Table 18_2_3-1c

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_3.1c
People under age 65 who were uninsured all year, by family income,^a California, 2007
		Total		Negative/poor		Near poor/low		Middle		High
Population group		Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE
Total		11.2	0.3	23.0	1.0	21.1	0.9	12.5	0.8	4.1	0.2
Age	0–17	3.5	0.3	6.5	0.9	5.9	0.8	2.8	0.5	1.4	0.2
	18–44	16.8	0.6	34.4	1.7	30.9	1.7	17.7	1.4	5.8	0.5
	45–64	11.1	0.5	30.2	2.5	25.8	1.8	15.1	1.6	4.1	0.3
Education, age 18 and over	Less than high school	24.7	1.1	25.6	1.6	28.8	2.0	19.6	2.8	12.4	1.9
	High school graduate	14.2	0.6	21.6	1.8	19.2	1.4	16.2	1.6	7.1	0.7
	At least some college	6.1	0.3	19.4	1.8	15.6	1.3	8.7	0.8	3.0	0.2
Residence location	Urban	11.1	0.3	22.6	1.1	21.3	1.0	12.3	0.8	4.0	0.2
Residence location	Rural	12.5	0.7	27.0	2.8	20.0	1.8	13.8	2.1	4.9	0.6
English proficiency	English only	7.8	0.3	20.2	2.1	19.6	1.5	13.2	1.2	3.7	0.2
	Well/very well	14.6	0.7	28.2	2.5	23.6	2.0	17.8	2.0	6.8	0.8
	Not well/not at all	41.5	1.5	46.2	2.3	44.9	2.6	28.6	3.7	24.5	3.5
Born in U.S.	Yes	6.6	0.2	11.4	0.9	12.7	0.9	9.2	0.8	3.5	0.2
Born in U.S.	No	24.6	0.8	39.3	1.8	35.5	1.8	22.4	2.0	6.8	0.6

^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.

Key: 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_3-1c: 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_3-1c.html