Table 4_1_1-1

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 4_1_1.1
Adults who received a blood pressure measurement in the last 2 years and can state whether their blood pressure was normal or high,^a United States, 1998 and 2003
		2003		1998
Population group		Percent	SE	Percent	SE
Total		90.4	0.2	90.1	0.2
Age (not age adjusted)	18–44	88.0	0.3	88.8	0.3
	45–64	92.4	0.3	91.5	0.3
	65 and over	94.3	0.4	92.1	0.4
Race	AI/AN only	89.1	3.0	DNC	DNC
	Asian only	87.1	1.4	DNC	DNC
	NHOPI only	DSU	DSU	DNC	DNC
	Black only	92.0	0.5	DNC	DNC
	White only	90.3	0.3	DNC	DNC
	Multiple races	89.4	1.9	DNC	DNC
Ethnicity	Hispanic, all races	83.2	0.7	83.6	0.7
	Non-Hispanic, all races	91.7	0.2	91.0	0.2
	Non-Hispanic, Black	92.1	0.5	DNC	DNC
	Non-Hispanic, White	91.9	0.3	DNC	DNC
Gender	Male	87.7	0.3	87.5	0.3
Gender	Female	93.0	0.2	92.7	0.3
Health insurance,^b ages 50–64, not age adjusted	Private	92.6	0.3	92.2	0.3
	Public only	93.1	0.5	91.7	0.7
	Uninsured	77.6	0.7	77.3	0.8
Health insurance, age 65 and over, not age adjusted	Medicare and private	95.1	0.4	93.4	0.5
	Medicare and public	94.8	0.9	90.1	1.2
	Medicare only	91.7	0.9	89.0	0.9
Family income^c	Negative/poor	85.9	0.7	85.1	0.7
	Near poor/low	87.1	0.6	86.6	0.6
	Middle	90.2	0.5	90.0	0.4
	High	93.2	0.4	93.4	0.3
Education	Less than high school	82.9	0.7	83.7	0.7
	High school graduate	90.8	0.4	89.6	0.4
	At least some college	93.7	0.2	92.9	0.3
Residence location^d	Urban	90.2	0.3	90.1	0.2
Residence location^d	Rural	91.1	0.5	90.2	0.5

^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.

DNC - Data were not collected.

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: stanard error.

Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Health Statistics, National Health Interview Survey.

Current as of March 2010

Internet Citation: Table 4_1_1-1: 2009 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports. March 2010. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. http://www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/nhqrdr/nhqrdr09/4_heartdiseases/T4_1_1-1.html