8 | 1.0 | 36.8 | 1.2 | 34.4 | 2.0 | 30.7 | 4.8 | * | * | * | * | 29.2 | 4.1 | |
Gender | Male | 35.2 | 1.1 | 36.5 | 1.3 | 33.3 | 2.4 | 25.5 | 4.2 | * | * | * | * | 27.2 | 4.9 |
Female | 34.4 | 1.0 | 35.3 | 1.3 | 33.8 | 2.2 | 27.0 | 4.2 | * | * | * | * | 29.0 | 5.1 | |
Family incomea | Negative/poor | 30.9 | 1.5 | 31.4 | 1.9 | 30.9 | 3.1 | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * |
Near poor/low | 34.6 | 1.7 | 35.4 | 2.1 | 36.8 | 3.3 | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | |
Middle | 33.7 | 1.5 | 34.3 | 1.8 | 30.6 | 3.0 | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | |
High | 38.7 | 1.9 | 40.3 | 2.0 | 38.4 | 6.3 | 25.1 | 4.4 | * | * | * | * | * | * | |
Health insurance | Any private | 36.1 | 1.2 | 37.2 | 1.4 | 34.6 | 2.5 | 27.9 | 4.2 | * | * | * | * | 26.4 | 5.5 |
Public only | 33.2 | 1.4 | 33.5 | 1.6 | 33.0 | 2.9 | * | * | * | * | * | * | 33.8 | 5.4 | |
Uninsured | 28.5 | 2.9 | 31.2 | 3.3 | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | |
Residence locationb | Metropolitan | 36.6 | 1.0 | 38.3 | 1.2 | 34.1 | 1.8 | 26.4 | 3.2 | * | * | * | * | 26.4 | 4.1 |
Large central metro | 37.5 | 1.3 | 40.3 | 1.8 | 34.3 | 2.3 | 24.2 | 4.9 | * | * | * | * | * | * | |
Large fringe metro | 38.6 | 2.0 | 39.8 | 2.2 | 39.4 | 3.7 | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | |
Medium metro | 33.8 | 2.3 | 34.8 | 2.7 | 30.5 | 4.5 | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | |
Small metro | 33.1 | 2.6 | 35.1 | 3.0 | 24.3 | 3.5 | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | |
Nonmetropolitan | 25.5 | 1.9 | 24.2 | 1.7 | 30.0 | 7.6 | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | |
Micropolitan | 24.1 | 2.2 | 23.3 | 2.4 | 27.8 | 7.6 | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | |
Noncore | 28.0 | 4.4 | 25.9 | 4.3 | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | |
Language spoken most often at home | English | 34.8 | 1.0 | 35.7 | 1.1 | 33.2 | 1.9 | 30.5 | 5.3 | * | * | * | * | 27.6 | 3.7 |
Other | 34.7 | 2.0 | 36.7 | 2.2 | * | * | 21.4 | 4.4 | * | * | * | * | * | * | |
Perceived health status | Excellent/very good/good | 34.8 | 0.9 | 35.9 | 1.0 | 33.7 | 1.9 | 26.2 | 3.1 | * | * | * | * | 28.4 | 3.8 |
Fair/poor | 36.0 | 4.0 | 38.7 | 5.2 | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | |
CSHCN | Yes | 43.5 | 1.6 | 44.7 | 1.9 | 41.7 | 3.1 | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * |
No | 32.5 | 1.0 | 33.7 | 1.2 | 31.0 | 2.0 | 25.8 | 3.5 | * | * | * | * | 26.9 | 4.2 |
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 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; 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.