Table 6_3_4-2b
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 | 60.2 | 1.5 | 60.6 | 1.7 | 61.0 | 2.0 | 64.1 | 2.8 | 58.6 | 2.4 | |
Gender | Male | 59.7 | 2.1 | 60.2 | 2.4 | 61.3 | 2.9 | 64.2 | 4.0 | 58.1 | 3.0 |
Female | 60.7 | 2.0 | 61.1 | 2.3 | 60.7 | 2.8 | 64.1 | 4.0 | 59.2 | 3.5 | |
Family incomea | Negative/poor | 59.1 | 2.5 | 59.0 | 3.3 | 60.2 | 4.9 | 65.3 | 4.5 | 59.1 | 3.5 |
Near poor/low | 59.8 | 2.7 | 59.4 | 3.5 | 57.6 | 4.7 | 69.1 | 4.6 | 60.6 | 3.8 | |
Middle | 58.4 | 2.7 | 59.0 | 3.1 | 58.5 | 3.3 | * | * | 55.7 | 4.8 | |
High | 63.3 | 2.7 | 63.7 | 2.9 | 65.0 | 3.4 | * | * | * | * | |
Health insurance | Any private | 61.4 | 1.9 | 61.3 | 2.1 | 61.1 | 2.4 | 65.1 | 4.4 | 62.2 | 4.5 |
Public only | 60.5 | 2.1 | 61.3 | 2.8 | 63.3 | 4.1 | 64.0 | 3.4 | 59.1 | 2.8 | |
Uninsured | 41.6 | 5.7 | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | |
Residence locationb | Metropolitan | 60.4 | 1.6 | 60.9 | 1.9 | 62.0 | 2.3 | 63.6 | 3.2 | 58.9 | 2.5 |
Large central metro | 56.8 | 2.5 | 56.7 | 3.2 | 56.3 | 4.6 | 66.0 | 4.6 | 56.8 | 3.1 | |
Large fringe metro | 64.8 | 2.5 | 65.5 | 2.9 | 67.3 | 3.1 | * | * | 60.4 | 5.2 | |
Medium metro | 63.3 | 3.8 | 62.4 | 4.4 | 63.2 | 4.8 | * | * | 66.9 | 6.7 | |
Small metro | 53.1 | 4.1 | 54.0 | 4.8 | * | * | * | * | * | * | |
Nonmetropolitan | 59.0 | 3.6 | 59.4 | 3.7 | 56.6 | 4.7 | * | * | * | * | |
Micropolitan | 55.5 | 4.7 | 54.9 | 5.0 | 51.7 | 6.2 | * | * | * | * | |
Noncore | 65.2 | 5.0 | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | |
Language spoken most often at home | English | 60.8 | 1.7 | 61.0 | 1.8 | 61.0 | 2.1 | 63.8 | 2.8 | 59.2 | 3.5 |
Other | 57.5 | 2.9 | * | * | * | * | * | * | 58.1 | 3.0 | |
Perceived health status | Excellent/very good/good | 60.2 | 1.5 | 60.5 | 1.7 | 61.2 | 2.1 | 62.9 | 2.7 | 58.9 | 2.5 |
Fair/poor | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | |
CSHCN | Yes | 66.6 | 3.2 | 67.9 | 3.4 | 66.8 | 4.0 | * | * | * | * |
No | 58.9 | 1.6 | 59.0 | 1.9 | 59.6 | 2.3 | 62.3 | 3.1 | 58.5 | 2.5 |
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.