Table 9_1_1-2b

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 9_1_1.2b
Adult current smokers with a checkup in the last 12 months who received advice to quit smoking, by ethnicity, United States, 2006
				Non-Hispanic
		Total		All races		White		Black		Hispanic, all races
Population group		Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE
Total		64.4	1.2	65.3	1.3	64.9	1.6	67.0	2.5	53.4	3.8
Age	18–44	52.5	2.1	53.7	2.2	53.3	2.6	53.0	4.8	40.8	5.7
	45–64	73.4	1.6	74.0	1.7	73.4	2.0	77.2	3.7	DSU	DSU
	65 and over	75.5	3.0	75.1	3.1	74.9	3.5	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Gender	Male	62.5	1.9	64.3	2.0	63.1	2.4	66.4	3.7	45.0	5.4
Gender	Female	66.2	1.7	66.2	1.8	66.4	2.1	67.6	3.6	66.3	4.9
Family income^a	Negative/poor	62.7	2.6	61.6	2.8	60.7	4.0	64.5	3.9	DSU	DSU
	Near poor/low	66.8	3.0	69.7	3.1	68.8	3.5	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	Middle	64.0	2.2	65.0	2.3	65.1	2.5	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	High	64.6	2.6	65.3	2.6	64.6	2.9	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Education^b	Less than high school	66.7	2.2	67.8	2.5	69.1	2.8	65.3	5.1	59.2	5.5
	High school graduate	64.7	2.1	66.0	2.2	66.4	2.5	61.5	4.6	DSU	DSU
	At least some college	62.7	2.3	63.1	2.3	61.1	2.6	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Employment status, ages 18–64	Employed	60.8	1.6	61.9	1.8	61.8	2.0	59.4	3.8	47.4	4.7
Employment status, ages 18–64	Not employed	69.0	2.4	69.9	2.5	69.1	3.2	74.1	3.8	DSU	DSU
Health insurance, ages 18–64	Any private	63.8	1.8	64.7	1.9	64.4	2.1	63.1	4.0	50.1	5.8
	Public only	69.9	2.7	70.8	2.7	71.0	3.8	71.7	3.9	DSU	DSU
	Uninsured	50.3	3.7	52.0	4.1	51.2	5.0	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Health insurance, age 65 and over	Medicare only	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	Medicare and private	74.3	4.3	74.0	4.4	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	Medicare and other public	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Residence location^c	Metropolitan	65.5	1.4	66.5	1.5	66.1	1.9	67.0	2.7	54.9	4.0
	Large central metro	61.6	2.5	63.5	2.9	61.0	4.1	67.3	3.7	51.9	4.6
	Large fringe metro	66.9	3.3	66.6	3.4	66.6	3.8	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	Medium metro	69.4	2.8	70.2	2.9	70.5	3.1	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	Small metro	64.9	4.2	65.9	4.3	65.4	4.8	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	Nonmetropolitan	60.3	2.9	61.0	3.0	61.0	3.3	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	Micropolitan	59.7	3.7	60.4	3.7	60.0	4.2	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	Noncore	61.4	4.8	62.4	4.9	63.1	5.3	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Language spoken most often at home	English	65.0	1.3	65.5	1.3	65.1	1.5	67.1	2.5	53.7	5.5
Language spoken most often at home	Other	54.0	4.8	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	52.6	5.5
Perceived health status	Excellent/very good/good	61.2	1.5	62.2	1.6	61.9	1.8	61.3	3.5	48.5	4.7
Perceived health status	Fair/poor	76.3	2.2	76.8	2.3	76.6	2.7	80.4	4.0	DSU	DSU
Activity limitations^c	Basic activities	78.3	2.2	78.5	2.3	76.4	2.9	85.3	3.6	DSU	DSU
	Complex activities	78.9	2.6	79.6	2.7	77.6	3.4	86.3	3.6	DSU	DSU
	Neither basic nor complex activities	60.4	1.6	61.3	1.7	61.9	1.9	57.1	3.6	50.6	4.1

^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.

^b 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.

^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: 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 9_1_1-2b: 2009 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports. March 2010. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. http://www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/nhqrdr/nhqrdr09/9_lifestyle_modification/T9_1_1-2b.html