Table 6_4_3-1
2009 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports
1999–2004 | 1988–1994 | ||||
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Population group | Percent | SE | Percent | SE | |
Total | 20.6 | 1.3 | 19.1 | 1.2 | |
Gender | Male | 21.2 | 1.9 | 19.3 | 1.3 |
Female | 20.0 | 1.5 | 18.9 | 1.5 | |
Ethnicity | Mexican American | 31.2 | 1.6 | 34.9 | 1.7 |
Non-Hispanic, Black | 24.4 | 2.1 | 24.7 | 1.9 | |
Non-Hispanic, White | 17.0 | 1.7 | 13.8 | 1.6 | |
Family incomea | Negative/poor | 30.8 | 2.0 | 30.2 | 2.7 |
Near poor/low | 23.2 | 3.1 | 24.3 | 2.2 | |
Middle | 18.2 | 2.1 | 10.7 | 1.0 | |
High | 6.3 | 1.5 | DSU | DSU |
a 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.
DSU - Data do not meet the criteria for statistical reliability, data quality, or confidentiality.
Key: SE: standard error.
Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Health Statistics, National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey.