Table 16_1_4-3a

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_4.3a
Adults age 65 and over with any private 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		56.0	0.9	58.6	1.0	36.9	2.0	40.9	3.4	DSU	DSU	33.7	6.7	54.0	6.8
Gender	Female	55.4	1.0	58.4	1.1	35.4	2.3	37.1	3.7	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Gender	Male	56.7	1.0	58.9	1.1	39.4	2.9	45.7	3.9	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Family income^b	Negative/poor	22.9	2.0	27.4	2.5	12.1	3.5	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	Near poor/low	46.3	1.6	49.5	1.8	28.7	3.3	32.2	7.8	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	Middle	61.8	1.4	63.5	1.5	49.5	4.2	41.5	5.8	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	High	66.5	1.5	67.0	1.6	63.6	5.4	60.0	5.1	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Education	Less than high school	44.1	1.4	49.0	1.7	22.3	2.7	27.4	5.8	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	High school graduate	58.0	1.3	60.4	1.4	39.5	3.7	34.8	5.0	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	At least some college	63.0	1.3	63.7	1.3	58.6	3.8	54.5	4.5	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Location of residence^c	Metropolitan	55.1	1.0	57.8	1.1	38.1	2.2	40.2	3.2	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	Large central metro	40.8	1.7	42.8	2.0	34.4	2.9	33.3	4.2	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	Large fringe metro	61.9	1.6	64.1	1.7	44.5	4.5	45.2	8.7	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	Medium metro	61.2	1.9	63.5	1.9	38.9	5.5	52.8	7.0	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	Small metro	62.7	2.9	64.5	3.1	38.0	8.2	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	Micropolitan (nonmetro)	58.0	3.2	60.0	3.4	25.2	6.5	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	Noncore (nonmetro)	61.1	3.0	63.4	3.3	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Activity limitations^c	Basic activities	51.6	1.3	55.0	1.3	28.0	3.1	35.8	6.5	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	Complex activities	48.3	2.6	52.3	2.8	26.5	5.5	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	Neither basic nor complex activities	60.2	1.2	62.2	1.3	44.8	3.5	53.4	5.2	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU

^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_4-3a: 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_4-3a.html