Table 2_1_1-2d
2009 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports
Total | Less than high school | High school graduate | At least some college | ||||||
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Population group | Percent | SE | Percent | SE | Percent | SE | Percent | SE | |
Total | 41.4 | 1.7 | 31.4 | 2.6 | 42.9 | 2.8 | 46.4 | 2.6 | |
Age | 40–59 | 37.7 | 2.4 | 27.7 | 3.9 | 37.4 | 3.9 | 42.6 | 3.7 |
60 and over | 47.2 | 2.1 | 37.5 | 3.4 | 51.6 | 3.8 | 52.4 | 3.8 | |
Gender | Male | 41.0 | 2.4 | 26.7 | 3.8 | 45.2 | 4.1 | 45.9 | 3.6 |
Female | 41.7 | 2.1 | 35.1 | 3.5 | 41.5 | 3.5 | 46.5 | 3.7 | |
Race | White, single race | 42.4 | 1.9 | 31.2 | 3.1 | 44.6 | 3.3 | 47.2 | 3.1 |
Black, single race | 36.6 | 4.1 | 38.6 | 6.2 | DSU | DSU | DSU | DSU | |
Asian, single race | DSU | DSU | DSU | DSU | DSU | DSU | DSU | DSU | |
NHOPI, single race | DSU | DSU | DSU | DSU | DSU | DSU | DSU | DSU | |
AI/AN, single race | DSU | DSU | DSU | DSU | DSU | DSU | DSU | DSU | |
Multiple races | DSU | DSU | DSU | DSU | DSU | DSU | DSU | DSU | |
Ethnicity | Non-Hispanic, all races | 43.3 | 1.8 | 32.3 | 3.6 | 45.0 | 3.1 | 47.1 | 2.8 |
Non-Hispanic, White | 44.8 | 2.1 | 31.5 | 4.6 | 46.8 | 3.7 | 48.5 | 3.4 | |
Non-Hispanic, Black | 36.9 | 4.2 | 39.1 | 6.2 | DSU | DSU | DSU | DSU | |
Hispanic, all races | 31.7 | 3.3 | 31.6 | 4.1 | DSU | DSU | DSU | DSU | |
Family incomec | Negative/poor | 33.8 | 4.5 | 33.9 | 5.6 | DSU | DSU | DSU | DSU |
Near poor/low | 31.7 | 2.7 | 27.6 | 4.3 | 37.8 | 4.7 | DSU | DSU | |
Middle | 42.6 | 2.8 | 27.7 | 3.6 | 44.0 | 5.1 | 50.5 | 4.3 | |
High | 48.5 | 2.7 | DSU | DSU | 49.3 | 4.8 | 49.3 | 3.9 | |
Employment status, ages 40–64 | Employed | 44.9 | 3.1 | 27.4 | 6.0 | 45.9 | 5.4 | 49.5 | 4.5 |
Not employed | 42.9 | 2.9 | 38.7 | 4.3 | 44.3 | 5.1 | 44.7 | 5.6 | |
Health insurance, ages 40–64 | Any private | 48.5 | 2.8 | DSU | DSU | 51.4 | 4.3 | 50.2 | 4.2 |
Public only | 38.8 | 4.2 | 40.3 | 5.9 | DSU | DSU | DSU | DSU | |
Uninsured | 20.9 | 5.1 | DSU | DSU | DSU | DSU | DSU | DSU | |
Health insurance, age 65 and over | Medicare only | 43.4 | 4.0 | 33.9 | 5.8 | DSU | DSU | DSU | DSU |
Medicare and private | 47.9 | 3.9 | DSU | DSU | DSU | DSU | 54.2 | 6.2 | |
Medicare and other public | 37.8 | 5.6 | DSU | DSU | DSU | DSU | DSU | DSU | |
Residence locationd | Metropolitan | 43.8 | 1.8 | 35.2 | 3.0 | 45.7 | 3.1 | 47.2 | 2.8 |
Large central metro | 41.5 | 3.0 | 38.5 | 4.1 | 43.4 | 5.4 | 41.6 | 4.1 | |
Large fringe metro | 46.3 | 3.7 | DSU | DSU | DSU | DSU | 52.2 | 5.3 | |
Medium metro | 43.0 | 2.6 | 35.4 | 6.1 | DSU | DSU | 45.9 | 5.0 | |
Small metro | 47.8 | 6.1 | DSU | DSU | DSU | DSU | DSU | DSU | |
Nonmetropolitan | 32.0 | 3.6 | 18.6 | 4.4 | 33.3 | 5.3 | DSU | DSU | |
Micropolitan | 38.5 | 4.4 | 23.5 | 6.6 | DSU | DSU | DSU | DSU | |
Noncore | 20.7 | 4.9 | DSU | DSU | DSU | DSU | DSU | DSU | |
Language spoken most often at home | English | 42.3 | 1.8 | 32.2 | 3.3 | 42.8 | 2.9 | 47.2 | 2.8 |
Other | 32.2 | 4.6 | 29.6 | 5.5 | DSU | DSU | DSU | DSU | |
Perceived health status | Excellent/very good/good | 44.1 | 2.1 | 29.8 | 3.3 | 47.8 | 3.6 | 47.4 | 3.3 |
Fair/poor | 36.6 | 2.4 | 32.8 | 3.7 | 34.6 | 4.0 | 43.8 | 4.2 | |
Activity limitationsd | Basic activities | 38.8 | 2.7 | 37.4 | 4.6 | 43.5 | 4.4 | 36.3 | 4.3 |
Complex activities | 36.3 | 3.0 | 32.7 | 4.6 | 40.1 | 5.4 | 37.4 | 5.6 | |
Neither basic nor complex activities | 42.8 | 2.1 | 28.3 | 3.4 | 43.2 | 3.9 | 49.5 | 3.2 |
a Estimates are age adjusted to the 2000 standard population using two age groups: 40–59 and 60 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 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.
d For more information, see the MEPS entry in Appendix A, Data Sources.
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.