Table 6_3_3-3b
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 | 54.5 | 1.0 | 54.8 | 1.2 | 56.0 | 1.4 | 54.1 | 2.0 | 53.3 | 1.8 | |
Age | 2–5 | 62.0 | 1.6 | 63.3 | 1.8 | 65.8 | 2.1 | 62.1 | 3.1 | 57.7 | 2.8 |
6–17 | 52.1 | 1.1 | 52.2 | 1.3 | 53.0 | 1.6 | 51.7 | 2.4 | 51.6 | 1.9 | |
Gender | Male | 53.4 | 1.3 | 53.7 | 1.5 | 55.2 | 1.8 | 51.8 | 2.5 | 52.3 | 2.4 |
Female | 55.6 | 1.2 | 55.9 | 1.4 | 56.8 | 1.8 | 56.4 | 2.3 | 54.4 | 2.0 | |
Family incomea | Negative/poor | 51.4 | 1.7 | 51.0 | 2.2 | 49.1 | 3.2 | 52.9 | 3.2 | 52.4 | 2.7 |
Near poor/low | 50.0 | 1.8 | 48.8 | 2.2 | 48.8 | 3.1 | 54.0 | 3.4 | 52.7 | 2.6 | |
Middle | 54.6 | 1.7 | 55.2 | 1.9 | 56.1 | 2.3 | 52.2 | 3.9 | 51.4 | 3.7 | |
High | 59.9 | 2.0 | 59.7 | 2.1 | 60.6 | 2.3 | 59.9 | 5.6 | 61.7 | 5.6 | |
Health insurance | Any private | 56.9 | 1.3 | 56.9 | 1.4 | 57.7 | 1.6 | 55.5 | 2.7 | 56.9 | 3.1 |
Public only | 51.8 | 1.4 | 51.2 | 1.9 | 50.9 | 2.7 | 52.9 | 3.0 | 53.1 | 2.4 | |
Uninsured | 42.2 | 3.4 | 42.3 | 4.7 | 43.3 | 6.2 | * | * | 42.0 | 4.2 | |
Residence locationb | Metropolitan | 56.7 | 1.1 | 57.4 | 1.3 | 59.1 | 1.5 | 55.8 | 1.9 | 54.2 | 1.9 |
Large central metro | 57.2 | 1.8 | 59.8 | 2.0 | 63.0 | 2.8 | 58.4 | 2.4 | 52.0 | 2.5 | |
Large fringe metro | 60.1 | 2.0 | 60.3 | 2.2 | 61.8 | 2.6 | 57.8 | 3.5 | 58.9 | 4.0 | |
Medium metro | 53.8 | 2.3 | 53.0 | 2.8 | 54.3 | 3.0 | 48.8 | 5.4 | 57.6 | 4.0 | |
Small metro | 50.9 | 3.2 | 51.2 | 3.2 | 53.3 | 4.0 | 47.2 | 6.3 | 49.2 | 9.8 | |
Nonmetropolitan | 42.9 | 2.2 | 43.0 | 2.3 | 43.2 | 2.5 | 43.5 | 8.2 | 42.1 | 6.9 | |
Micropolitan | 41.7 | 3.0 | 41.2 | 3.1 | 41.8 | 3.2 | 42.4 | 11.9 | 46.5 | 8.0 | |
Noncore | 45.2 | 4.0 | 46.3 | 4.3 | 46.0 | 4.8 | 44.9 | 11.0 | * | * | |
Language spoken most often at home | English | 55.2 | 1.1 | 55.1 | 1.2 | 55.9 | 1.4 | 54.0 | 2.0 | 56.1 | 2.8 |
Other | 50.7 | 2.1 | 49.8 | 4.5 | 55.2 | 7.9 | * | * | 51.0 | 2.3 | |
Perceived health status | Excellent/very good/good | 54.5 | 1.1 | 54.9 | 1.2 | 56.2 | 1.4 | 54.0 | 2.0 | 52.7 | 1.8 |
Fair/poor | 54.5 | 4.0 | 49.6 | 4.8 | * | * | * | * | 71.3 | 6.1 | |
CSHCN | Yes | 62.2 | 1.7 | 61.6 | 1.8 | 61.1 | 2.1 | 64.1 | 3.2 | 66.2 | 4.0 |
No | 52.4 | 1.1 | 52.8 | 1.3 | 54.4 | 1.6 | 50.9 | 2.1 | 51.3 | 2.0 |
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.