Table 9_1_3-2d

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_3.2d
Adults with obesity who ever received advice from a health provider to exercise more, 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		58.7	0.9	51.3	1.6	57.3	1.3	63.3	1.2
Age	18–44	48.7	1.3	40.4	2.7	45.5	2.0	55.2	1.9
	45–64	68.0	1.2	60.7	2.8	68.6	1.7	70.0	1.6
	65 and over	64.5	2.1	59.7	3.2	63.3	3.4	69.8	3.6
Gender	Male	53.9	1.2	44.6	2.4	52.4	1.8	58.9	1.8
Gender	Female	63.3	1.0	57.1	1.8	61.6	1.6	67.9	1.5
Race	White, single race	59.0	1.0	50.3	1.9	57.5	1.5	63.9	1.4
	Black, single race	56.8	1.6	51.4	2.8	56.4	2.6	60.1	2.4
	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	64.9	5.4	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Ethnicity	Non-Hispanic, all races	60.5	1.0	55.3	2.1	58.4	1.4	63.9	1.3
	Non-Hispanic, White	61.4	1.1	55.3	2.7	59.3	1.6	64.7	1.5
	Non-Hispanic, Black	56.9	1.6	52.5	2.8	55.9	2.6	60.2	2.4
	Hispanic, all races	48.6	1.9	43.4	2.4	49.6	3.7	56.8	3.8
Family income^b	Negative/poor	49.7	2.0	50.9	3.0	51.0	3.1	45.5	3.8
	Near poor/low	55.8	1.6	52.7	2.7	53.7	2.6	63.5	3.1
	Middle	56.0	1.6	49.3	2.8	55.1	2.5	60.2	2.2
	High	65.3	1.4	52.7	5.0	64.9	2.2	67.0	1.7
Employment status, ages 18–64	Employed	56.5	1.0	44.3	2.3	54.7	1.7	61.1	1.4
Employment status, ages 18–64	Not employed	62.0	1.8	55.6	2.6	61.3	2.6	69.7	2.8
Health insurance, ages 18–64	Any private	61.0	1.1	50.3	2.8	59.5	1.6	64.0	1.4
	Public only	60.1	2.2	58.9	2.9	59.7	3.4	63.1	4.4
	Uninsured	41.2	2.1	38.9	3.3	41.1	3.1	45.3	3.8
Health insurance, age 65 and over	Medicare only	60.1	3.7	57.4	5.0	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	Medicare and private	68.0	2.9	61.8	5.1	69.9	4.4	69.8	4.5
	Medicare and other public	59.0	4.5	59.5	5.8	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Residence location^c	Metropolitan	59.7	1.0	51.0	1.8	58.7	1.6	64.2	1.4
	Large central metro	60.3	1.5	50.4	2.6	57.8	2.8	67.2	2.4
	Large fringe metro	60.2	2.0	51.6	4.0	60.5	3.0	62.7	2.6
	Medium metro	58.2	1.8	50.6	4.0	58.8	2.7	61.0	2.7
	Small metro	60.8	3.2	52.8	4.8	56.6	5.2	67.6	4.6
	Nonmetropolitan	54.5	2.1	52.2	3.6	52.6	2.9	58.2	2.9
	Micropolitan	55.9	2.2	54.6	4.7	56.5	3.0	55.9	3.8
	Noncore	51.9	4.3	49.0	5.2	45.3	5.8	62.6	5.2
Language spoken most often at home	English	60.2	0.9	55.0	1.9	58.5	1.3	63.5	1.3
Language spoken most often at home	Other	43.6	2.4	40.0	2.9	38.7	4.7	59.3	5.0
Perceived health status	Excellent/very good/good	56.0	1.0	45.8	1.9	54.2	1.4	61.1	1.4
Perceived health status	Fair/poor	70.2	1.5	64.0	2.6	69.6	2.4	76.9	2.5
Activity limitations^c	Basic activities	73.3	1.4	67.2	2.6	74.0	2.3	77.7	2.2
	Complex activities	71.9	1.8	67.4	3.3	72.4	3.1	75.6	3.0
	Neither basic nor complex activities	55.0	1.0	44.7	1.9	52.9	1.5	60.6	1.5

^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_3-2d: 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_3-2d.html