Table 8_1_4-2a
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 | 17.7 | 0.8 | 17.4 | 0.9 | 17.6 | 1.7 | 20.1 | 5.8 | * | * | * | * | 30.4 | 6.5 | |
Age, not age adjusted | 18–44 | 11.7 | 1.1 | 11.1 | 1.2 | 12.3 | 2.3 | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * |
45–64 | 29.5 | 1.3 | 30.4 | 1.5 | 27.9 | 3.0 | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | |
Gender | Male | 17.7 | 1.4 | 17.1 | 1.4 | 17.5 | 3.0 | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * |
Female | 18.0 | 1.0 | 17.9 | 1.2 | 17.9 | 2.1 | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | |
Health insuranceb | Private | 17.2 | 1.1 | 17.5 | 1.3 | 15.1 | 2.3 | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * |
Public | 25.2 | 2.0 | 25.0 | 2.3 | 22.0 | 3.5 | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | |
Uninsured | 10.6 | 1.5 | 9.4 | 1.7 | 16.9 | 4.0 | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | |
Family incomec | Negative/poor | 17.2 | 1.6 | 16.7 | 1.8 | 17.6 | 2.7 | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * |
Near poor/low | 18.5 | 2.0 | 18.8 | 2.4 | 20.2 | 3.8 | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | |
Middle | 17.6 | 1.6 | 17.0 | 1.7 | 17.0 | 3.7 | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | |
High | 18.0 | 1.7 | 18.1 | 1.9 | 15.9 | 3.8 | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | |
Education, age 25 and over | Less than high school | 16.2 | 1.9 | 16.2 | 2.2 | 15.4 | 3.2 | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * |
High school graduate | 17.9 | 1.6 | 18.0 | 1.7 | 17.9 | 3.5 | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | |
At least some college | 21.9 | 1.2 | 21.3 | 1.3 | 22.4 | 3.0 | 23.6 | 7.0 | * | * | * | * | * | * | |
Residence locationd | Metropolitan | 17.6 | 0.9 | 17.1 | 1.0 | 18.0 | 1.8 | 20.3 | 5.8 | * | * | * | * | * | * |
Large central metro | 17.1 | 1.5 | 15.9 | 1.7 | 21.4 | 3.2 | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | |
Large fringe metro | 16.4 | 1.9 | 16.5 | 2.1 | 15.6 | 4.0 | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | |
Medium metro | 19.6 | 1.9 | 18.7 | 2.0 | 15.2 | 3.2 | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | |
Small metro | 18.1 | 2.1 | 18.0 | 2.5 | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | |
Micropolitan (nonmetro) | 17.8 | 2.2 | 18.2 | 2.3 | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | |
Noncore (nonmetro) | 17.7 | 2.3 | 18.6 | 2.5 | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | |
Activity limitationsd | Basic activities | 23.5 | 1.7 | 22.9 | 1.7 | 23.2 | 3.6 | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * |
Complex activities | 27.4 | 2.2 | 27.2 | 2.5 | 25.3 | 3.9 | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | |
Neither basic nor complex activities | 13.4 | 0.9 | 13.3 | 1.0 | 12.3 | 1.9 | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * |
a Estimates are age adjusted to the 2000 standard population, except where indicated.
b A small number of persons who were covered by both public and private health insurance plans were included in the "private health insurance" category only.
c 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. Missing values for family income were imputed using multiple imputation methodology. A small number of persons were excluded because their family income could not be imputed.
d For more information, see the National Health Interview Survey 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; SE: standard error.
Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Health Statistics, National Health Interview Survey.