Table 4_1_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 4_1_3.1
Adults who received a blood cholesterol measurement in the last 5 years,^a United States, 1998 and 2003
		2003		1998
Population group		Percent	SE	Percent	SE
Total		73.2	0.3	67.0	0.3
Age (not age adjusted)	18–44	59.0	0.6	53.0	0.5
	45–64	86.7	0.4	80.8	0.5
	65 and over	93.0	0.4	87.3	0.5
Race	AI/AN only	68.3	4.8	DNC	DNC
	Asian only	75.5	1.7	DNC	DNC
	NHOPI only	DSU	DSU	DNC	DNC
	Black only	75.2	1.0	DNC	DNC
	White only	72.7	0.4	DNC	DNC
	Multiple races	76.1	2.6	DNC	DNC
Ethnicity	Hispanic, all races	68.4	0.8	59.1	0.9
	Non-Hispanic, all races	73.9	0.4	67.9	0.4
	Non-Hispanic, Black	75.3	1.0	DNC	DNC
	Non-Hispanic, White	73.4	0.4	DNC	DNC
Gender	Male	71.0	0.5	64.2	0.5
Gender	Female	75.3	0.4	69.7	0.4
Health insurance,^b ages 50–64, not age adjusted	Private	73.4	0.4	67.1	0.4
	Public only	70.3	1.0	61.5	1.2
	Uninsured	51.9	0.8	42.9	0.9
Health insurance, age 65 and over, not age adjusted	Medicare and private	94.8	0.5	89.8	0.6
	Medicare and public	92.6	1.1	86.0	1.5
	Medicare only	88.9	1.1	80.2	1.3
Family income^c	Negative/poor	64.1	0.9	55.3	0.9
	Near poor/low	66.0	0.8	59.5	0.8
	Middle	72.2	0.6	66.4	0.6
	High	79.4	0.5	73.5	0.5
Education	Less than high school	66.4	0.9	57.9	0.9
	High school graduate	74.2	0.6	68.6	0.6
	At least some college	83.6	0.4	78.2	0.4
Residence location^d	Urban	74.3	0.4	68.4	0.4
Residence location^d	Rural	70.0	0.7	63.3	0.8

^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.

DSU - Data do not meet the criteria for statistical reliability, data quality, or confidentiality.

DNC - Data were not collected.

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 4_1_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/nhqrdr09/4_heartdiseases/T4_1_3-1.html