Table 9_1_4-2b

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_4.2b
Adults with obesity who ever received advice from a health provider about eating fewer high-fat or high-cholesterol foods, 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		50.3	0.9	51.7	1.0	53.6	1.2	44.9	1.7	42.2	1.6
Age	18–44	36.3	1.2	37.6	1.5	38.5	1.8	33.8	2.3	31.5	1.9
	45–64	60.2	1.3	60.6	1.4	62.2	1.5	54.6	2.4	57.1	3.1
	65 and over	66.0	2.0	65.7	2.2	65.1	2.4	67.7	3.8	69.7	4.6
Gender	Male	48.5	1.3	50.9	1.4	52.2	1.6	41.8	2.9	35.6	2.4
Gender	Female	52.0	1.1	52.6	1.2	55.0	1.4	46.8	1.8	48.7	2.2
Family income^a	Negative/poor	43.3	1.9	43.0	2.1	49.3	2.6	32.0	3.1	44.4	3.8
	Near poor/low	46.6	1.5	49.2	1.9	50.9	2.4	43.0	3.2	38.5	2.7
	Middle	47.4	1.6	48.6	1.7	48.8	2.0	46.9	3.1	41.2	2.8
	High	56.8	1.5	57.6	1.6	58.6	1.7	53.9	3.7	48.1	5.2
Education^b	Less than high school	45.7	1.6	48.7	2.2	50.1	2.9	43.9	3.4	39.9	2.0
	High school graduate	49.2	1.4	50.8	1.5	53.1	1.7	43.1	2.7	38.6	3.0
	At least some college	53.4	1.3	53.6	1.4	54.9	1.5	47.5	2.9	50.8	3.8
Employment status, ages 18–64	Employed	45.6	1.1	47.3	1.3	48.8	1.5	41.8	2.1	36.4	2.0
Employment status, ages 18–64	Not employed	54.0	1.8	55.2	1.9	59.2	2.2	43.9	3.1	48.9	3.2
Health insurance, ages 18–64	Any private	50.3	1.1	51.0	1.3	52.5	1.4	45.7	2.3	44.6	2.6
	Public only	51.3	2.3	51.3	2.5	56.6	3.3	41.6	3.4	51.3	3.9
	Uninsured	32.0	1.8	35.1	2.4	36.6	3.2	29.3	3.3	26.2	2.3
Health insurance, age 65 and over	Medicare only	59.9	3.6	59.2	3.8	58.8	4.2	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	Medicare and private	69.4	2.5	68.7	2.6	67.7	2.8	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	Medicare and other public	65.3	4.4	65.6	5.0	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Residence location^c	Metropolitan	50.8	1.0	52.6	1.2	54.8	1.4	45.4	1.8	42.2	1.7
	Large central metro	51.4	1.6	54.1	1.8	58.9	2.5	46.0	2.4	44.5	2.2
	Large fringe metro	49.8	2.1	50.9	2.5	54.0	2.8	40.3	3.8	42.7	4.3
	Medium metro	51.6	1.9	53.6	2.0	54.2	2.3	49.0	3.8	36.0	4.7
	Small metro	49.5	2.9	50.9	3.3	50.9	3.8	47.2	5.2	37.6	5.1
	Nonmetropolitan	48.2	2.1	48.5	2.1	49.3	2.2	41.5	5.9	42.8	4.0
	Micropolitan	51.0	2.6	51.5	2.7	51.6	3.0	52.0	5.4	44.2	4.8
	Noncore	43.1	3.6	43.3	3.8	45.5	3.9	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Language spoken most often at home	English	51.4	1.0	51.9	1.0	53.6	1.2	45.0	1.7	45.3	2.4
Language spoken most often at home	Other	39.4	2.0	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	38.9	2.1
Perceived health status	Excellent/very good/good	46.6	1.0	48.4	1.1	50.5	1.3	41.0	2.0	36.5	1.8
Perceived health status	Fair/poor	65.3	1.8	65.2	1.8	66.8	2.2	58.5	3.2	65.9	3.4
Activity limitations^c	Basic activities	68.9	1.6	68.9	1.8	69.8	2.1	62.2	3.3	68.8	5.3
	Complex activities	68.4	2.0	67.1	2.2	68.8	2.4	60.4	4.3	80.0	4.5
	Neither basic nor complex activities	45.4	1.0	47.0	1.1	48.9	1.3	40.3	2.0	37.8	1.7

^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_4-2b: 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_4-2b.html