Table 16_1_6-1d

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_6.1d
People under age 65 with any period of uninsurance during the 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		29.2	0.5	48.8	1.1	33.6	0.8	20.1	0.7
Age	18–44	35.2	0.7	53.7	1.2	41.9	1.1	24.2	0.8
Age	45–64	20.5	0.6	38.8	1.6	22.9	1.1	14.3	0.8
Gender	Male	31.5	0.6	52.4	1.3	36.3	1.0	20.6	0.8
Gender	Female	26.9	0.6	44.7	1.5	30.9	1.0	19.7	0.7
Race	White, single race	28.3	0.6	50.5	1.2	32.2	0.9	19.0	0.7
	Black, single race	34.2	1.2	42.6	2.4	39.1	1.9	25.7	1.6
	Asian, single race	25.7	3.0	DSU	DSU	39.4	4.9	20.8	3.2
	NHOPI, single race	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	AI/AN, single race	39.7	4.3	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	Multiple races	39.3	3.4	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	39.0	5.4
Ethnicity	Non-Hispanic, all races	25.2	0.5	41.8	1.3	30.5	0.8	18.5	0.7
	Non-Hispanic, White	23.2	0.6	41.8	1.7	28.2	0.9	16.9	0.7
	Non-Hispanic, Black	33.9	1.2	41.9	2.4	39.0	1.9	25.5	1.6
	Hispanic, all races	52.5	1.2	61.7	1.7	52.8	2.0	38.6	2.2
Family income^b	Negative/poor	54.0	1.5	56.1	2.1	53.6	2.1	51.5	2.9
	Near poor/low	52.1	1.2	60.3	1.9	50.0	1.7	46.5	2.1
	Middle	31.7	0.9	45.6	1.7	34.0	1.4	24.5	1.2
	High	13.0	0.6	26.3	2.8	16.6	1.1	10.5	0.6
Employment status, ages 18–64	Employed	28.0	0.6	52.5	1.3	32.7	0.8	19.3	0.7
Employment status, ages 18–64	Not employed	33.9	1.0	42.2	1.5	37.0	1.7	24.3	1.3
Residence location^c	Metropolitan	28.8	0.6	48.3	1.2	34.3	0.9	19.8	0.7
	Large central metro	34.0	1.0	52.9	1.7	39.9	1.5	24.1	1.2
	Large fringe metro	23.9	1.2	42.6	2.8	30.9	1.8	16.0	1.2
	Medium metro	27.4	1.2	45.6	2.8	32.1	1.8	18.6	1.4
	Small metro	28.0	1.7	49.0	3.1	31.3	2.5	19.4	2.3
	Nonmetropolitan	31.2	1.3	51.0	2.7	31.1	1.9	21.7	1.3
	Micropolitan	30.7	1.7	52.6	3.4	30.2	2.4	21.0	1.8
	Noncore	32.4	2.5	47.9	4.5	32.9	3.7	23.3	2.6
Language spoken most often at home	English	25.6	0.5	42.3	1.2	31.0	0.7	18.5	0.7
Language spoken most often at home	Other	55.8	1.5	64.5	1.9	59.4	2.5	41.2	2.8
Perceived health status	Excellent/very good/good	28.6	0.6	50.2	1.2	33.3	0.8	19.7	0.7
Perceived health status	Fair/poor	34.5	1.2	43.0	2.0	35.9	2.1	26.0	2.1
Activity limitations,^c age 18 and over	Basic activities	25.6	1.3	37.3	2.8	25.3	2.0	19.0	1.7
	Complex activities	26.1	1.4	30.7	2.6	27.6	2.3	20.5	2.2
	Neither basic nor complex activities	29.4	0.6	50.9	1.1	34.4	0.8	20.1	0.7

^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_6-1d: 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_6-1d.html