Table 17_1_1-1d

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 17_1_1.1d
People who had an office-based or outpatient department visit in the calendar 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		73.8	0.5	66.0	0.9	71.3	0.8	78.3	0.6
Age	18–44	63.5	0.7	51.9	1.3	57.6	1.1	71.4	0.8
	45–64	79.5	0.6	71.9	1.4	77.7	1.2	82.5	0.7
	65 and over	92.5	0.5	90.1	1.0	92.9	0.8	93.9	0.7
Gender	Male	64.5	0.7	56.2	1.3	61.3	1.1	69.8	0.9
Gender	Female	82.5	0.5	76.0	1.0	80.6	0.9	86.1	0.6
Race	White, single race	75.6	0.5	66.9	1.0	73.5	0.8	80.2	0.6
	Black, single race	66.2	1.1	63.3	2.1	61.1	1.6	72.5	1.5
	Asian, single race	61.9	2.5	57.2	6.2	61.4	4.2	62.9	2.7
	NHOPI, single race	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	AI/AN, single race	71.2	4.8	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	Multiple races	69.9	3.2	DSU	DSU	70.4	5.4	73.2	4.3
Ethnicity	Non-Hispanic, all races	76.3	0.5	71.7	1.1	73.6	0.9	79.2	0.6
	Non-Hispanic, White	79.0	0.5	75.4	1.2	76.5	0.9	81.4	0.6
	Non-Hispanic, Black	66.3	1.1	63.6	2.1	61.1	1.6	72.5	1.5
	Hispanic, all races	57.3	1.0	53.1	1.3	54.7	1.6	66.8	2.0
Family income^b	Negative/poor	67.1	1.2	63.6	1.6	68.7	2.0	70.6	2.1
	Near poor/low	67.9	0.9	64.1	1.4	68.2	1.5	72.0	1.6
	Middle	72.3	0.8	65.3	1.4	69.9	1.3	77.4	1.0
	High	79.0	0.6	74.5	2.1	75.7	1.1	80.6	0.7
Employment status, ages 18–64	Employed	68.9	0.6	54.1	1.3	63.7	1.0	75.4	0.6
Employment status, ages 18–64	Not employed	74.4	0.9	66.3	1.5	75.9	1.3	79.9	1.3
Health insurance, ages 18–64	Any private	76.0	0.5	68.0	1.5	71.9	1.0	79.2	0.6
	Public only	76.6	1.1	71.7	1.6	78.8	1.8	82.8	2.4
	Uninsured	41.3	1.2	37.0	1.8	41.5	1.7	46.0	2.0
Health insurance, age 65 and over	Medicare only	91.0	0.9	88.2	1.8	91.8	1.5	92.8	1.4
	Medicare and private	94.5	0.6	93.7	1.3	94.7	1.0	94.6	0.8
	Medicare and other public	90.2	1.3	90.1	1.8	89.7	3.1	DSU	DSU
Residence location^c	Metropolitan	73.1	0.5	64.7	1.0	70.3	0.9	77.8	0.6
	Large central metro	68.8	0.9	59.0	1.5	65.3	1.4	74.7	1.2
	Large fringe metro	75.0	0.8	68.8	2.1	70.8	1.5	78.9	1.0
	Medium metro	76.0	0.9	67.0	1.6	74.4	1.7	80.3	1.1
	Small metro	75.9	1.6	71.6	2.7	73.2	2.5	79.4	1.9
	Nonmetropolitan	77.0	1.1	71.3	1.8	75.6	1.3	81.5	1.4
	Micropolitan	76.7	1.4	69.6	2.4	75.7	1.9	81.1	1.6
	Noncore	77.5	1.4	74.2	2.4	75.3	2.0	82.1	2.6
Language spoken most often at home	English	76.6	0.5	72.0	1.0	73.2	0.8	80.0	0.5
Language spoken most often at home	Other	52.7	1.2	51.0	1.6	51.6	2.0	56.0	2.5
Perceived health status	Excellent/very good/good	71.9	0.5	61.4	1.0	68.7	0.9	77.2	0.6
Perceived health status	Fair/poor	86.8	0.7	83.0	1.3	86.3	1.0	91.3	1.1
Activity limitations,^c age 18 and over	Basic activities	92.4	0.5	90.3	1.0	92.5	0.9	93.8	1.0
	Complex activities	92.8	0.8	91.6	1.1	91.6	1.2	95.3	1.3
	Neither basic nor complex activities	70.9	0.5	59.6	1.0	67.3	0.9	76.6	0.6

^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 17_1_1-1d: 2009 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports. March 2010. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. http://www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/nhqrdr/nhqrdr09/17_utilization/T17_1_1-1d.html