Table 16_1_3-1c

2009 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 16_1_3.1c
People under age 65 with any private health insurance,^a by family income,^b United States, 2007
		Total		Negative/poor		Near poor/low		Middle		High
Population group		Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE
Total		66.8	0.4	21.4	1.2	40.0	0.8	73.2	0.6	91.0	0.3
Age	0–17	59.8	0.7	12.7	1.0	35.6	1.3	76.0	1.0	93.4	0.6
	18–44	65.5	0.5	28.8	2.1	41.5	1.0	70.4	0.7	88.8	0.5
	45–64	75.5	0.5	21.6	1.7	44.5	1.5	74.7	0.8	92.0	0.4
Race	AI/AN only	36.4	5.1	12.5	3.7	28.1	8.4	56.3	6.7	77.6	7.6
	Asian only	73.2	1.4	35.8	4.7	49.4	3.7	72.9	2.8	90.0	1.3
	NHOPI only	52.4	8.5	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	Black only	51.8	1.0	16.1	1.5	40.6	1.8	67.9	1.5	86.7	1.3
	White only	69.7	0.5	23.4	1.6	40.2	1.0	74.4	0.7	91.6	0.3
	Multiple races	52.7	2.1	16.0	3.3	27.5	4.2	63.0	4.0	88.8	2.5
Ethnicity	Hispanic, all races	41.7	0.9	9.1	0.9	28.9	1.3	58.4	1.4	83.7	1.3
	Non-Hispanic, all races	71.7	0.5	26.4	1.6	44.2	1.0	75.9	0.6	91.6	0.4
	Non-Hispanic, Black	52.3	1.0	16.5	1.6	41.0	1.9	68.2	1.5	86.7	1.3
	Non-Hispanic, White	76.2	0.5	32.8	2.2	45.9	1.3	77.9	0.8	92.2	0.4
Gender	Male	66.4	0.5	20.9	1.6	39.0	0.9	71.7	0.7	90.1	0.4
Gender	Female	67.1	0.5	21.9	1.3	41.0	1.0	74.6	0.7	92.0	0.4
Education, ages 25–64	Less than high school	36.7	0.9	8.5	0.8	28.1	1.4	55.0	1.6	76.6	2.2
	High school graduate	65.6	0.6	21.5	1.6	42.1	1.4	71.2	0.9	89.4	0.7
	At least some college	82.3	0.4	32.9	1.9	53.8	1.3	80.3	0.7	92.5	0.3
Residence location^c	Metropolitan	67.8	0.5	22.0	1.4	39.8	0.9	73.0	0.6	91.3	0.4
	Large central metro	64.1	0.8	19.3	1.9	37.7	1.5	69.3	1.1	90.7	0.6
	Large fringe metro	75.8	0.9	24.4	2.8	41.8	2.1	75.4	1.4	92.3	0.5
	Medium metro	65.9	1.1	21.3	3.3	40.5	1.7	75.3	1.2	91.9	0.7
	Small metro	63.6	1.6	27.5	4.7	40.8	3.2	72.5	1.8	88.3	1.5
	Micropolitan (nonmetro)	62.1	1.6	21.7	3.2	41.8	2.7	72.0	2.0	88.8	1.7
	Noncore (nonmetro)	59.3	2.3	15.7	2.5	40.0	3.1	77.1	2.6	88.0	2.1
Activity limitations,^c ages 18–64	Basic activities	46.8	1.2	10.8	1.3	27.6	2.1	62.4	2.3	85.6	1.5
	Complex activities	39.4	1.0	8.7	1.1	24.0	2.0	54.1	2.2	80.1	1.5
	No activity limitations	72.6	0.5	38.3	3.0	47.4	1.2	74.2	0.8	91.4	0.5

^a Estimates are not adjusted.

^b 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. Missing values for family income were imputed using multiple imputation methodology. A small number of people were excluded because their family income could not be imputed.

^c For more information, see the National Health Interview Survey 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: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Health Statistics, National Health Interview Survey.

Current as of March 2010

Internet Citation: Table 16_1_3-1c: 2009 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports. March 2010. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. http://www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/nhqrdr/nhqrdr09/16_facilitators_barriers/T16_1_3-1c.html