Table 1_3_2-1

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_3_2.1
Adults age 50 and over who ever received a colonoscopy, sigmoidoscopy, or proctoscopy,^a United States, 2000 and 2005
		2005		2000
Population group		Percent	SE	Percent	SE
Total		49.8	0.6	39.0	0.5
Age, not age adjusted	50–64	43.4	0.7	32.9	0.7
Age, not age adjusted	65 and over	57.3	0.8	46.2	0.8
Race	AI/AN only	32.3	9.0	37.2	7.4
	Asian only	34.2	3.1	24.9	3.5
	NHOPI only	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	Black only	42.6	1.6	32.7	1.5
	White only	51.2	0.6	40.1	0.6
	Multiple races	47.9	4.8	47.3	6.6
Ethnicity	Hispanic, all races	32.3	1.8	27.9	1.6
	Non-Hispanic, all races	51.1	0.6	39.7	0.6
	Non-Hispanic, Black	42.4	1.6	32.9	1.5
	Non-Hispanic, White	52.9	0.6	40.8	0.6
Gender	Male	51.2	0.8	41.9	0.8
Gender	Female	48.7	0.7	36.7	0.7
Health insurance,^b ages 50–64, not age adjusted	Private	47.5	0.8	35.0	0.8
	Public only	41.8	1.9	32.8	2.0
	Uninsured	20.7	1.6	18.0	1.6
Health insurance, age 65 and over, not age adjusted	Medicare and private	62.7	1.0	50.7	1.0
	Medicare and public	52.9	2.2	35.7	2.3
	Medicare only	48.4	1.5	38.4	1.5
Family income^c	Negative/poor	35.6	1.5	29.4	1.5
	Near poor/low	41.7	1.3	34.3	1.3
	Middle	48.2	1.1	37.5	1.0
	High	58.4	1.0	45.8	0.9
Education	Less than high school	37.7	1.2	29.3	0.9
	High school graduate	46.3	1.0	37.0	0.9
	At least some college	57.2	0.7	46.1	0.9
Residence location^d	Large central metro	46.4	1.1	DNA	DNA
	Large fringe metro	56.0	1.1	DNA	DNA
	Medium metro	48.7	1.1	DNA	DNA
	Small metro	52.6	1.9	DNA	DNA
	Micropolitan (nonmetro)	48.9	1.9	DNA	DNA
	Noncore (nonmetro)	43.5	1.9	DNA	DNA

^a Estimates are age adjusted to the 2000 standard population, except where indicated.

^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 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. 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_3_2-1: 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_3_2-1.html