Table 16_1_5-1b

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_5.1b
People under age 65 who were uninsured all year, by ethnicity, United States, 2006
				Non-Hispanic
		Total		All races		White		Black		Hispanic, all races
Population group		Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE
Total		14.3	0.4	11.5	0.4	10.8	0.4	14.5	0.7	28.6	0.9
Age	0–17	6.4	0.4	5.0	0.5	4.9	0.6	4.2	0.7	12.0	0.9
	18–44	20.3	0.6	15.8	0.6	14.7	0.7	20.3	1.2	40.9	1.4
	45–64	13.3	0.5	11.5	0.5	10.5	0.6	17.8	1.2	29.5	1.7
Gender	Male	16.4	0.5	13.2	0.5	12.2	0.6	17.6	1.0	32.3	1.1
Gender	Female	12.2	0.4	9.9	0.4	9.3	0.5	11.7	0.8	24.6	1.0
Family income^a	Negative/poor	23.7	1.1	20.3	1.3	21.9	1.7	17.6	1.5	32.8	1.8
	Near poor/low	24.5	0.9	20.6	1.0	21.1	1.3	20.6	1.7	34.2	1.5
	Middle	15.5	0.7	13.0	0.7	12.7	0.9	11.9	1.4	27.9	1.5
	High	5.7	0.4	5.1	0.3	4.7	0.4	8.3	1.2	14.2	1.9
Education,^b age 18 and over	Less than high school	33.3	1.1	25.8	1.2	26.5	1.6	25.0	2.0	47.1	1.7
	High school graduate	20.9	0.6	18.5	0.7	17.2	0.8	23.8	1.5	35.6	1.9
	At least some college	10.0	0.5	8.6	0.4	7.7	0.5	12.6	1.1	26.0	1.9
Employment status, ages 18–64	Employed	16.5	0.5	13.0	0.5	12.0	0.5	18.1	1.0	37.1	1.3
Employment status, ages 18–64	Not employed	21.1	0.8	17.5	0.8	16.0	0.9	23.3	1.7	40.0	1.9
Residence location^c	Metropolitan	14.1	0.4	11.0	0.4	10.1	0.5	14.0	0.8	28.5	0.9
	Large central metro	17.4	0.8	12.6	0.9	11.4	1.1	14.3	1.1	29.7	1.1
	Large fringe metro	11.6	0.8	8.7	0.6	8.2	0.8	12.9	1.5	30.3	2.3
	Medium metro	12.7	0.9	11.1	0.9	10.5	0.9	13.9	1.8	24.7	3.0
	Small metro	13.2	1.0	12.1	1.0	11.6	1.1	15.8	3.3	21.2	2.9
	Nonmetropolitan	15.4	1.0	14.3	0.9	13.6	1.0	18.4	2.0	29.9	4.2
	Micropolitan	14.7	1.3	13.5	1.1	13.0	1.2	19.0	2.4	28.2	5.2
	Noncore	16.9	1.6	15.9	1.5	14.8	1.7	17.4	2.6	35.7	7.3
Language spoken most often at home	English	11.5	0.4	10.9	0.4	10.4	0.4	13.9	0.7	17.2	1.2
Language spoken most often at home	Other	33.5	1.3	23.3	3.0	29.9	5.9	29.9	6.2	37.8	1.3
Perceived health status	Excellent/very good/good	13.9	0.4	11.1	0.4	10.3	0.5	14.0	0.7	28.3	0.9
Perceived health status	Fair/poor	19.0	0.9	16.5	1.0	16.5	1.2	18.4	1.9	31.3	2.5
Activity limitations,^c age 18 and over	Basic activities	14.6	1.0	13.9	1.1	13.5	1.3	14.6	1.9	21.9	3.9
	Complex activities	13.7	1.0	13.2	1.1	13.2	1.3	13.6	2.1	18.8	3.4
	Neither basic nor complex activities	17.5	0.5	13.8	0.5	12.5	0.5	19.9	0.9	38.6	1.3

^a 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.

^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.

Key: SE: standard error.

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

Current as of March 2010

Internet Citation: Table 16_1_5-1b: 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_5-1b.html