Table 6_4_3-3
2009 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports
1999–2004 | 1988–1994 | ||||
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Population group | Percent | SE | Percent | SE | |
Total | 17.7 | 1.0 | 19.4 | 1.4 | |
Gender | Male | 17.4 | 1.1 | 18.5 | 1.5 |
Female | 18.0 | 1.3 | 20.3 | 2.0 | |
Ethnicity | Mexican American | 26.2 | 1.6 | 31.8 | 1.7 |
Non-Hispanic, Black | 23.1 | 1.4 | 31.2 | 2.4 | |
Non-Hispanic, White | 14.2 | 1.5 | 14.6 | 1.7 | |
Family incomea | Negative/poor | 27.2 | 2.3 | 32.0 | 2.8 |
Near poor/low | 25.4 | 2.2 | 26.1 | 3.9 | |
Middle | 13.0 | 1.3 | 11.6 | 1.6 | |
High | 7.2 | 1.1 | 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.