Table 6_3_8-2
2008 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports
Population group | Total population (in thousands)c | Ever given advice | Within past year | Within past 2 years | ||||
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Percentd | SE | Percente | SE | Percente | SE | |||
Total | 72,699 | 59.9 | 1.3 | 49.8 | 1.3 | 56.7 | 1.3 | |
Age | 0–5 | 23,153 | 60.8 | 1.4 | 50.8 | 1.3 | 57.7 | 1.3 |
6–17 | 49,546 | 40.1 | 4.6 | 28.2 | 4.1 | 34.8 | 4.4 | |
Gender | Male | 37,236 | 60.4 | 1.7 | 49.4 | 1.7 | 57.0 | 1.6 |
Female | 35,463 | 59.4 | 1.7 | 50.1 | 1.6 | 56.3 | 1.7 | |
Race | White, single race | 56,132 | 61.0 | 1.5 | 50.6 | 1.5 | 57.8 | 1.5 |
Black, single race | 11,123 | 60.1 | 3.3 | 49.4 | 3.1 | 56.4 | 3.3 | |
Asian, single race | 2,576 | * | * | * | * | * | * | |
NHOPI, single race | 295 | * | * | * | * | * | * | |
AI/AN, single race | 815 | * | * | * | * | * | * | |
Multiple races | 1,757 | * | * | * | * | * | * | |
Ethnicity | Non-Hispanic, all races | 59,402 | 60.0 | 1.6 | 49.9 | 1.5 | 56.9 | 1.5 |
Non-Hispanic, White | 43,463 | 61.6 | 1.9 | 51.3 | 1.8 | 58.5 | 1.9 | |
Non-Hispanic, Black | 10,859 | 59.6 | 3.5 | 48.7 | 3.2 | 56.0 | 3.4 | |
Hispanic | 13,297 | 59.5 | 2.3 | 49.3 | 2.4 | 55.7 | 2.5 | |
Family incomea | Negative/poor | 12,438 | 53.1 | 2.9 | 45.5 | 2.6 | 50.8 | 2.8 |
Near poor/low | 15,494 | 60.8 | 2.6 | 50.1 | 2.6 | 57.4 | 2.6 | |
Middle | 25,004 | 58.9 | 2.4 | 48.8 | 2.4 | 55.5 | 2.3 | |
High | 19,762 | 66.4 | 3.2 | 54.7 | 3.2 | 62.9 | 3.3 | |
Health insurance | Any private | 47,956 | 61.0 | 1.8 | 49.3 | 1.7 | 57.2 | 1.8 |
Public only | 19,360 | 59.3 | 2.1 | 52.0 | 2.0 | 57.4 | 2.1 | |
Uninsured | 5,382 | 49.2 | 6.0 | 42.5 | 6.2 | 45.5 | 6.2 | |
Residence locationb | Metropolitan | 61,800 | 59.4 | 1.4 | 49.7 | 1.3 | 56.5 | 1.4 |
Large central metro | 22,159 | 58.4 | 2.5 | 48.6 | 2.5 | 54.1 | 2.5 | |
Large fringe metro | 18,261 | 60.7 | 2.7 | 50.1 | 2.4 | 59.6 | 2.6 | |
Medium metro | 14,969 | 59.7 | 2.4 | 50.9 | 2.7 | 56.9 | 2.6 | |
Small metro | 6,410 | 59.1 | 5.0 | 49.7 | 4.8 | 56.2 | 5.1 | |
Nonmetropolitan | 10,899 | 62.6 | 4.3 | 50.2 | 3.8 | 57.4 | 4.1 | |
Micropolitan | 7,270 | 59.1 | 5.4 | 47.3 | 5.3 | 53.5 | 5.2 | |
Noncore | 3,629 | 70.1 | 6.7 | 56.4 | 6.1 | 66.0 | 7.2 | |
Language spoken most often at home | English | 64,808 | 61.1 | 1.5 | 50.6 | 1.4 | 57.9 | 1.4 |
Other | 7,582 | 51.9 | 3.2 | 43.0 | 3.0 | 48.3 | 3.1 | |
Perceived health status | Excellent/very good/good | 71,080 | 60.0 | 1.4 | 49.9 | 1.3 | 56.9 | 1.3 |
Fair/poor | 1,619 | * | * | * | * | * | * | |
CSHCN | Yes | 14,116 | 55.0 | 3.7 | 44.3 | 3.6 | 51.5 | 3.7 |
No | 57,966 | 60.6 | 1.4 | 50.5 | 1.3 | 57.4 | 1.3 |
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.
c Numbers may not add to total due to missing values or rounding.
d Denominator is total population, excluding children whose parents don't know if they had ever been given advice.
e Denominator is total population, excluding children whose parents don't know if they had ever been given the advice, or when they were given advice.
* - 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.