Table 18_6_5-1a

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_6_5.1a
Adults with limited English proficiency, by whether they had a usual source of care (USC) with or without language assistance, United States, 2006
			Without USC		With assistance		Without assistance
Population group		Total population (in thousands)^d	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE
Total		9,419	49.6	2.0	44.0	2.0	6.4	1.1
Age	18–44	5,307	63.0	2.6	33.2	2.6	3.8	0.8
	45–64	2,911	41.4	3.0	51.5	3.2	7.1	2.0
	65 and over	1,202	9.5	2.4	74.1	4.4	16.4	3.9
Gender	Male	4,545	63.8	2.5	32.1	2.2	DSU	DSU
Gender	Female	4,875	36.3	2.1	55.1	2.3	8.6	1.4
Race	White, single race	7,933	52.2	2.1	42.3	2.0	5.5	1.1
	Black, single race	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	Asian, single race	1,243	31.2	5.3	57.0	5.7	11.8	3.4
	NHOPI, single race	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	AI/AN, single race	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	Multiple races	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Ethnicity	Hispanic, all races	7,500	53.3	2.0	41.2	2.0	5.5	1.1
Ethnicity	Non-Hispanic	1,919	34.6	5.5	55.4	5.3	10.0	2.7
Family income^a	Negative/poor	2,163	46.1	3.1	47.5	3.0	6.5	1.9
	Near poor/low	3,437	51.7	2.9	42.6	2.8	5.7	1.3
	Middle	3,029	53.3	3.3	41.8	3.2	5.0	1.5
	High	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Education^b	Less than high school	6,315	51.4	2.3	44.2	2.3	4.4	0.9
	High school graduate	1,698	46.1	4.1	43.6	4.1	DSU	DSU
	At least some college	1,229	44.4	5.1	44.7	5.3	10.9	2.9
Employment status, ages 18–64	Employed	5,923	59.8	2.6	35.8	2.5	4.4	1.1
Employment status, ages 18–64	Not employed	2,295	43.9	3.2	49.7	3.2	6.4	1.5
Health insurance, ages 18–64	Any private	2,412	38.4	4.1	55.3	4.1	DSU	DSU
	Public only	1,382	34.8	4.2	60.3	4.2	DSU	DSU
	Uninsured	4,424	71.1	2.1	24.7	2.0	4.3	1.3
Health insurance, age 65 and over	Medicare only	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	Medicare and private	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	Medicare and other public	735	7.9	2.3	83.1	4.6	DSU	DSU
Residence location^c	Metropolitan	8,859	48.9	2.1	44.6	2.0	6.5	1.2
	Large central metro	5,669	48.3	2.5	46.7	2.4	5.0	1.2
	Large fringe metro	1,476	53.1	4.9	35.3	4.6	DSU	DSU
	Medium metro	1,281	45.5	3.3	46.8	3.9	DSU	DSU
	Small metro	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	Nonmetropolitan	560	59.1	9.2	35.0	8.4	DSU	DSU
	Micropolitan	435	61.7	11.0	33.8	10.0	DSU	DSU
	Noncore	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Perceived health status	Excellent/very good/good	7,620	54.7	2.4	39.4	2.2	5.8	1.2
Perceived health status	Fair/poor	1,799	27.5	3.0	63.5	3.3	9.0	2.2
Activity limitations^c	Basic activities	905	15.6	3.9	70.0	5.0	14.4	4.0
	Complex activities	494	DSU	DSU	80.8	4.8	DSU	DSU
	Neither basic nor complex activities	8,323	53.3	2.2	41.1	2.1	5.6	1.2

^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 400 percent of the poverty line; and high, 400 percent of the poverty line and over.

^b 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.

^c For more information, see the MEPS entry in Appendix A, Data Sources.

^d Numbers may not add to total due to missing values or rounding.

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 18_6_5-1a: 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_6_5-1a.html