Table 12_4_6-2d
2009 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports
Total | Less than high school | High school graduate | At least some college | ||||||
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Population group | Percent | SE | Percent | SE | Percent | SE | Percent | SE | |
Total | 15.8 | 0.7 | 17.5 | 1.2 | 15.5 | 1.1 | 14.8 | 1.1 | |
Age | 65–69 | 15.3 | 1.3 | 17.2 | 2.3 | 15.9 | 2.2 | 13.9 | 1.8 |
70–74 | 15.3 | 1.3 | 18.3 | 2.7 | 13.6 | 2.2 | 15.0 | 2.3 | |
75–79 | 15.2 | 1.5 | 19.0 | 2.8 | 14.3 | 2.2 | 13.2 | 2.4 | |
80 and over | 17.2 | 1.4 | 16.5 | 2.1 | 17.9 | 2.6 | 17.2 | 2.4 | |
Gender | Male | 12.3 | 1.0 | 16.0 | 1.7 | 10.1 | 1.6 | 11.7 | 1.5 |
Female | 18.4 | 0.9 | 18.6 | 1.6 | 18.5 | 1.4 | 18.1 | 1.6 | |
Race | White, single race | 15.8 | 0.7 | 17.6 | 1.4 | 15.5 | 1.2 | 14.9 | 1.1 |
Black, single race | 17.9 | 1.6 | 18.6 | 2.5 | 18.4 | 3.3 | 15.7 | 4.1 | |
Asian, single race | DSU | DSU | DSU | DSU | DSU | DSU | DSU | DSU | |
NHOPI, single race | DSU | DSU | DSU | DSU | DSU | DSU | DSU | DSU | |
AI/AN, single race | DSU | DSU | DSU | DSU | DSU | DSU | DSU | DSU | |
Multiple races | DSU | DSU | DSU | DSU | DSU | DSU | DSU | DSU | |
Ethnicity | Non-Hispanic, all races | 15.9 | 0.7 | 18.1 | 1.4 | 15.7 | 1.2 | 14.8 | 1.1 |
Non-Hispanic, White | 15.9 | 0.8 | 18.3 | 1.7 | 15.6 | 1.3 | 14.9 | 1.1 | |
Non-Hispanic, Black | 17.9 | 1.7 | 18.6 | 2.5 | 18.4 | 3.3 | 15.9 | 4.2 | |
Hispanic | 14.1 | 2.4 | 14.7 | 2.2 | DSU | DSU | DSU | DSU | |
Family incomec | Negative/poor | 17.1 | 1.6 | 17.7 | 2.0 | 16.8 | 2.9 | 16.1 | 4.7 |
Near poor/low | 16.2 | 1.3 | 16.5 | 1.8 | 17.2 | 2.1 | 14.2 | 3.0 | |
Middle | 16.1 | 1.2 | 17.3 | 2.3 | 15.7 | 1.9 | 15.6 | 2.4 | |
High | 14.8 | 1.4 | 20.9 | 4.2 | 13.6 | 2.1 | 14.4 | 1.7 | |
Health insurance | Medicare only | 16.5 | 1.3 | 15.3 | 2.0 | 16.8 | 2.0 | 17.2 | 2.4 |
Medicare and private | 15.5 | 0.9 | 20.2 | 2.2 | 14.3 | 1.4 | 14.4 | 1.4 | |
Medicare and other public | 17.6 | 1.8 | 17.3 | 2.0 | 22.1 | 4.4 | DSU | DSU | |
Residence locationd | Metropolitan | 15.1 | 0.8 | 17.0 | 1.4 | 15.0 | 1.3 | 13.9 | 1.1 |
Large central metro | 13.7 | 1.3 | 10.6 | 1.7 | 15.5 | 1.9 | 14.3 | 2.4 | |
Large fringe metro | 15.4 | 1.5 | 23.6 | 3.6 | 14.6 | 2.7 | 12.1 | 1.9 | |
Medium metro | 17.0 | 1.3 | 20.7 | 3.2 | 15.0 | 2.3 | 16.6 | 2.2 | |
Small metro | 13.0 | 2.8 | 14.6 | 3.8 | 14.9 | 3.8 | DSU | DSU | |
Nonmetropolitan | 18.5 | 1.7 | 19.0 | 2.3 | 17.6 | 2.4 | 19.1 | 3.1 | |
Micropolitan | 17.4 | 1.9 | 19.8 | 2.4 | 15.1 | 2.5 | 17.8 | 3.8 | |
Noncore | 20.6 | 2.7 | 18.0 | 4.5 | DSU | DSU | DSU | DSU | |
Language spoken most often at home | English | 16.3 | 0.7 | 19.0 | 1.4 | 15.9 | 1.2 | 14.9 | 1.1 |
Other | 10.3 | 1.7 | 11.3 | 2.1 | DSU | DSU | DSU | DSU | |
Perceived health status | Excellent/very good/good | 13.5 | 0.7 | 14.3 | 1.3 | 13.3 | 1.2 | 13.3 | 1.1 |
Fair/poor | 23.2 | 1.7 | 23.8 | 2.3 | 22.4 | 2.9 | 23.4 | 3.6 | |
Activity limitationsd | Basic activities | 22.2 | 1.3 | 21.6 | 1.9 | 23.7 | 2.3 | 21.0 | 2.6 |
Complex activities | 25.5 | 2.3 | 22.7 | 3.1 | 32.5 | 4.4 | 20.9 | 4.5 | |
Neither basic nor complex activities | 11.6 | 0.8 | 13.4 | 1.6 | 10.6 | 1.2 | 11.5 | 1.2 |
a Prescription medications received includes all prescribed medications initially purchased or otherwise obtained during calendar year, as well as any refills.
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 Negative/poor refers to household incomes below the Federal poverty line; near poor/low, 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.
d For more information, see the MEPS entry in Appendix A, Data Sources.
DSU - 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.