Table 16_1_5-1d

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_5.1d
People under age 65 who were uninsured all year, by education,^a United States, 2006
		Total		Less than high school		High school graduate		At least some college
Population group		Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE
Total		17.4	0.5	33.3	1.1	20.9	0.6	10.0	0.5
Age	18–44	20.2	0.6	35.1	1.3	26.0	0.9	11.3	0.6
Age	45–64	13.2	0.5	29.8	1.6	14.3	0.8	8.2	0.6
Gender	Male	20.3	0.6	38.3	1.4	24.3	0.9	11.0	0.6
Gender	Female	14.5	0.5	27.6	1.3	17.3	0.8	9.1	0.5
Race	White, single race	17.2	0.5	35.7	1.2	20.3	0.8	9.4	0.5
	Black, single race	19.5	0.9	25.3	1.9	23.7	1.5	12.8	1.1
	Asian, single race	15.1	2.6	DSU	DSU	24.0	4.7	11.5	2.7
	NHOPI, single race	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	AI/AN, single race	23.3	4.5	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	Multiple races	18.1	2.8	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	16.9	4.5
Ethnicity	Non-Hispanic, all races	13.9	0.4	25.8	1.2	18.5	0.7	8.6	0.4
	Non-Hispanic, White	12.8	0.5	26.5	1.6	17.2	0.8	7.7	0.5
	Non-Hispanic, Black	19.3	0.9	25.0	2.0	23.8	1.5	12.6	1.1
	Hispanic, all races	37.8	1.2	47.1	1.7	35.6	1.9	26.0	1.9
Family income^b	Negative/poor	33.7	1.5	38.5	1.9	33.1	2.0	28.0	2.9
	Near poor/low	34.0	1.2	43.0	2.0	32.7	1.7	26.7	1.9
	Middle	19.0	0.7	31.8	1.7	21.1	1.2	12.4	0.9
	High	6.1	0.4	13.4	2.2	9.4	0.9	4.4	0.3
Employment status, ages 18–64	Employed	16.4	0.5	36.4	1.2	20.1	0.7	9.4	0.5
Employment status, ages 18–64	Not employed	21.1	0.8	27.7	1.5	23.8	1.4	13.4	1.0
Residence location^c	Metropolitan	16.9	0.5	33.0	1.2	21.1	0.7	9.7	0.5
	Large central metro	21.0	0.9	38.0	1.8	25.4	1.4	12.5	1.0
	Large fringe metro	13.4	0.9	27.4	2.5	19.0	1.6	7.3	0.7
	Medium metro	15.5	1.1	31.7	2.6	18.6	1.4	8.4	0.9
	Small metro	16.2	1.2	28.9	3.0	19.7	2.1	10.0	1.5
	Nonmetropolitan	19.7	1.3	34.6	2.8	20.1	1.7	12.2	1.1
	Micropolitan	18.4	1.6	34.0	3.7	18.6	2.3	11.0	1.3
	Noncore	22.5	2.0	35.7	4.0	23.0	3.1	14.8	1.9
Language spoken most often at home	English	13.9	0.4	26.0	1.1	18.2	0.6	8.5	0.4
Language spoken most often at home	Other	42.8	1.6	50.8	1.9	46.3	2.7	29.3	2.5
Perceived health status	Excellent/very good/good	17.0	0.5	34.1	1.1	20.8	0.7	9.9	0.5
Perceived health status	Fair/poor	20.3	1.0	30.1	1.8	21.4	1.7	11.0	1.3
Activity limitations,^c age 18 and over	Basic activities	14.7	1.0	24.4	2.5	14.7	1.7	8.9	1.2
	Complex activities	13.8	1.0	16.6	2.1	16.2	1.9	8.7	1.5
	Neither basic nor complex activities	17.5	0.5	35.0	1.2	21.4	0.7	10.0	0.5

^a People 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, 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.

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.

Current as of March 2010

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