Table 9_1_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 9_1_1.2d
Adult current smokers with a checkup in the last 12 months who received advice to quit smoking, 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		64.5	1.2	66.7	2.2	64.7	2.1	62.7	2.3
Age	18–44	52.7	2.1	52.0	4.0	52.7	3.6	53.2	3.8
	45–64	73.2	1.6	77.6	3.0	72.2	2.7	71.6	2.6
	65 and over	76.1	2.9	78.9	4.8	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Gender	Male	62.4	1.9	62.0	3.6	61.9	3.3	63.2	3.6
Gender	Female	66.3	1.7	71.0	2.6	67.3	2.9	62.2	3.0
Race	White, single race	63.9	1.5	67.1	2.6	65.1	2.4	60.7	2.6
	Black, single race	67.0	2.5	65.2	5.0	61.5	4.6	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	65.3	1.3	67.8	2.5	66.0	2.2	63.1	2.3
	Non-Hispanic, White	64.9	1.6	69.1	2.8	66.4	2.5	61.1	2.6
	Non-Hispanic, Black	67.0	2.5	65.3	5.1	61.5	4.6	DSU	DSU
	Hispanic, all races	53.7	3.8	59.2	5.5	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Family income^b	Negative/poor	62.9	2.6	62.0	3.7	67.3	4.7	DSU	DSU
	Near poor/low	66.6	3.1	66.7	4.4	68.3	4.6	64.5	6.4
	Middle	63.8	2.2	65.7	4.7	63.9	3.3	62.3	3.9
	High	64.8	2.6	DSU	DSU	62.9	4.3	63.3	3.6
Employment status, ages 18–64	Employed	60.6	1.6	61.8	3.6	60.2	2.7	60.6	2.8
Employment status, ages 18–64	Not employed	69.3	2.4	68.0	3.8	70.7	3.9	69.3	4.7
Health insurance, ages 18–64	Any private	63.7	1.8	66.2	4.2	63.6	3.0	63.0	2.7
	Public only	70.1	2.7	74.2	3.4	68.1	5.1	DSU	DSU
	Uninsured	50.3	3.8	46.4	5.6	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Health insurance, age 65 and over	Medicare only	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	Medicare and private	74.3	4.3	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	Medicare and other public	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Residence location^c	Metropolitan	65.4	1.4	68.3	2.5	66.0	2.5	63.1	2.6
	Large central metro	61.9	2.5	64.9	4.0	61.7	4.5	59.9	4.5
	Large fringe metro	66.7	3.3	DSU	DSU	65.0	4.5	67.7	5.4
	Medium metro	69.2	2.8	72.4	5.7	72.1	5.0	64.2	4.2
	Small metro	64.6	4.3	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	Nonmetropolitan	60.6	3.0	61.6	4.7	60.2	4.4	60.2	4.9
	Micropolitan	60.3	3.7	DSU	DSU	58.1	5.4	DSU	DSU
	Noncore	61.4	4.8	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Language spoken most often at home	English	65.0	1.3	68.6	2.3	64.7	2.2	63.0	2.3
Language spoken most often at home	Other	53.5	4.9	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Perceived health status	Excellent/very good/good	61.2	1.5	62.7	3.0	60.3	2.4	61.2	2.6
Perceived health status	Fair/poor	76.4	2.2	73.7	3.4	82.8	3.2	71.4	5.0
Activity limitations^c	Basic activities	79.1	2.1	80.3	2.7	85.3	3.0	71.1	4.6
	Complex activities	79.3	2.6	80.8	3.5	85.6	3.2	DSU	DSU
	Neither basic nor complex activities	60.3	1.5	59.3	2.9	59.9	2.6	61.2	2.7

^a 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 9_1_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/nhqrdr09/9_lifestyle_modification/T9_1_1-2d.html