Table 16_1_3-1

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_3.1
People under age 65 with any private health insurance,^a United States, 2005-2008
		2008		2007		2006		2005
Population group		Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE
Total		65.6	0.5	66.8	0.4	66.3	0.5	68.2	0.4
Age	0-17	58.4	0.7	59.8	0.7	59.4	0.7	62.1	0.6
	18-44	64.4	0.5	65.5	0.5	65.0	0.5	66.6	0.4
	45-64	74.3	0.5	75.5	0.5	75.2	0.5	76.9	0.4
Race	AI/AN only	30.7	3.6	36.4	5.1	36.3	4.2	43.0	3.9
	Asian only	74.3	1.3	73.2	1.4	72.1	1.4	72.2	1.4
	NHOPI only	48.1	7.8	52.4	8.5	69.7	9.2	63.8	10.0
	Black only	50.0	0.9	51.8	1.0	51.3	1.0	52.9	0.9
	White only	68.5	0.5	69.7	0.5	69.1	0.5	70.9	0.4
	Multiple races	58.0	2.2	52.7	2.1	54.0	2.3	57.6	2.3
Ethnicity	Hispanic, all races	39.9	0.9	41.7	0.9	40.0	0.9	42.4	0.8
	Non-Hispanic, all races	70.8	0.5	71.7	0.5	71.3	0.5	73.0	0.4
	Non-Hispanic, Black	50.6	1.0	52.3	1.0	52.2	1.0	53.1	0.9
	Non-Hispanic, White	75.3	0.5	76.2	0.5	75.6	0.6	77.3	0.4
Gender	Female	65.9	0.5	67.1	0.5	66.7	0.5	68.4	0.4
Gender	Male	65.3	0.5	66.4	0.5	65.9	0.5	68.0	0.4
Family income^b	Negative/poor	19.2	1.1	21.4	1.2	21.4	1.1	21.4	0.9
	Near poor/low	38.1	0.9	40.0	0.8	42.8	0.9	44.7	0.8
	Middle	72.3	0.6	73.2	0.6	74.9	0.6	74.8	0.5
	High	90.1	0.4	91.0	0.3	89.8	0.4	90.6	0.3
Education, ages 25-64	Less than high school	33.4	0.8	36.7	0.9	37.9	0.9	39.0	0.8
	High school graduate	64.4	0.7	65.6	0.6	66.3	0.7	68.3	0.6
	At least some college	82.3	0.4	82.3	0.4	82.2	0.4	83.4	0.3
Location of residence^c	Metropolitan	66.5	0.5	67.8	0.5	67.5	0.5	DNA	DNA
	Large central metro	62.6	0.8	64.1	0.8	62.2	0.8	63.3	0.6
	Large fringe metro	73.9	0.9	75.8	0.9	75.9	0.9	77.2	0.7
	Medium metro	65.1	1.1	65.9	1.1	66.7	1.1	67.0	1.0
	Small metro	62.4	1.8	63.6	1.6	64.5	1.9	67.0	1.6
	Micropolitan (nonmetropolitan)	60.9	1.7	62.1	1.6	61.2	1.7	65.8	1.4
	Noncore (nonmetropolitan)	61.3	2.2	59.3	2.3	58.9	2.2	63.2	1.6
Activity limitations,^c ages 18-64	Basic activities	39.3	1.2	46.8	1.2	43.2	1.2	DNA	DNA
	Complex activities	37.2	1.0	39.4	1.0	39.1	1.1	DNA	DNA
	Neither basic nor complex activities	73.5	0.5	72.6	0.5	72.0	0.5	DNA	DNA

^a Estimates are age adjusted to the 2000 standard population.� Age data are unadjusted.

^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_3-1: 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_3-1.html