Table 16_1_1-1

2010 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 16_1_1.1
People under age 65 with health insurance,^a United States, 2005-2008
		2008		2007		2006		2005
Population group		Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE
Total		83.2	0.3	83.4	0.3	83.0	0.3	83.6	0.2
Age	0-17	91.0	0.4	91.0	0.4	90.5	0.3	90.7	0.3
	18-44	75.6	0.4	76.1	0.4	75.4	0.4	76.5	0.4
	45-64	86.4	0.3	86.5	0.4	86.8	0.3	87.1	0.3
Race	AI/AN only	71.6	3.3	61.2	6.1	62.0	4.0	67.8	3.0
	Asian only	86.1	0.9	84.6	1.1	85.0	1.0	82.9	1.1
	NHOPI only	77.4	5.8	69.4	8.5	80.1	8.2	80.4	6.3
	Black only	82.0	0.6	83.0	0.5	81.9	0.6	81.6	0.6
	White only	83.3	0.3	83.7	0.3	83.3	0.3	84.1	0.3
	Multiple races	84.2	1.7	85.0	1.4	81.6	1.7	83.5	1.5
Ethnicity	Hispanic, all races	66.7	0.7	68.2	0.7	65.0	0.8	67.0	0.6
	Non-Hispanic, all races	86.5	0.3	86.3	0.3	86.4	0.3	86.6	0.2
	Non-Hispanic, Black	82.1	0.6	83.2	0.5	82.5	0.6	81.7	0.6
	Non-Hispanic, White	87.5	0.3	87.4	0.3	87.5	0.3	88.0	0.3
Gender	Male	81.7	0.3	81.8	0.3	81.2	0.3	82.1	0.3
Gender	Female	84.6	0.3	84.9	0.3	84.7	0.3	85.0	0.2
Family income^b	Negative/poor	71.0	0.9	71.6	0.9	69.8	0.8	69.4	0.7
	Near poor/low	69.4	0.7	70.0	0.8	70.4	0.7	71.4	0.6
	Middle	83.4	0.5	83.1	0.5	84.5	0.5	84.3	0.4
	High	93.8	0.3	94.4	0.2	93.5	0.3	93.7	0.2
Education, age 25 and over	Less than high school	56.9	0.9	59.2	0.9	60.3	0.9	59.9	0.7
	High school graduate	78.5	0.5	78.1	0.5	78.0	0.5	79.7	0.4
	At least some college	89.0	0.3	89.0	0.3	89.1	0.3	89.3	0.2
Location of residence^c	Metropolitan	83.6	0.3	83.9	0.3	83.4	0.3	DNA	DNA
	Large central metro	81.2	0.5	81.6	0.5	80.4	0.5	80.8	0.4
	Large fringe metro	86.4	0.5	87.4	0.5	87.2	0.5	87.3	0.4
	Medium metro	83.7	0.7	83.4	0.6	83.5	0.7	83.8	0.6
	Small metro	82.9	1.2	82.9	1.1	83.1	1.1	83.3	1.0
	Micropolitan (nonmetropolitan)	81.4	1.0	80.4	1.1	82.0	1.0	82.4	0.9
	Noncore (nonmetropolitan)	80.2	1.4	80.8	2.0	78.8	1.5	82.5	1.0
Activity limitations,^c age 18 and over	Basic activities	84.9	0.8	84.5	0.8	84.4	0.8	DNA	DNA
	Complex activities	83.7	0.7	83.0	0.7	83.5	0.7	DNA	DNA
	Neither basic nor complex activities	81.2	0.4	80.3	0.4	80.1	0.4	DNA	DNA

^a Estimates are not adjusted.

^b Negative or poor refers to family incomes below the Federal poverty line for a given household size and composition; near poor/low, over 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 National Health Interview Survey entry in Appendix A, Data Sources.

DNA - Data have not been analyzed.

Key: AI/AN: American Indian or Alaska Native; NHOPI: Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander; SE: standard error.

Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Health Statistics, National Health Interview Survey.

Current as of February 2011

Internet Citation: Table 16_1_1-1: 2010 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports. February 2011. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. http://www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/nhqrdr/nhqrdr10/16_facilitators_barriers/T16_1_1-1.html