Table 16_1_7-1d

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_7.1d
People under age 65 with any period of public insurance 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		11.5	0.4	24.2	0.9	13.6	0.6	6.0	0.3
Age	18–44	12.0	0.5	23.4	1.0	15.0	0.8	5.9	0.4
Age	45–64	10.7	0.4	25.9	1.4	11.9	0.8	6.0	0.4
Gender	Male	8.6	0.4	18.2	1.0	9.7	0.7	4.2	0.4
Gender	Female	14.3	0.5	31.2	1.3	17.7	0.9	7.6	0.4
Race	White, single race	9.8	0.4	20.6	1.0	12.1	0.7	5.1	0.3
	Black, single race	21.6	1.0	41.6	2.5	21.0	1.2	12.4	1.2
	Asian, single race	8.1	1.3	DSU	DSU	11.5	3.2	5.5	1.1
	NHOPI, single race	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	AI/AN, single race	22.0	3.4	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	Multiple races	21.3	2.8	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	10.9	2.8
Ethnicity	Non-Hispanic, all races	10.8	0.4	26.3	1.2	13.6	0.7	5.6	0.3
	Non-Hispanic, White	8.7	0.4	21.1	1.3	11.7	0.8	4.6	0.4
	Non-Hispanic, Black	21.6	1.0	41.8	2.6	21.1	1.2	12.4	1.2
	Hispanic, all races	15.6	0.9	20.5	1.4	13.8	1.2	10.3	1.2
Family income^b	Negative/poor	43.2	1.4	49.5	2.1	44.4	2.1	33.0	2.7
	Near poor/low	21.8	1.0	26.9	1.7	20.8	1.3	18.0	1.7
	Middle	7.6	0.4	13.9	1.1	7.7	0.7	5.1	0.5
	High	2.6	0.2	4.0	0.9	4.9	0.6	1.7	0.2
Employment status, ages 18–64	Employed	6.1	0.3	13.6	0.8	7.4	0.5	3.5	0.3
Employment status, ages 18–64	Not employed	32.5	1.0	43.2	1.7	36.2	1.7	20.5	1.2
Residence location^c	Metropolitan	11.2	0.4	24.4	1.0	13.7	0.7	5.8	0.3
	Large central metro	13.5	0.7	28.0	1.7	16.4	1.0	6.7	0.5
	Large fringe metro	7.9	0.6	18.2	1.8	10.1	1.2	4.4	0.5
	Medium metro	11.7	0.9	23.2	1.7	14.2	1.6	6.5	0.8
	Small metro	11.4	1.1	26.9	3.9	13.5	1.5	5.2	1.0
	Nonmetropolitan	12.9	1.1	23.4	2.5	13.5	1.3	7.4	1.2
	Micropolitan	11.3	1.0	20.9	2.7	12.4	1.4	6.0	0.9
	Noncore	16.2	2.2	28.0	4.2	15.7	2.9	10.4	2.3
Language spoken most often at home	English	11.0	0.4	26.2	1.1	13.7	0.7	5.7	0.3
Language spoken most often at home	Other	14.4	1.1	18.8	1.6	13.4	1.4	8.9	1.5
Perceived health status	Excellent/very good/good	8.6	0.3	19.6	0.9	10.5	0.5	4.3	0.3
Perceived health status	Fair/poor	35.2	1.2	45.2	2.1	34.7	2.1	27.3	2.0
Activity limitations,^c age 18 and over	Basic activities	38.9	1.3	51.3	2.9	44.5	2.4	26.7	2.1
	Complex activities	54.4	1.5	65.0	2.6	56.7	2.7	43.0	2.8
	Neither basic nor complex activities	8.0	0.3	18.7	0.9	9.1	0.5	4.1	0.3

^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_7-1d: 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_7-1d.html