Table 16_1_4-3b
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.
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| Total | All races | White | Black | Hispanic, all races | |||||||
| Population group | Percent | SE | Percent | SE | Percent | SE | Percent | SE | Percent | SE | |
| Total | 56.0 | 0.9 | 58.3 | 0.9 | 61.3 | 1.0 | 37.2 | 2.1 | 25.2 | 2.1 | |
| Gender | Female | 55.4 | 1.0 | 57.9 | 1.0 | 61.3 | 1.1 | 35.9 | 2.3 | 22.6 | 2.3 |
| Male | 56.7 | 1.0 | 58.8 | 1.1 | 61.4 | 1.2 | 39.2 | 2.9 | 28.6 | 2.7 | |
| Family incomeb | Negative/poor | 22.9 | 2.0 | 26.6 | 2.2 | 33.5 | 3.0 | 12.5 | 3.6 | DSU | DSU |
| Near poor/low | 46.3 | 1.6 | 49.4 | 1.7 | 53.2 | 1.9 | 28.7 | 3.4 | 17.1 | 2.9 | |
| Middle | 61.8 | 1.4 | 63.3 | 1.4 | 65.3 | 1.6 | 49.5 | 4.2 | 35.2 | 4.4 | |
| High | 66.5 | 1.5 | 67.1 | 1.5 | 67.6 | 1.6 | 63.4 | 5.5 | 51.3 | 5.7 | |
| Education | Less than high school | 44.1 | 1.4 | 48.9 | 1.6 | 55.5 | 1.8 | 22.4 | 2.8 | 16.6 | 2.1 |
| High school graduate | 58.0 | 1.3 | 59.4 | 1.3 | 61.9 | 1.4 | 39.9 | 3.7 | 29.6 | 4.2 | |
| At least some college | 63.0 | 1.3 | 63.8 | 1.3 | 64.6 | 1.4 | 58.4 | 3.8 | 44.3 | 4.8 | |
| Location of residencec | Metropolitan | 55.1 | 1.0 | 57.8 | 1.0 | 61.1 | 1.1 | 38.3 | 2.2 | 24.3 | 2.2 |
| Large central metro | 40.8 | 1.7 | 44.9 | 1.9 | 48.3 | 2.3 | 35.1 | 2.9 | 18.4 | 2.7 | |
| Large fringe metro | 61.9 | 1.6 | 62.9 | 1.7 | 65.2 | 1.8 | 44.8 | 4.5 | 37.8 | 6.1 | |
| Medium metro | 61.2 | 1.9 | 63.3 | 2.0 | 66.0 | 1.9 | 38.1 | 5.5 | 24.3 | 4.7 | |
| Small metro | 62.7 | 2.9 | 63.6 | 3.2 | 65.6 | 3.3 | 38 | 8.2 | 45.4 | 7.7 | |
| Micropolitan (nonmetro) | 58.0 | 3.2 | 58.4 | 3.3 | 60.4 | 3.5 | 25.2 | 6.5 | DSU | DSU | |
| Noncore (nonmetro) | 61.1 | 3.0 | 62.3 | 3.3 | 64.5 | 3.4 | DSU | DSU | DSU | DSU | |
| Activity limitationsc | Basic activities | 51.6 | 1.3 | 54.1 | 1.3 | 58.2 | 1.4 | 27.9 | 3.1 | 19.4 | 3.3 |
| Complex activities | 48.3 | 2.6 | 51.1 | 2.7 | 55.7 | 3.0 | 27.0 | 5.6 | DSU | DSU | |
| Neither basic nor complex activities | 60.2 | 1.2 | 62.2 | 1.3 | 64.3 | 1.4 | 45.1 | 3.5 | 29.2 | 3.9 | |
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: SE: standard error.
Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Health Statistics, National Health Interview Survey.
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