Table 18_3_2-1a

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_3_2.1a
Adults age 50 and over who did not receive a blood stool test in the past 2 years or did not ever have a sigmoidoscopy/colonoscopy, United States, 2008
Population group		Percent	SE
Total		32.0	0.2
Age	50–64	38.3	0.3
Age	65 and over	22.9	0.2
Gender	Male	32.1	0.3
Gender	Female	31.9	0.2
Race^a	White	30.4	0.2
	Black	34.6	0.7
	Asian	44.5	2.0
	NHOPI	39.3	4.3
	AI/AN	41.1	1.9
	Other/missing	47.7	1.2
Ethnicity	Non-Hispanic, White only	29.2	0.2
	Non-Hispanic, Black only	34.0	0.7
	Non-Hispanic, other race only	48.6	1.0
	Non-Hispanic, multiracial	41.4	1.3
	Hispanic	34.8	1.6
Education^b	Less than high school	45.4	0.7
	High school graduate	35.1	0.3
	Some college	30.9	0.4
Family income	Less than $15,000	44.3	0.7
	$15,000 to less than $25,000	37.9	0.5
	$25,000 to less than $35,000	32.7	0.6
	$35,000 to less than $50,000	31.4	0.5
	$50,000 or more	27.3	0.3

^a This is preferred race which includes people of mixed race who identified a particular race, to be the one that best represents their identity.

^b Less than high school refers to fewer than 12 years of education; high school graduate, 12 years of education; and some college, more than 12 years of education.

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, Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System.

Current as of March 2010

Internet Citation: Table 18_3_2-1a: 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_3_2-1a.html