Table 16_3_5-1

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_3_5.1
People in fair or poor health with a specific source of ongoing care,^a United States, 1999 and 2007
		2007		1999
Population group		Percent	SE	Percent	SE
Total		84.5	1.1	87.0	0.9
Age, not age adjusted	0–17	91.6	2.2	93.5	1.9
	18–44	73.7	2.2	78.4	1.6
	45–64	89.9	1.0	89.9	0.9
	65 and over	96.2	0.6	96.9	0.5
Race	AI/AN only	82.3	4.3	DSU	DSU
	Asian only	77.4	4.3	92.1	3.0
	NHOPI only	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	Black only	83.3	2.0	88.2	1.5
	White only	85.0	1.4	87.3	1.0
	Multiple races	86.1	4.5	73.7	7.8
Ethnicity	Hispanic, all races	81.2	2.1	84.1	1.6
	Non-Hispanic, all races	85.2	1.3	87.6	1.0
	Non-Hispanic, Black	83.1	2.1	88.2	1.5
	Non-Hispanic, White	86.5	1.9	87.9	1.2
Gender	Male	82.3	1.8	83.7	1.3
Gender	Female	86.2	1.3	89.8	1.1
Health insurance,^b ages 0–64	Private	93.2	1.5	92.3	1.2
	Public only	89.0	2.2	92.6	1.2
	Uninsured	57.4	4.0	64.3	2.9
Health insurance, age 65 and over	Medicare and private	97.0	0.8	98.3	0.4
	Medicare and public	94.9	1.3	95.2	1.8
	Medicare only	96.4	1.1	95.5	1.3
Family income^c	Negative/poor	80.3	1.8	84.9	1.2
	Near poor/low	83.2	2.1	83.7	2.0
	Middle	85.4	2.3	90.2	1.4
	High	95.0	1.7	91.6	2.1
Education, age 25 and over	Less than high school	81.4	2.1	82.7	1.6
	High school graduate	86.9	1.5	85.1	1.6
	At least some college	85.5	2.3	89.8	1.5
Residence location^d	Metropolitan	84.6	1.2	DNA	DNA
	Large central metro	84.5	1.7	DNA	DNA
	Large fringe metro	87.7	1.9	DNA	DNA
	Medium metro	86.4	1.7	DNA	DNA
	Small metro	75.6	6.1	DNA	DNA
	Micropolitan (nonmetro)	83.7	3.8	DNA	DNA
	Noncore (nonmetro)	83.7	3.1	DNA	DNA
Activity limitations,^d age 18 and over	Basic activities	86.1	2.9	DNA	DNA
	Complex activities	85.4	2.1	DNA	DNA
	No activity limitations	78.4	1.7	DNA	DNA

^a Estimates are age adjusted to the 2000 standard population, except where indicated.

^b A small number of people who were covered by both public and private health insurance plans were included in the "private" category only.

^c 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. Missing values for family income were imputed using multiple imputation methodology. A small number of people were excluded because their family income could not be imputed.

^d For more information, see the National Health Interview Survey entry in Appendix A, Data Sources.

DNA - Data have not been analyzed.

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: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Health Statistics, National Health Interview Survey.

Current as of March 2010

Internet Citation: Table 16_3_5-1: 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_3_5-1.html