Table 2_1_2-2d
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 | 89.7 | 1.0 | 86.6 | 1.9 | 91.0 | 1.7 | 90.4 | 1.6 | |
Age | 40–59 | 88.1 | 1.5 | 84.9 | 2.9 | 90.1 | 2.5 | 88.0 | 2.3 |
60 and over | 92.2 | 1.2 | 89.3 | 2.0 | 92.6 | 2.2 | 94.3 | 1.7 | |
Gender | Male | 89.0 | 1.4 | 82.3 | 3.7 | 92.5 | 2.1 | 89.2 | 2.4 |
Female | 90.5 | 1.5 | 89.8 | 2.1 | 89.4 | 2.7 | 91.8 | 1.9 | |
Race | White, single race | 90.0 | 1.2 | 85.0 | 2.2 | 91.4 | 2.0 | 91.5 | 1.7 |
Black, single race | 87.8 | 2.5 | DSU | DSU | 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 | 90.1 | 1.2 | 87.6 | 2.8 | 90.9 | 1.9 | 90.7 | 1.7 |
Non-Hispanic, White | 90.9 | 1.4 | 85.9 | 3.5 | 91.5 | 2.2 | 92.2 | 1.8 | |
Non-Hispanic, Black | 88.0 | 2.5 | DSU | DSU | DSU | DSU | DSU | DSU | |
Hispanic, all races | 88.7 | 1.9 | 87.1 | 2.5 | DSU | DSU | DSU | DSU | |
Family incomec | Negative/poor | 85.0 | 2.8 | 87.8 | 3.0 | DSU | DSU | DSU | DSU |
Near poor/low | 84.5 | 2.5 | 79.6 | 4.3 | 90.4 | 2.8 | DSU | DSU | |
Middle | 92.6 | 1.5 | 88.5 | 3.3 | 93.7 | 2.6 | 94.8 | 2.0 | |
High | 91.7 | 1.7 | DSU | DSU | 90.0 | 3.7 | 91.9 | 2.0 | |
Employment status, ages 40–64 | Employed | 91.5 | 1.4 | DSU | DSU | 93.3 | 2.5 | 91.9 | 2.0 |
Not employed | 90.0 | 1.7 | 89.2 | 2.7 | 89.1 | 2.9 | DSU | DSU | |
Health insurance, ages 40–64 | Any private | 94.1 | 1.0 | DSU | DSU | 94.6 | 1.8 | 94.7 | 1.5 |
Public only | 88.0 | 2.4 | 91.7 | 3.0 | DSU | DSU | DSU | DSU | |
Uninsured | 75.6 | 5.6 | DSU | DSU | DSU | DSU | DSU | DSU | |
Health insurance, age 65 and over | Medicare only | 94.4 | 2.0 | DSU | DSU | DSU | DSU | DSU | DSU |
Medicare and private | 88.6 | 2.4 | DSU | DSU | DSU | DSU | DSU | DSU | |
Medicare and other public | 91.6 | 2.6 | DSU | DSU | DSU | DSU | DSU | DSU | |
Residence locationd | Metropolitan | 90.0 | 1.1 | 86.6 | 2.2 | 91.7 | 1.9 | 90.5 | 1.6 |
Large central metro | 89.0 | 1.7 | 84.3 | 3.1 | 94.9 | 1.8 | 87.2 | 3.3 | |
Large fringe metro | 92.3 | 1.8 | DSU | DSU | DSU | DSU | 93.4 | 2.6 | |
Medium metro | 88.4 | 2.7 | DSU | DSU | DSU | DSU | 91.4 | 2.6 | |
Small metro | 90.9 | 2.8 | DSU | DSU | DSU | DSU | DSU | DSU | |
Nonmetropolitan | 88.4 | 2.4 | 86.4 | 3.6 | DSU | DSU | DSU | DSU | |
Micropolitan | 92.8 | 2.1 | DSU | DSU | DSU | DSU | DSU | DSU | |
Noncore | 80.6 | 5.1 | DSU | DSU | DSU | DSU | DSU | DSU | |
Language spoken most often at home | English | 89.9 | 1.1 | 87.7 | 2.5 | 91.2 | 1.8 | 90.2 | 1.6 |
Other | 88.3 | 2.4 | 86.1 | 3.1 | DSU | DSU | DSU | DSU | |
Perceived health status | Excellent/very good/good | 90.6 | 1.2 | 83.0 | 3.0 | 93.8 | 2.1 | 91.2 | 1.8 |
Fair/poor | 88.0 | 1.8 | 90.5 | 2.2 | 86.0 | 2.8 | 88.3 | 3.2 | |
Activity limitationsd | Basic activities | 87.7 | 1.9 | 89.9 | 2.8 | 86.5 | 3.2 | 88.0 | 3.5 |
Complex activities | 87.6 | 2.2 | 87.4 | 3.8 | 87.5 | 3.5 | DSU | DSU | |
Neither basic nor complex activities | 90.4 | 1.2 | 84.3 | 2.5 | 93.1 | 2.0 | 91.1 | 1.8 |
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.