Table 1_3_3-1

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_3.1
Adults age 50 and over who received a fecal occult blood test in the last 2 years,^a United States, 2000 and 2005
		2005		2000
Population group		Percent	SE	Percent	SE
Total		17.1	0.4	24.0	0.5
Age, not age adjusted	50–64	15.1	0.5	21.9	0.6
Age, not age adjusted	65 and over	19.4	0.6	26.6	0.8
Race	AI/AN only	DSU	DSU	25.8	6.9
	Asian only	12.9	2.3	24.4	3.6
	NHOPI only	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	Black only	15.7	1.2	20.5	1.3
	White only	17.4	0.5	24.6	0.5
	Multiple races	17.5	4.3	20.4	5.2
Ethnicity	Hispanic, all races	12.1	1.3	13.5	1.2
	Non-Hispanic, all races	17.5	0.4	24.7	0.5
	Non-Hispanic, Black	15.7	1.2	20.4	1.3
	Non-Hispanic, White	17.9	0.5	25.2	0.6
Gender	Male	17.3	0.6	23.2	0.8
Gender	Female	17.0	0.5	24.9	0.6
Health insurance,^b ages 50–64, not age adjusted	Private	16.1	0.6	23.7	0.7
	Public only	18.0	1.5	22.6	2.0
	Uninsured	6.7	0.9	9.2	1.2
Health insurance, age 65 and over, not age adjusted	Medicare and private	20.8	0.8	28.5	1.0
	Medicare and public	20.8	1.7	20.7	2.0
	Medicare only	16.2	1.2	23.4	1.3
Family income^c	Negative/poor	11.3	1.1	15.6	1.3
	Near poor/low	15.4	0.9	20.3	1.1
	Middle	18.0	0.8	23.5	0.9
	High	18.7	0.7	29.0	1.0
Education	Less than high school	12.4	0.8	16.6	0.8
	High school graduate	16.5	0.7	22.9	0.8
	At least some college	19.9	0.6	29.1	0.8
Residence location^d	Large central metro	16.4	0.8	DNA	DNA
	Large fringe metro	16.4	0.8	DNA	DNA
	Medium metro	19.5	0.9	DNA	DNA
	Small metro	17.5	1.3	DNA	DNA
	Micropolitan (nonmetro)	16.4	1.4	DNA	DNA
	Noncore (nonmetro)	15.0	1.3	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_3-1: 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_3-1.html