Table 8_3_1-1

2008 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports

The National Healthcare Quality Report (NHQR) is a comprehensive national overview of quality of health care in the United States. It is organized around four dimensions of quality of care: effectiveness, patient safety, timeliness, and patient centeredness.

Table 8_3_1.1
People with current asthma who are now taking preventive medicine daily or almost daily (either oral or inhaler), United States, 2005
Population group		Total population (in thousands)^d	Current asthma		Taking preventive medication^e
Population group		Total population (in thousands)^d	Percent	SE	Percent	SE
Total		296,185	6.9	0.2	32.2	1.2
Age	0–17	72,983	8.0	0.4	30.6	2.3
	18–44	110,381	5.9	0.3	23.1	1.9
	45–64	73,925	7.4	0.4	40.7	2.5
	65 and over	36,175	7.0	0.5	41.0	3.6
Gender	Male	145,116	6.1	0.3	30.3	1.8
Gender	Female	151,069	7.7	0.3	33.6	1.6
Race	White, single race	237,761	6.8	0.2	34.0	1.4
	Black, single race	36,870	8.5	0.5	27.4	2.4
	Asian, single race	12,659	3.5	0.7	*	*
	NHOPI, single race	1,078	*	*	*	*
	AI/AN, single race	2,332	12.5	3.3	*	*
	Multiple races	5,484	9.1	1.3	*	*
Ethnicity	Non-Hispanic, all races	252,609	7.2	0.2	33.6	1.3
	Non-Hispanic, White	196,514	7.1	0.3	36.0	1.5
	Non-Hispanic, Black	35,880	8.5	0.5	27.7	2.4
	Hispanic	43,576	5.6	0.4	21.1	2.4
Family income^a	Negative/poor	37,915	9.2	0.5	27.1	2.4
	Near poor/low	54,033	7.3	0.5	29.3	2.7
	Middle	92,693	7.0	0.4	30.1	2.4
	High	111,543	5.9	0.3	38.5	2.2
Education,^b age 18 and over	Less than high school	43,650	7.7	0.5	28.4	2.6
	High school graduate	70,735	6.1	0.3	33.0	2.9
	At least some college	107,388	6.5	0.3	34.5	2.1
Employment status, ages 18–64	Employed	146,245	5.9	0.3	30.3	1.8
Employment status, ages 18–64	Not employed	40,542	8.8	0.5	33.1	2.6
Health insurance, under age 65	Any private	182,442	6.7	0.3	32.8	1.6
	Public only	38,963	11.0	0.6	30.1	2.3
	Uninsured	35,883	3.8	0.4	16.9	3.9
Health insurance, age 65 and over	Medicare only	9,835	5.9	0.9	*	*
	Medicare and private	21,553	6.5	0.6	45.2	4.7
	Medicare and other public	4,323	12.0	1.9	*	*
Residence location^c	Metropolitan	247,418	6.9	0.2	32.7	1.3
	Large central metro	89,436	7.0	0.4	26.6	2.0
	Large fringe metro	73,350	6.2	0.4	37.8	2.8
	Medium metro	59,108	7.5	0.4	34.7	2.5
	Small metro	25,524	6.6	0.6	36.5	4.2
	Nonmetropolitan	48,767	7.3	0.5	29.5	2.2
	Micropolitan	31,968	6.9	0.6	30.9	2.8
	Noncore	16,799	8.1	0.9	27.2	3.1
Language spoken most often at home	English	257,411	7.4	0.2	32.8	1.2
Language spoken most often at home	Other	34,902	3.5	0.4	22.4	4.5
Perceived health status	Excellent/very good/good	264,033	6.0	0.2	30.2	1.3
Perceived health status	Fair/poor	31,671	15.2	0.7	38.9	2.6
Activity limitations^c	Basic activities	29,155	13.4	0.8	35.0	2.6
	Complex activities	17,728	16.3	1.0	35.1	3.3
	Neither basic nor complex activities	185,120	5.3	0.2	31.7	1.7

^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 Less than high school refers to fewer than 12 years of education; high school graduate, 12 years of education; and at least some college, more than 12 years of education.

^c For more information, see the MEPS entry in Appendix A, Data Sources.

^d Numbers may not add to total due to missing values or rounding.

^e Denominator is people with asthma who currently have active asthma, excluding missing values.

* - 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: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Center for Financing, Access and Cost Trends, Medical Expenditure Panel Survey.

Current as of September 2009

Internet Citation: Table 8_3_1-1: 2008 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports. September 2009. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. http://www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/nhqrdr/nhqrdr08/8_respiratorydiseases/T8_3_1-1.html