Table 16_1_4-2

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_4.2
Adults age 65 and over with any private health insurance,^a United States, 1999-2004
		2004		2003		2002		2001		2000		1999
Population group		Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE
Total		60.1	0.7	62.7	0.7	60.9	0.7	63.1	0.7	63.4	0.6	64.1	0.7
Race	AI/AN only	31.9	7.8	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	32.6	8.3	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	Asian only	41.2	4.1	40.2	3.8	40.7	4.5	41.3	4.0	42.9	4.4	33.6	3.9
	NHOPI only	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	Black only	34.9	1.9	37.6	1.7	36.5	1.8	38.3	1.8	36.1	1.7	40.9	1.9
	White only	63.0	0.8	65.7	0.7	64.3	0.7	66.7	0.7	67.2	0.6	67.6	0.7
	Multiple races	62.5	6.2	53.0	6.3	55.1	5.7	48.5	5.8	65.5	6.5	55.6	6.8
Ethnicity	Hispanic, all races	24.6	1.8	24.0	1.8	23.8	1.6	25.3	1.7	24.6	1.9	27.4	1.9
	Non-Hispanic, all races	62.4	0.7	65.1	0.7	63.1	0.7	65.2	0.7	65.5	0.6	66.2	0.7
	Non-Hispanic, Black	35.0	1.9	37.6	1.7	36.6	1.9	38.3	1.8	36.1	1.7	41.1	1.9
	Non-Hispanic, White	65.7	0.8	68.6	0.7	66.4	0.8	68.8	0.7	69.1	0.7	69.7	0.7
Gender	Female	59.2	0.8	61.6	0.7	59.9	0.8	62.3	0.7	62.5	0.7	63.8	0.7
Gender	Male	61.2	0.9	64.1	0.8	62.2	0.9	64.2	0.8	64.7	0.8	64.4	0.9
Family income^b	Negative/poor	29.4	2.3	33.2	1.9	30.7	1.6	32.9	2.1	34.1	1.9	31.8	2.0
	Near poor/low	53.0	1.3	54.6	1.4	52.8	1.4	55.2	1.4	54.7	1.1	53.9	1.2
	Middle	65.5	1.1	68.6	1.1	68.8	1.0	68.8	1.0	71.0	1.0	71.1	1.0
	High	73.2	1.2	74.9	1.2	71.2	1.2	75.4	1.1	75.7	1.2	77.3	1.1
Education	Less than high school	46.0	1.2	47.7	1.1	47.9	1.1	52.2	1.1	51.6	1.1	50.8	1.1
	High school graduate	63.1	1.0	68.1	1.0	64.9	1.0	67.3	1.0	67.8	1.0	69.7	1.0
	At least some college	69.0	1.0	70.7	1.0	70.1	1.0	72.8	1.0	72.9	0.9	74.2	1.0
Location of Residence	Urban	58.3	0.8	61.8	0.8	59.6	0.8	61.1	0.8	61.3	0.8	62.6	0.8
Location of Residence	Rural	64.5	1.4	64.8	1.3	64.4	1.2	68.4	1.2	68.8	1.2	68.2	1.2

^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.

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.

Page last reviewed October 2014

Internet Citation: Table 16_1_4-2: 2010 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports. October 2014. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. http://archive.ahrq.gov/research/findings/nhqrdr/nhqrdr10/16_facilitators_barriers/T16_1_4-2.html