Table 16_1_1-3a

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_1.3a
People under age 65 with health insurance,^a by race, United States, 2008
				Single race
		Total		White		Black		Asian		NHOPI		AI/AN		Multiple races
Population group		Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE
Total		83.2	0.3	83.3	0.3	82.0	0.6	86.1	0.9	77.4	5.8	71.6	3.3	84.2	1.7
Age	0-17	91.0	0.4	90.4	0.5	92.4	0.7	93.7	1.0	DSU	DSU	89.1	3.2	92.7	1.8
	18-44	75.6	0.4	75.9	0.5	73.3	0.9	83.2	1.2	63.5	8.4	54.8	4.8	73.0	2.9
	45-64	86.4	0.3	87.3	0.4	83.0	0.9	84.2	1.5	DSU	DSU	72.0	4.7	79.1	3.6
Gender	Female	84.6	0.3	84.9	0.4	83.2	0.7	87.0	0.9	85.2	6.8	73.9	3.5	85.4	1.9
Gender	Male	81.7	0.3	81.8	0.4	80.6	0.7	85.1	1.2	71.7	6.2	69.2	3.9	83.0	2.1
Family income^b	Negative/poor	71.0	0.9	68.0	1.2	77.7	1.4	78.5	3.5	DSU	DSU	72.8	5.9	78.7	4.8
	Near poor/low	69.4	0.7	67.7	0.9	75.1	1.5	75.5	2.8	DSU	DSU	59.3	5.2	73.6	4.7
	Middle	83.4	0.5	83.4	0.5	83.9	1.0	83.4	2.1	DSU	DSU	76.2	4.8	88.0	2.2
	High	93.8	0.3	94.1	0.3	91.6	0.9	94.1	1.0	DSU	DSU	87.6	4.9	91.2	1.7
Education, ages 25-64	Less than high school	56.9	0.9	54.7	1.0	69.6	2.1	71.4	4.4	DSU	DSU	44.1	5.6	53.9	8.7
	High school graduate	78.5	0.5	79.8	0.6	74.9	1.2	73.0	2.8	DSU	DSU	64.8	7.1	63.7	5.2
	At least some college	89.0	0.3	89.9	0.3	83.8	0.8	88.2	1.0	DSU	DSU	73.4	4.7	85.5	2.2
Location of residence^c	Metropolitan	83.6	0.3	83.7	0.4	82.3	0.6	85.8	1.0	77.6	6.2	74.8	3.3	85.0	1.7
	Large central metro	81.2	0.5	80.5	0.6	82.0	0.9	85.5	1.2	78.0	7.6	69.3	6.6	88.5	2.1
	Large fringe metro	86.4	0.5	87.2	0.6	81.8	1.1	85.7	2.3	DSU	DSU	80.2	7.8	87.8	2.3
	Medium metro	83.7	0.7	83.7	0.7	83.9	1.3	86.2	2.1	DSU	DSU	84.0	4.9	81.4	4.2
	Small metro	82.9	1.2	83.5	1.3	81.4	1.6	88.4	3.5	DSU	DSU	68.0	3.1	75.1	6.2
	Micropolitan (nonmetropolitan)	81.4	1.0	81.8	1.1	78.1	3.1	89.8	4.8	DSU	DSU	61.9	6.7	86.9	4.0
	Noncore (nonmetropolitan)	80.2	1.4	80.9	1.5	80.8	3.1	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	66.2	10.2	64.8	10.2
Activity limitations,^c ages 18-64	Basic activities	84.9	0.8	84.4	0.9	86.3	1.7	88.0	4.2	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	91.5	4.4
	Complex activities	83.7	0.7	83.6	0.8	85.6	1.4	88.2	4.0	DSU	DSU	76.6	5.7	76.6	5.1
	Neither basic nor complex activities	81.2	0.4	81.9	0.5	77.0	1.0	85.7	1.3	DSU	DSU	59.4	5.4	74.6	3.6

^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.

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: 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_1-3a: 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_1-3a.html