Table 8_3_1-2d

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 8_3_1.2d
People with current asthma who are now taking preventive medicine daily or almost daily (either oral or inhaler), by education,^a United States, 2006
		Total		Less than high school		High school graduate		At least some college
Population group		Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE
Total		31.8	1.5	31.2	2.6	33.3	2.9	31.1	2.2
Age	18–44	23.7	2.1	22.4	4.0	25.6	4.0	23.1	2.9
	45–64	33.9	2.3	25.9	4.0	32.6	4.1	37.8	3.5
	65 and over	47.6	3.5	53.1	5.9	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Gender	Male	27.1	2.3	29.5	4.3	30.9	5.1	24.0	3.0
Gender	Female	34.4	1.9	32.2	3.3	34.6	3.3	35.3	2.8
Race	White, single race	33.8	1.7	32.6	3.1	36.0	3.2	33.1	2.5
	Black, single race	23.4	3.1	26.3	5.1	DSU	DSU	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	32.9	1.6	32.0	2.9	34.7	3.1	32.1	2.3
	Non-Hispanic, White	35.2	1.9	33.9	3.6	37.7	3.5	34.2	2.6
	Non-Hispanic, Black	24.3	3.2	26.2	5.1	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	Hispanic, all races	21.5	3.3	27.1	5.1	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Family income^b	Negative/poor	31.3	3.2	29.7	4.3	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	Near poor/low	32.5	3.0	29.4	4.1	35.7	5.8	DSU	DSU
	Middle	30.2	2.8	DSU	DSU	30.0	4.8	27.8	4.2
	High	32.8	2.7	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	31.3	3.1
Employment status, ages 18–64	Employed	27.0	1.9	23.6	4.4	26.3	4.1	28.1	2.5
Employment status, ages 18–64	Not employed	30.2	2.6	24.0	3.7	33.7	4.9	33.2	4.5
Health insurance, ages 18–64	Any private	29.0	2.0	DSU	DSU	31.9	4.3	29.3	2.4
	Public only	29.6	2.9	26.8	3.9	28.9	5.2	DSU	DSU
	Uninsured	17.8	4.2	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Health insurance, age 65 and over	Medicare only	46.9	6.5	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	Medicare and private	49.5	5.1	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	Medicare and other public	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Residence location^c	Metropolitan	32.7	1.8	31.3	3.2	35.3	3.5	31.8	2.3
	Large central metro	28.1	2.4	33.3	4.7	31.4	4.9	24.0	3.5
	Large fringe metro	37.6	4.1	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	38.1	4.6
	Medium metro	29.9	3.5	26.6	5.4	DSU	DSU	30.4	4.0
	Small metro	42.4	5.8	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	Nonmetropolitan	27.5	2.9	30.6	4.3	26.3	5.4	DSU	DSU
	Micropolitan	29.7	3.8	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	Noncore	23.0	4.0	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Language spoken most often at home	English	32.1	1.6	31.5	2.8	33.5	2.9	31.5	2.2
Language spoken most often at home	Other	23.7	4.9	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Perceived health status	Excellent/very good/good	29.7	1.8	28.5	3.7	30.0	3.4	29.9	2.4
Perceived health status	Fair/poor	37.3	2.9	34.7	3.8	40.1	4.9	36.8	4.9
Activity limitations,^c age 18 and over	Basic activities	37.7	2.7	34.0	3.9	39.1	4.9	39.2	5.4
	Complex activities	38.6	3.3	26.8	4.6	49.1	5.8	DSU	DSU
	Neither basic nor complex activities	29.5	1.8	30.4	3.7	28.9	3.3	29.5	2.4

^a People age 18 and over. 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.

^b 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.

^c 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.

Current as of March 2010

Internet Citation: Table 8_3_1-2d: 2009 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports. March 2010. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. http://www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/nhqrdr/nhqrdr09/8_respiratorydiseases/T8_3_1-2d.html