Table 8_3_1-3d

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_1.3d
People with current asthma who are now taking preventive medicine daily or almost daily (either oral or inhaler), by education,^a United States, 2005
Population group		Total		Less than high school		High school graduate		At least some college
Population group		Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE
Total		32.7	1.3	28.3	2.6	33.0	2.9	34.5	2.1
Age	18–44	23.1	1.9	17.9	3.7	27.2	4.3	22.7	2.9
	45–64	40.7	2.5	37.8	5.7	38.0	4.0	43.3	3.8
	65 and over	40.5	3.5	33.0	6.0	*	*	*	*
Gender	Male	29.8	2.2	26.2	4.9	27.9	4.3	32.5	3.4
Gender	Female	34.3	1.8	29.6	3.3	35.7	3.7	35.8	2.6
Race	White, single race	34.3	1.6	30.0	3.1	32.8	3.2	37.0	2.4
	Black, single race	29.1	3.5	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Asian, single race	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
	NHOPI, single race	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
	AI/AN, single race	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Multiple races	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
Ethnicity	Non-Hispanic, all races	34.0	1.5	29.4	2.9	35.4	3.0	35.2	2.4
	Non-Hispanic, White	36.0	1.8	31.4	3.5	35.9	3.4	37.8	2.7
	Non-Hispanic, Black	29.4	3.6	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Hispanic	20.3	3.3	*	*	*	*	*	*
Family income^b	Negative/poor	26.1	3.3	22.5	3.9	*	*	*	*
	Near poor/low	29.4	3.3	25.8	4.7	25.2	5.1	*	*
	Middle	31.7	2.8	*	*	39.6	4.8	27.2	3.8
	High	38.0	2.6	*	*	*	*	38.5	3.3
Employment status, ages 18–64	Employed	30.3	1.7	24.8	4.4	30.0	3.5	31.6	2.4
Employment status, ages 18–64	Not employed	33.1	2.6	28.3	4.1	36.1	5.5	35.7	5.0
Health insurance, ages 18–64	Any private	32.9	1.9	28.3	4.9	33.9	3.8	33.4	2.4
	Public only	30.7	3.2	32.0	4.6	27.9	5.0	*	*
	Uninsured	18.5	4.3	*	*	*	*	*	*
Health insurance, age 65 and over	Medicare only	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Medicare and private	45.2	4.7	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Medicare and other public	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
Residence location^c	Metropolitan	33.1	1.5	29.6	3.0	31.8	3.3	35.4	2.3
	Large central metro	27.8	2.4	19.2	4.4	26.6	4.6	31.4	3.4
	Large fringe metro	39.5	3.1	*	*	*	*	38.6	4.5
	Medium metro	33.6	2.9	*	*	*	*	38.5	4.6
	Small metro	32.8	5.1	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Nonmetropolitan	30.7	2.8	23.6	4.6	37.6	5.5	*	*
	Micropolitan	33.9	3.1	*	*	*	*	*	*
	Noncore	25.7	3.9	*	*	*	*	*	*
Language spoken most often at home	English	33.3	1.4	29.6	2.7	33.9	2.9	34.6	2.2
Language spoken most often at home	Other	19.0	5.0	*	*	*	*	*	*
Perceived health status	Excellent/very good/good	30.7	1.7	23.8	3.2	30.7	3.5	32.9	2.3
Perceived health status	Fair/poor	38.1	2.7	34.3	4.1	38.5	4.6	42.0	5.1
Activity limitations^c	Basic activities	35.1	2.6	36.4	4.2	32.4	5.1	36.5	4.7
	Complex activities	35.2	3.3	28.7	4.3	43.1	5.9	*	*
	Neither basic nor complex activities	31.5	1.7	24.2	3.4	31.0	3.6	34.1	2.3

^a Persons age 18 and over. 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.

^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.

^c For more information, see the MEPS entry in Appendix A, Data Sources. Activity limitations includes persons age 18 and over.

* - 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_1-3d: 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_1-3d.html