Table 16_1_6-1b

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_6.1b
People under age 65 with any period of uninsurance during the 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		26.1	0.5	22.5	0.5	21.0	0.6	28.1	1.0	44.6	1.0
Age	0–17	18.2	0.7	15.1	0.8	14.6	0.9	15.6	1.2	30.3	1.5
	18–44	35.2	0.7	30.4	0.7	28.2	0.8	38.7	1.6	57.1	1.4
	45–64	20.6	0.6	18.5	0.7	17.2	0.7	25.8	1.4	40.0	1.9
Gender	Male	27.8	0.6	24.0	0.6	22.2	0.7	31.8	1.4	46.1	1.2
Gender	Female	24.5	0.6	21.1	0.6	19.9	0.7	24.7	1.0	43.0	1.3
Family income^a	Negative/poor	41.8	1.3	38.1	1.5	39.3	2.0	34.9	2.2	52.1	2.2
	Near poor/low	42.3	1.2	38.2	1.4	39.7	1.8	36.3	2.2	52.5	1.7
	Middle	27.8	0.8	24.7	0.9	24.1	1.1	25.3	1.9	43.0	1.8
	High	12.4	0.6	11.6	0.6	10.8	0.7	15.7	1.7	23.3	2.5
Education,^b age 18 and over	Less than high school	48.8	1.1	41.8	1.3	41.8	1.7	41.9	2.4	61.7	1.7
	High school graduate	33.6	0.8	30.5	0.8	28.2	0.9	39.0	1.9	52.8	2.0
	At least some college	20.1	0.7	18.5	0.7	16.9	0.7	25.5	1.6	38.6	2.2
Employment status, ages 18–64	Employed	28.0	0.6	24.2	0.6	22.2	0.7	33.2	1.4	51.5	1.4
Employment status, ages 18–64	Not employed	33.9	1.0	29.6	1.1	27.3	1.2	36.5	2.0	55.9	2.0
Residence location^c	Metropolitan	26.0	0.6	21.8	0.6	20.0	0.7	27.8	1.1	44.8	1.1
	Large central metro	30.5	1.0	24.4	1.1	21.7	1.3	29.6	1.7	46.2	1.3
	Large fringe metro	22.0	1.2	18.3	1.0	16.7	1.1	26.3	2.4	46.3	2.8
	Medium metro	24.7	1.2	22.6	1.1	21.7	1.2	24.8	2.2	40.9	3.5
	Small metro	24.2	1.5	22.4	1.5	21.7	1.7	27.7	5.1	37.3	4.1
	Nonmetropolitan	27.1	1.0	26.0	1.0	25.2	1.1	30.0	2.7	41.9	3.8
	Micropolitan	27.0	1.4	25.9	1.2	25.2	1.4	32.2	3.1	40.2	4.5
	Noncore	27.2	2.1	26.2	2.1	25.2	2.3	26.4	4.3	47.4	8.8
Language spoken most often at home	English	22.9	0.5	22.0	0.5	20.7	0.6	27.3	1.0	33.3	1.5
Language spoken most often at home	Other	48.0	1.3	34.0	3.3	40.5	6.3	52.7	8.7	53.9	1.4
Perceived health status	Excellent/very good/good	25.5	0.5	21.9	0.5	20.3	0.6	27.7	1.0	44.4	1.1
Perceived health status	Fair/poor	32.9	1.2	30.1	1.3	30.4	1.5	31.2	2.1	47.1	2.5
Activity limitations,^c age 18 and over	Basic activities	25.5	1.3	24.9	1.3	23.5	1.6	27.6	2.2	31.8	4.5
	Complex activities	25.9	1.4	25.4	1.5	24.8	1.7	27.6	2.7	31.6	4.9
	Neither basic nor complex activities	29.5	0.6	25.1	0.6	22.9	0.6	35.0	1.3	53.7	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_6-1b: 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_6-1b.html