Table 6_3_7-3a
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 | 45.9 | 1.0 | 45.3 | 1.2 | 50.9 | 1.8 | 33.9 | 4.2 | * | * | 51.2 | 8.5 | 46.5 | 4.4 | |
Age | 0–5 | 53.1 | 1.5 | 52.3 | 1.8 | 61.7 | 2.5 | 32.9 | 6.1 | * | * | * | * | 54.6 | 6.0 |
6–17 | 42.5 | 1.2 | 42.0 | 1.4 | 46.3 | 2.1 | 34.5 | 5.3 | * | * | * | * | 41.3 | 4.9 | |
Gender | Male | 46.0 | 1.2 | 45.8 | 1.5 | 49.7 | 2.4 | 30.7 | 4.6 | * | * | * | * | 44.7 | 5.5 |
Female | 45.8 | 1.3 | 44.8 | 1.5 | 52.1 | 2.2 | 36.8 | 5.2 | * | * | * | * | 48.5 | 5.3 | |
Family incomea | Negative/poor | 58.4 | 1.9 | 58.2 | 2.2 | 60.0 | 3.5 | * | * | * | * | * | * | 72.2 | 5.9 |
Near poor/low | 49.6 | 1.9 | 49.2 | 2.3 | 52.1 | 3.4 | * | * | * | * | * | * | 40.0 | 8.7 | |
Middle | 45.2 | 1.8 | 45.1 | 2.1 | 46.6 | 3.7 | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | |
High | 35.9 | 1.9 | 36.8 | 2.1 | 34.9 | 5.3 | 29.5 | 5.7 | * | * | * | * | * | * | |
Health insurance | Any private | 42.2 | 1.3 | 42.4 | 1.6 | 47.1 | 2.5 | 29.7 | 4.3 | * | * | * | * | 37.1 | 5.8 |
Public only | 55.6 | 1.5 | 54.7 | 1.8 | 55.8 | 3.0 | * | * | * | * | * | * | 62.5 | 5.4 | |
Uninsured | 37.0 | 2.9 | 37.7 | 3.4 | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | |
Residence locationb | Metropolitan | 46.6 | 1.2 | 46.2 | 1.4 | 50.8 | 1.6 | 33.8 | 4.2 | * | * | * | * | 46.2 | 5.0 |
Large central metro | 48.2 | 1.9 | 47.9 | 2.5 | 54.3 | 2.5 | 32.0 | 5.7 | * | * | * | * | * | * | |
Large fringe metro | 42.9 | 2.0 | 43.7 | 2.5 | 42.4 | 3.8 | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | |
Medium metro | 47.4 | 2.3 | 46.5 | 2.5 | 48.4 | 4.2 | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | |
Small metro | 49.9 | 4.1 | 48.4 | 4.4 | 57.4 | 6.5 | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | |
Nonmetropolitan | 42.3 | 2.3 | 40.6 | 2.5 | 51.6 | 8.1 | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | |
Micropolitan | 39.3 | 2.7 | 38.3 | 2.9 | 44.7 | 12.3 | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | |
Noncore | 47.8 | 4.2 | 45.0 | 4.6 | 59.9 | 8.6 | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | |
Language spoken most often at home | English | 45.4 | 1.1 | 44.3 | 1.4 | 50.8 | 1.8 | 37.7 | 5.8 | * | * | * | * | 46.0 | 4.6 |
Other | 48.8 | 1.9 | 50.8 | 2.1 | * | * | 29.7 | 5.7 | * | * | * | * | * | * | |
Perceived health status | Excellent/very good/good | 45.6 | 1.0 | 45.1 | 1.3 | 49.9 | 1.9 | 33.8 | 4.2 | * | * | 52.6 | 8.6 | 46.4 | 4.3 |
Fair/poor | 58.0 | 4.0 | 54.4 | 5.1 | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | |
CSHCN | Yes | 50.3 | 1.8 | 49.0 | 2.1 | 59.2 | 3.1 | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * |
No | 44.8 | 1.1 | 44.4 | 1.3 | 48.4 | 1.8 | 33.4 | 4.4 | * | * | * | * | 46.3 | 4.6 |
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.