Table 16_1_4-1b

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_4.1b
Adults age 65 and over with any private health insurance,^a by ethnicity, United States, 2007
				Non-Hispanic
		Total		All races		White		Black		Hispanic, all races
Population group		Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE
Total		56.4	0.8	58.6	0.9	62.0	1.0	36.9	1.9	26.6	2.2
Gender	Male	56.6	1.0	58.6	1.0	61.8	1.2	37.6	2.8	29.4	3.0
Gender	Female	56.2	0.9	58.5	1.0	62.1	1.0	36.4	2.2	24.5	2.3
Family income^b	Negative/poor	25.2	2.1	26.9	2.4	32.2	3.2	14.5	2.9	15.1	3.4
	Near poor/low	47.2	1.6	50.1	1.7	54.1	2.0	29.1	3.1	19.8	3.1
	Middle	59.6	1.4	61.4	1.4	64.0	1.5	43.1	3.7	29.2	4.3
	High	70.1	1.5	70.8	1.5	71.7	1.5	68.0	4.7	51.0	5.9
Education	Less than high school	42.6	1.5	46.6	1.7	53.0	1.9	25.2	2.6	20.8	2.5
	High school graduate	57.4	1.3	58.6	1.3	61.0	1.4	36.0	3.3	32.0	4.2
	At least some college	65.7	1.2	66.6	1.2	68.4	1.3	56.4	3.4	38.7	5.6
Residence location^c	Metropolitan	55.1	1.0	57.8	1.0	61.5	1.1	37.5	2.1	23.4	2.1
	Large central metro	42.8	1.7	46.1	1.8	50.6	2.3	35.8	2.9	21.4	2.5
	Large fringe metro	59.7	1.8	61.5	1.8	63.5	1.9	44.5	4.8	23.3	5.5
	Medium metro	63.2	1.8	65.6	1.9	69.1	1.9	32.9	5.0	29.7	4.7
	Small metro	61.1	2.9	62.4	2.9	63.9	3.0	42.7	6.6	DSU	DSU
	Micropolitan (nonmetro)	60.1	2.4	60.6	2.4	62.7	2.5	30.3	5.3	DSU	DSU
	Noncore (nonmetro)	62.1	2.9	61.7	2.9	64.2	2.9	35.2	7.6	DSU	DSU
Activity limitations^c	Basic activities	53.2	1.3	55.3	1.3	59.4	1.5	30.7	2.7	23.4	3.7
	Complex activities	45.4	2.4	47.6	2.5	53.1	2.9	17.5	4.1	DSU	DSU
	No activity limitations	60.8	1.2	62.8	1.3	65.7	1.4	43.5	3.4	31.9	3.7

^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: 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_4-1b: 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_4-1b.html