Table 2_1_5-2d
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 | 59.2 | 1.6 | 52.8 | 2.7 | 59.0 | 2.6 | 63.0 | 2.5 | |
Age | 40–59 | 51.6 | 2.2 | 43.0 | 3.8 | 52.2 | 3.5 | 55.3 | 3.7 |
60 and over | 71.5 | 2.0 | 68.7 | 2.8 | 69.9 | 3.4 | 75.4 | 3.1 | |
Gender | Male | 55.3 | 2.6 | 51.2 | 4.6 | 52.0 | 3.9 | 59.9 | 3.8 |
Female | 62.9 | 2.0 | 54.0 | 3.3 | 65.8 | 3.3 | 66.2 | 3.3 | |
Race | White, single race | 61.5 | 1.9 | 53.8 | 3.2 | 61.2 | 3.0 | 66.2 | 2.9 |
Black, single race | 49.3 | 3.2 | 48.9 | 6.2 | 48.9 | 5.3 | 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 | 61.7 | 1.8 | 57.1 | 3.8 | 60.8 | 2.8 | 64.2 | 2.7 |
Non-Hispanic, White | 64.4 | 2.2 | 58.4 | 5.1 | 63.0 | 3.3 | 67.8 | 3.1 | |
Non-Hispanic, Black | 49.6 | 3.4 | 49.1 | 6.3 | 49.8 | 5.4 | DSU | DSU | |
Hispanic, all races | 46.5 | 2.9 | 45.4 | 3.3 | DSU | DSU | DSU | DSU | |
Family incomec | Negative/poor | 56.0 | 3.3 | 58.2 | 4.4 | DSU | DSU | DSU | DSU |
Near poor/low | 54.5 | 3.0 | 56.0 | 4.8 | 53.8 | 4.7 | DSU | DSU | |
Middle | 55.4 | 2.8 | 41.6 | 4.2 | 59.5 | 5.0 | 59.9 | 4.5 | |
High | 66.3 | 2.8 | DSU | DSU | 63.9 | 5.0 | 69.0 | 3.4 | |
Employment status, ages 40–64 | Employed | 53.2 | 2.8 | 35.3 | 7.0 | 51.6 | 5.0 | 59.9 | 4.0 |
Not employed | 60.0 | 2.9 | 55.4 | 4.5 | 63.1 | 5.1 | 61.4 | 4.9 | |
Health insurance, ages 40–64 | Any private | 57.8 | 2.7 | 40.2 | 5.9 | 58.6 | 4.6 | 62.3 | 3.6 |
Public only | 55.6 | 3.6 | 59.4 | 5.1 | DSU | DSU | DSU | DSU | |
Uninsured | 45.1 | 5.6 | DSU | DSU | DSU | DSU | DSU | DSU | |
Health insurance, age 65 and over | Medicare only | 75.8 | 2.9 | 74.8 | 4.0 | DSU | DSU | DSU | DSU |
Medicare and private | 74.7 | 3.1 | DSU | DSU | DSU | DSU | 78.1 | 4.4 | |
Medicare and other public | 73.3 | 4.3 | 74.0 | 4.5 | DSU | DSU | DSU | DSU | |
Residence locationd | Metropolitan | 58.8 | 1.8 | 53.9 | 3.1 | 59.0 | 2.9 | 61.0 | 2.8 |
Large central metro | 56.3 | 2.9 | 50.4 | 4.5 | 55.9 | 5.0 | 60.3 | 4.6 | |
Large fringe metro | 54.5 | 4.1 | DSU | DSU | DSU | DSU | 56.8 | 6.6 | |
Medium metro | 63.3 | 3.3 | 58.7 | 6.2 | DSU | DSU | 63.6 | 4.8 | |
Small metro | 65.7 | 5.5 | DSU | DSU | DSU | DSU | DSU | DSU | |
Nonmetropolitan | 61.1 | 3.4 | 50.6 | 4.6 | 58.7 | 5.4 | DSU | DSU | |
Micropolitan | 66.4 | 3.8 | 52.4 | 7.0 | DSU | DSU | DSU | DSU | |
Noncore | 52.3 | 5.9 | DSU | DSU | DSU | DSU | DSU | DSU | |
Language spoken most often at home | English | 60.0 | 1.7 | 54.0 | 3.4 | 58.8 | 2.7 | 63.7 | 2.6 |
Other | 53.1 | 3.9 | 49.7 | 4.7 | DSU | DSU | DSU | DSU | |
Perceived health status | Excellent/very good/good | 58.2 | 2.2 | 51.1 | 3.8 | 54.3 | 3.2 | 63.9 | 3.1 |
Fair/poor | 60.8 | 2.3 | 54.5 | 3.6 | 66.1 | 3.9 | 60.5 | 4.1 | |
Activity limitationsd | Basic activities | 63.6 | 2.8 | 61.3 | 4.7 | 68.3 | 4.4 | 60.5 | 4.7 |
Complex activities | 66.3 | 2.7 | 63.1 | 4.6 | 70.0 | 4.6 | 63.8 | 5.1 | |
Neither basic nor complex activities | 56.1 | 2.1 | 46.1 | 3.8 | 52.8 | 3.2 | 62.6 | 3.0 |
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.