Table 18_2_3-1a

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 18_2_3.1a
People under age 65 who were uninsured all year, by race, California, 2007
				Non-Hispanic
		Total		White		Black		Asian		NHOPI		AI/AN		Multiple races
Population group		Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE
Total		11.2	0.3	5.8	0.3	9.0	1.1	10.8	0.8	DSU	DSU	7.8	1.8	4.9	0.8
Age	0–17	3.5	0.3	1.4	0.3	DSU	DSU	3.6	0.8	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	18–44	16.8	0.6	8.0	0.5	14.0	2.4	12.7	1.4	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	7.1	1.6
	45–64	11.1	0.5	6.4	0.4	9.0	1.5	14.0	1.4	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	12.2	3.0
Family income^a	Negative/poor	23.0	1.0	18.4	2.1	14.8	3.8	22.3	3.2	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	18.5	5.5
	Near poor/low	21.1	0.9	15.8	1.4	12.4	2.8	20.2	3.2	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	5.3	1.3
	Middle	12.5	0.8	9.6	1.0	7.9	2.0	19.0	2.8	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	7.0	1.9
	High	4.1	0.2	3.1	0.2	5.3	1.1	5.0	0.7	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	2.4	0.7
Education, age 18 and over	Less than high school	24.7	1.1	15.0	2.4	DSU	DSU	19.4	3.6	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	High school graduate	14.2	0.6	9.7	0.7	14.6	2.8	16.1	2.2	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	10.1	2.5
	At least some college	6.1	0.3	4.2	0.3	5.2	0.9	8.6	0.9	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	2.8	0.6
Residence location	Urban	11.1	0.3	5.3	0.3	9.0	1.1	10.7	0.8	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	4.4	0.8
Residence location	Rural	12.5	0.7	8.4	0.6	DSU	DSU	12.9	3.6	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	8.6	2.0
English proficiency	English only	7.8	0.3	7.1	0.4	12.2	1.7	3.8	0.9	DSU	DSU	9.3	2.5	8.2	1.6
	Well/very well	14.6	0.7	7.6	1.0	DSU	DSU	13.6	1.5	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	Not well/not at all	41.5	1.5	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	24.5	2.6	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Born in U.S.	Yes	6.6	0.2	5.8	0.3	8.7	1.1	6.2	1.3	DSU	DSU	7.2	1.8	4.9	0.8
Born in U.S.	No	24.6	0.8	6.4	1.0	DSU	DSU	13.7	1.1	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU

^a 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 300 percent of the poverty line; and high, 300 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.

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: University of California, Los Angeles, Center for Health Policy Research, California Health Interview Survey.

Current as of March 2010

Internet Citation: Table 18_2_3-1a: 2009 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports. March 2010. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. http://www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/nhqrdr/nhqrdr09/18_populations/T18_2_3-1a.html