Table 1_2_1-1

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 1_2_1.1
Women age 18 and over who received a Pap smear within the last 3 years,^a United States, 1999 and 2005
		2005		1999
Population group		Percent	SE	Percent	SE
Total		77.9	0.4	80.8	0.4
Age, not age adjusted	18–44	83.6	0.6	86.8	0.5
	45–64	80.6	0.6	81.7	0.7
	65 and over	54.9	1.0	61.0	0.9
Race	AI/AN only	71.2	5.5	88.6	3.1
	Asian only	63.9	2.7	64.1	2.9
	NHOPI only	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	Black only	80.0	1.0	84.2	0.9
	White only	78.2	0.4	81.1	0.4
	Multiple races	83.9	2.8	86.2	3.0
Ethnicity	Hispanic, all races	74.4	1.1	75.8	1.0
	Non-Hispanic, all races	78.6	0.4	81.6	0.4
	Non-Hispanic, Black	80.2	1.0	84.5	0.9
	Non-Hispanic, White	79.1	0.5	81.8	0.4
Health insurance,^b ages 18–64	Private	86.3	0.5	87.2	0.5
	Public only	80.0	1.1	84.2	1.1
	Uninsured	66.9	1.1	72.3	1.1
Health insurance, age 65 and over, not age adjusted	Medicare and private	56.9	1.3	63.4	1.1
	Medicare and public	56.6	2.7	55.4	3.0
	Medicare only	50.3	1.9	57.4	1.9
Family income^c	Negative/poor	67.9	1.1	73.4	1.1
	Near poor/low	70.8	0.9	74.8	0.9
	Middle	78.8	0.7	80.8	0.7
	High	83.2	0.7	85.8	0.7
Education, age 25 and over	Less than high school	67.6	1.1	71.2	1.0
	High school graduate	75.7	0.8	80.3	0.7
	At least some college	83.1	0.5	85.8	0.5
Residence location^d	Large central metro	77.8	0.7	DNA	DNA
	Large fringe metro	79.0	0.8	DNA	DNA
	Medium metro	77.5	0.9	DNA	DNA
	Small metro	80.8	1.0	DNA	DNA
	Micropolitan (nonmetro)	76.7	1.3	DNA	DNA
	Noncore (nonmetro)	73.6	1.5	DNA	DNA

^a Estimates are age adjusted to the 2000 standard population, except for age categories and 1999 health insurance categories for age 65 and over.

^b A small number of people who were covered by both public and private health insurance plans were included in the "private health insurance" category only.

^c Negative/poor 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. 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.

^d For more information, see National Health Interview Survey entry in Appendix A, Data Sources.

DNA - Data have not been analyzed.

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.

Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Health Statistics, National Health Interview Survey.

Current as of March 2010

Internet Citation: Table 1_2_1-1: 2009 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports. March 2010. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. http://www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/nhqrdr/nhqrdr09/1_cancer/T1_2_1-1.html