Table 16_3_5-2c

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_5.2c
People in fair or poor health with a specific source of ongoing care,^a by family income,^b United States, 2007
		Total		Negative/poor		Near poor/low		Middle		High
Population group		Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE
Total		84.5	1.1	80.3	1.8	83.2	2.1	85.4	2.3	95.0	1.7
Age, not age adjusted	0–17	91.6	2.2	90.5	3.4	97.9	2.1	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	18–44	73.7	2.2	65.8	3.6	69.0	5.0	80.0	3.7	90.9	3.6
	45–64	89.9	1.0	86.5	2.2	85.9	2.5	91.1	1.9	96.4	1.3
	65 and over	96.2	0.6	94.5	1.8	95.2	1.2	97.1	1.0	97.7	1.4
Race	AI/AN only	82.3	4.3	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	Asian only	77.4	4.3	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	NHOPI only	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	Black only	83.3	2.0	78.9	3.2	88.6	3.9	81.6	5.3	96.2	5.8
	White only	85.0	1.4	80.6	2.3	82.6	2.6	87.3	2.9	96.0	1.2
	Multiple races	86.1	4.5	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Ethnicity	Hispanic, all races	81.2	2.1	74.4	3.6	82.9	2.9	84.3	5.1	97.4	3.7
	Non-Hispanic, all races	85.2	1.3	82.1	2.0	83.0	2.6	85.7	2.5	94.9	1.7
	Non-Hispanic, Black	83.1	2.1	78.6	3.4	88.8	4.2	81.4	5.3	96.0	6.0
	Non-Hispanic, White	86.5	1.9	83.6	3.1	82.8	3.2	88.7	3.4	96.0	1.3
Gender	Male	82.3	1.8	80.6	2.7	79.2	3.8	81.2	3.6	93.2	2.5
Gender	Female	86.2	1.3	79.2	2.7	85.8	2.2	90.8	2.4	96.7	1.8
Health insurance,^c ages 0–64	Private	93.2	1.5	88.5	4.4	94.9	2.2	91.1	2.8	96.4	1.6
	Public	89.0	2.2	89.4	2.1	87.9	5.0	89.6	4.3	DSU	DSU
	Uninsured	57.4	4.0	43.8	7.2	63.5	4.0	59.5	8.0	DSU	DSU
Health insurance, age 65 and over	Medicare and private	97.0	0.8	96.3	2.7	96.7	2.1	97.1	1.2	97.3	1.8
	Medicare and public	94.9	1.3	93.3	2.5	93.0	3.0	99.6	1.4	DSU	DSU
	Medicare only	96.4	1.1	94.8	3.6	96.1	1.8	96.4	2.0	DSU	DSU
Education, age 25 and over	Less than high school	81.4	2.1	81.1	3.0	77.3	3.6	85.0	4.0	98.5	0.9
	High school graduate	86.9	1.5	82.1	3.1	84.1	2.9	91.8	2.4	93.2	3.3
	At least some college	85.5	2.3	77.6	3.9	80.3	5.9	88.8	2.5	94.0	2.0
Residence location^d	Metropolitan	84.6	1.2	80.0	2.0	82.9	2.6	85.0	2.6	94.9	1.6
	Large central metro	84.5	1.7	77.7	3.5	85.3	2.7	86.2	3.4	94.3	3.3
	Large fringe metro	87.7	1.9	85.5	4.1	81.3	4.1	88.3	3.6	96.3	2.1
	Medium metro	86.4	1.7	77.6	3.4	89.7	2.5	91.0	3.3	93.8	3.1
	Small metro	75.6	6.1	85.9	4.7	62.3	12.0	73.3	10.4	DSU	DSU
	Micropolitan (nonmetro)	83.7	3.8	75.6	7.4	85.1	3.9	88.7	6.4	99.6	0.6
	Noncore (nonmetro)	83.7	3.1	83.7	4.7	81.6	5.9	85.1	8.0	DSU	DSU
Activity limitations,^d age 18 and over	Basic activities	86.1	2.9	86.0	1.9	86.3	3.2	88.7	5.9	96.0	1.8
	Complex activities	85.4	2.1	83.1	2.6	79.0	4.9	93.8	2.7	96.3	2.0
	No activity limitations	78.4	1.7	64.4	4.3	73.0	3.7	78.9	3.4	93.0	2.8

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

^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. 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.

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

^d For more information, see the National Health Interview Survey 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: 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_5-2c: 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_5-2c.html