Table 8_1_4-2c
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 | 17.7 | 0.8 | 17.2 | 1.6 | 18.5 | 2.0 | 17.6 | 1.6 | 18.0 | 1.7 | |
Age, not age adjusted | 18–44 | 11.7 | 1.1 | 9.3 | 2.0 | 13.0 | 2.7 | 10.7 | 2.1 | 14.0 | 2.4 |
45–64 | 29.5 | 1.3 | 30.4 | 2.6 | 30.2 | 3.1 | 29.9 | 2.5 | 28.6 | 2.1 | |
Race | AI/AN only | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * |
Asian only | 20.1 | 5.8 | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | |
NHOPI only | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | |
Black only | 17.6 | 1.7 | 17.6 | 2.7 | 20.2 | 3.8 | 17.0 | 3.7 | 15.9 | 3.8 | |
White only | 17.4 | 0.9 | 16.7 | 1.8 | 18.8 | 2.4 | 17.0 | 1.7 | 18.1 | 1.9 | |
Multiple races | 30.4 | 6.5 | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | |
Ethnicity | Hispanic, all races | 10.0 | 1.5 | 11.6 | 2.6 | * | * | 11.7 | 3.2 | * | * |
Non-Hispanic, all races | 18.6 | 0.9 | 18.4 | 1.8 | 20.7 | 2.4 | 18.0 | 1.7 | 18.4 | 1.8 | |
Non-Hispanic, Black | 17.7 | 1.8 | 16.9 | 2.7 | 21.5 | 4.1 | 16.9 | 3.7 | 16.2 | 3.8 | |
Non-Hispanic, White | 18.6 | 1.0 | 18.5 | 2.2 | 21.5 | 3.0 | 17.8 | 1.8 | 18.6 | 2.0 | |
Gender | Male | 17.7 | 1.4 | 16.1 | 3.0 | 18.1 | 3.1 | 19.9 | 3.4 | 16.6 | 2.6 |
Female | 18.0 | 1.0 | 18.4 | 1.9 | 18.7 | 2.6 | 16.5 | 1.8 | 19.0 | 2.2 | |
Health insurancec | Private | 17.2 | 1.1 | 21.3 | 4.5 | 14.4 | 2.9 | 16.9 | 1.9 | 18.8 | 2.2 |
Public | 25.2 | 2.0 | 20.7 | 2.4 | 26.5 | 4.2 | 27.2 | 5.4 | 37.9 | 5.8 | |
Uninsured | 10.6 | 1.5 | 8.2 | 2.3 | 14.5 | 3.4 | 9.8 | 2.9 | * | * | |
Education, age 25 and over | Less than high school | 16.2 | 1.9 | 17.0 | 2.6 | 19.6 | 4.0 | 11.9 | 3.2 | * | * |
High school graduate | 17.9 | 1.6 | 20.1 | 3.2 | 17.9 | 3.6 | 17.4 | 2.9 | 16.8 | 2.5 | |
At least some college | 21.9 | 1.2 | 24.8 | 3.4 | 25.2 | 3.4 | 21.7 | 2.4 | 20.8 | 1.8 | |
Residence locationd | Metropolitan | 17.6 | 0.9 | 16.8 | 1.9 | 18.5 | 2.4 | 18.3 | 1.8 | 17.3 | 1.8 |
Large central metro | 17.1 | 1.5 | 15.6 | 2.7 | 15.0 | 3.2 | 20.5 | 3.7 | 18.1 | 3.1 | |
Large fringe metro | 16.4 | 1.9 | 16.1 | 4.0 | 19.6 | 5.5 | 15.0 | 3.9 | 16.4 | 3.1 | |
Medium metro | 19.6 | 1.9 | 16.3 | 3.4 | 29.0 | 6.0 | 19.1 | 3.5 | 16.1 | 2.5 | |
Small metro | 18.1 | 2.1 | 22.8 | 6.6 | * | * | 19.5 | 4.0 | * | * | |
Micropolitan (nonmetro) | 17.8 | 2.2 | 22.2 | 5.4 | 14.2 | 3.8 | 14.8 | 3.8 | 20.7 | 4.5 | |
Noncore (nonmetro) | 17.7 | 2.3 | 14.9 | 3.0 | 23.3 | 5.3 | 12.7 | 2.8 | 17.5 | 2.9 | |
Activity limitationsd | Basic activities | 23.5 | 1.7 | 20.1 | 2.5 | 25.9 | 3.3 | 23.2 | 3.0 | 27.0 | 5.0 |
Complex activities | 27.4 | 2.2 | 24.2 | 3.1 | 33.1 | 7.1 | 25.6 | 5.3 | 27.8 | 4.5 | |
Neither basic nor complex activities | 13.4 | 0.9 | 9.4 | 2.0 | 10.7 | 2.5 | 13.7 | 1.7 | 15.5 | 1.8 |
a Estimates are age adjusted to the 2000 standard population, except where indicated.
b 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.
c 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.
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.