Table 6_3_7-3c
2008 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports
Population group | Total | Negative/poor | Near poor/low | Middle | High | ||||||
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Percent | SE | Percent | SE | Percent | SE | Percent | SE | Percent | SE | ||
Total | 45.9 | 1.0 | 58.4 | 1.9 | 49.6 | 1.9 | 45.2 | 1.8 | 35.9 | 1.9 | |
Age | 0–5 | 53.1 | 1.5 | 67.1 | 2.2 | 56.8 | 2.9 | 51.4 | 3.0 | 41.1 | 2.9 |
6–17 | 42.5 | 1.2 | 53.2 | 2.3 | 45.9 | 2.1 | 42.5 | 1.9 | 33.5 | 2.3 | |
Gender | Male | 46.0 | 1.2 | 58.7 | 2.4 | 47.2 | 2.2 | 47.0 | 2.1 | 36.2 | 2.4 |
Female | 45.8 | 1.3 | 58.1 | 2.2 | 52.1 | 2.3 | 43.3 | 2.2 | 35.5 | 2.3 | |
Race | White, single race | 45.3 | 1.2 | 58.2 | 2.2 | 49.2 | 2.3 | 45.1 | 2.1 | 36.8 | 2.1 |
Black, single race | 50.9 | 1.8 | 60.0 | 3.5 | 52.1 | 3.4 | 46.6 | 3.7 | 34.9 | 5.3 | |
Asian, single race | 33.9 | 4.2 | * | * | * | * | * | * | 29.5 | 5.7 | |
NHOPI, single race | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | |
AI/AN, single race | 51.2 | 8.5 | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | |
Multiple races | 46.5 | 4.4 | 72.2 | 5.9 | 40.0 | 8.7 | * | * | * | * | |
Ethnicity | Non-Hispanic, all races | 44.8 | 1.1 | 58.8 | 2.4 | 47.7 | 2.4 | 45.7 | 2.0 | 35.4 | 2.1 |
Non-Hispanic, White | 43.6 | 1.4 | 58.5 | 3.2 | 46.5 | 3.1 | 45.7 | 2.4 | 36.1 | 2.3 | |
Non-Hispanic, Black | 50.8 | 1.8 | 60.9 | 3.6 | 50.7 | 3.5 | 46.3 | 3.7 | 35.3 | 5.4 | |
Hispanic, all races | 50.5 | 1.9 | 57.6 | 3.0 | 53.7 | 2.5 | 42.4 | 3.7 | 41.6 | 5.6 | |
Health insurance | Any private | 42.2 | 1.3 | 50.9 | 4.9 | 45.3 | 3.0 | 46.1 | 2.1 | 36.2 | 2.0 |
Public only | 55.6 | 1.5 | 61.3 | 2.0 | 54.0 | 2.5 | 43.3 | 4.0 | * | * | |
Uninsured | 37.0 | 2.9 | 41.8 | 5.8 | 45.5 | 5.1 | 36.9 | 5.3 | * | * | |
Residence locationb | Metropolitan | 46.6 | 1.2 | 59.3 | 2.1 | 50.9 | 2.1 | 46.9 | 2.0 | 36.0 | 2.0 |
Large central metro | 48.2 | 1.9 | 61.1 | 2.8 | 52.4 | 2.8 | 46.4 | 3.2 | 35.6 | 4.1 | |
Large fringe metro | 42.9 | 2.0 | 53.7 | 4.3 | 50.9 | 5.3 | 46.7 | 3.9 | 34.0 | 3.0 | |
Medium metro | 47.4 | 2.3 | 57.7 | 4.8 | 48.3 | 4.6 | 45.5 | 4.0 | 41.0 | 3.1 | |
Small metro | 49.9 | 4.1 | 67.3 | 6.8 | 50.7 | 7.0 | 53.3 | 5.3 | 35.0 | 5.0 | |
Nonmetropolitan | 42.3 | 2.3 | 54.8 | 4.8 | 43.6 | 4.2 | 36.8 | 3.7 | 34.4 | 4.5 | |
Micropolitan | 39.3 | 2.7 | 52.8 | 5.9 | 38.5 | 5.3 | 33.2 | 5.1 | 36.8 | 4.9 | |
Noncore | 47.8 | 4.2 | 57.9 | 6.8 | 50.9 | 6.0 | 44.1 | 7.2 | * | * | |
Language spoken most often at home | English | 45.4 | 1.1 | 58.8 | 2.2 | 48.2 | 2.2 | 45.9 | 1.9 | 36.1 | 2.0 |
Other | 48.8 | 1.9 | 57.5 | 3.8 | 53.9 | 3.0 | 39.7 | 4.1 | 30.3 | 5.9 | |
Perceived health status | Excellent/very good/good | 45.6 | 1.0 | 57.7 | 2.0 | 49.3 | 1.9 | 45.0 | 1.8 | 35.8 | 1.9 |
Fair/poor | 58.0 | 4.0 | 73.5 | 5.1 | 56.2 | 7.0 | * | * | * | * | |
CSHCN | Yes | 50.3 | 1.8 | 66.8 | 3.1 | 55.6 | 3.7 | 48.7 | 2.9 | 37.4 | 3.5 |
No | 44.8 | 1.1 | 55.8 | 2.0 | 48.0 | 2.1 | 44.4 | 2.0 | 35.6 | 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: 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.