Table 17_1_3-1d

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_3.1d
People who had a dental 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		42.1	0.6	23.2	0.8	36.2	0.9	52.9	0.7
Age	18–44	37.5	0.7	24.3	1.1	29.0	1.1	47.3	0.9
	45–64	47.9	0.8	23.0	1.4	42.1	1.2	57.8	1.1
	65 and over	44.1	1.1	21.2	1.5	42.7	1.6	61.7	1.7
Gender	Male	37.7	0.7	21.0	1.1	30.6	1.1	48.9	0.9
Gender	Female	46.2	0.7	25.5	1.0	41.3	1.0	56.6	0.9
Race	White, single race	44.7	0.6	23.7	0.9	39.1	1.0	55.8	0.8
	Black, single race	27.8	1.1	18.8	1.4	23.2	1.5	37.3	1.6
	Asian, single race	35.7	2.1	24.4	5.3	21.4	4.1	41.2	2.4
	NHOPI, single race	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	AI/AN, single race	24.9	4.0	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	Multiple races	32.8	3.3	DSU	DSU	28.8	5.8	41.5	4.8
Ethnicity	Non-Hispanic, all races	45.0	0.6	26.7	1.0	38.2	0.9	54.3	0.7
	Non-Hispanic, White	48.7	0.6	28.7	1.2	41.8	1.0	57.7	0.8
	Non-Hispanic, Black	27.8	1.1	18.9	1.4	23.2	1.6	37.2	1.6
	Hispanic, all races	22.7	0.9	15.4	1.1	21.7	1.6	35.7	1.8
Family income^b	Negative/poor	23.0	1.1	17.6	1.2	23.3	1.7	30.7	2.5
	Near poor/low	25.5	1.1	16.9	1.3	25.7	1.5	35.3	2.0
	Middle	38.4	0.9	23.6	1.4	35.7	1.4	47.1	1.2
	High	56.5	0.8	42.4	2.5	47.6	1.4	61.2	1.0
Employment status, ages 18–64	Employed	42.6	0.6	24.1	1.2	34.5	1.0	51.5	0.8
Employment status, ages 18–64	Not employed	38.3	1.0	23.6	1.3	35.2	1.7	53.0	1.6
Health insurance, ages 18–64	Any private	49.8	0.6	35.3	1.6	40.9	1.0	56.3	0.8
	Public only	26.8	1.4	22.8	1.6	30.5	2.1	28.4	2.8
	Uninsured	15.2	0.8	9.2	0.9	16.2	1.4	20.5	1.6
Health insurance, age 65 and over	Medicare only	38.7	2.0	18.7	2.2	40.9	3.3	56.8	3.1
	Medicare and private	52.4	1.5	28.9	2.6	47.9	2.1	65.7	2.0
	Medicare and other public	17.1	1.8	13.1	2.3	9.6	2.8	DSU	DSU
Residence location^c	Metropolitan	42.9	0.7	23.8	0.9	36.4	1.0	53.3	0.7
	Large central metro	38.4	1.0	19.8	1.1	31.7	1.6	49.5	1.1
	Large fringe metro	46.8	1.1	27.9	2.0	37.9	1.6	56.6	1.2
	Medium metro	45.1	1.6	25.3	2.2	39.9	2.0	55.8	1.6
	Small metro	41.9	2.4	26.6	2.2	38.2	2.6	50.5	3.9
	Nonmetropolitan	38.1	1.2	20.9	1.9	35.1	1.7	50.8	1.8
	Micropolitan	39.3	1.4	22.1	2.6	35.3	2.0	52.0	1.9
	Noncore	35.6	2.7	18.9	2.0	34.7	4.2	48.1	3.9
Language spoken most often at home	English	45.1	0.6	26.9	1.0	38.2	0.9	54.6	0.7
Language spoken most often at home	Other	21.6	1.1	14.8	1.2	18.3	1.9	33.9	2.1
Perceived health status	Excellent/very good/good	43.7	0.6	24.8	1.0	36.6	0.9	53.9	0.7
Perceived health status	Fair/poor	32.0	1.0	18.1	1.5	34.3	1.6	43.6	1.9
Activity limitations,^c age 18 and over	Basic activities	38.6	1.0	22.2	1.5	38.1	1.8	52.1	1.8
	Complex activities	34.6	1.3	20.4	1.9	34.4	2.4	48.2	2.5
	Neither basic nor complex activities	43.4	0.6	24.5	0.9	36.4	0.9	53.5	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 17_1_3-1d: 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_3-1d.html