Table 16_1_4-1

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_4.1
Adults age 65 and over 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		56.0	0.9	56.4	0.8	57.2	0.9	59.1	0.7
Race	AI/AN only	33.7	6.7	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	Asian only	40.9	3.4	35.4	3.2	38.6	3.1	38.1	4.1
	NHOPI only	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	Black only	36.9	2.0	36.5	1.9	35.3	1.9	34.7	1.8
	White only	58.6	1.0	59.4	0.9	60.2	1.0	62.2	0.7
	Multiple races	54.0	6.8	49.6	7.1	53.6	7.3	48.9	6.2
Ethnicity	Hispanic, all races	25.2	2.1	26.6	2.2	27.6	2.3	20.9	1.6
	Non-Hispanic, all races	58.3	0.9	58.6	0.9	59.3	0.9	61.7	0.7
	Non-Hispanic, Black	37.2	2.1	36.9	1.9	35.5	1.9	34.8	1.8
	Non-Hispanic, White	61.3	1.0	62.0	1.0	62.7	1.0	65.3	0.7
Gender	Female	55.4	1.0	56.2	0.9	56.6	1.0	58.6	0.7
Gender	Male	56.7	1.0	56.6	1.0	58.1	1.1	59.7	0.8
Family income^b	Negative/poor	22.9	2.0	25.2	2.1	26.8	2.3	29.4	1.8
	Near poor/low	46.3	1.6	47.2	1.6	48.2	1.8	49.9	1.3
	Middle	61.8	1.4	59.6	1.4	63.6	1.5	64.9	1.1
	High	66.5	1.5	70.1	1.5	69.5	1.8	71.6	1.2
Education	Less than high school	44.1	1.4	42.6	1.5	41.7	1.4	42.2	1.1
	High school graduate	58.0	1.3	57.4	1.3	62.5	1.3	63.6	1.0
	At least some college	63.0	1.3	65.7	1.2	64.9	1.3	68.4	0.9
Location of residence^c	Metropolitan	55.1	1.0	55.1	1.0	57.9	0.9	DNA	DNA
	Large central metro	40.8	1.7	42.8	1.7	47.4	1.6	47.4	1.3
	Large fringe metro	61.9	1.6	59.7	1.8	61.4	1.7	62.1	1.4
	Medium metro	61.2	1.9	63.2	1.8	63.7	2.0	64.6	1.5
	Small metro	62.7	2.9	61.1	2.9	66.5	2.9	64.9	1.8
	Micropolitan (nonmetropolitan)	58.0	3.2	60.1	2.4	52.8	3.7	64.3	1.9
	Noncore (nonmetropolitan)	61.1	3.0	62.1	2.9	56.5	3.9	57.1	2.4
Activity limitations^c	Basic activities	51.6	1.3	53.2	1.3	52.6	1.4	DNA	DNA
	Complex activities	48.3	2.6	45.4	2.4	47.9	2.4	DNA	DNA
	Neither basic nor complex activities	60.2	1.2	60.8	1.2	61.5	1.2	DNA	DNA

^a Estimates are age adjusted to the 2000 standard population.

^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.

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_4-1: 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_4-1.html