Table 16_1_5-2d

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_5.2d
People under age 65 who were uninsured all year, by education,^a United States, 2007
		Total		Less than high school		High school graduate		At least some college
Population group		Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE
Total		17.9	0.5	33.6	1.1	21.6	0.7	10.8	0.5
Age	18-44	21.2	0.6	36.8	1.4	26.9	1.0	12.1	0.6
Age	45-64	13.2	0.5	26.9	1.4	14.6	0.9	9.1	0.7
Gender	Male	21.0	0.6	37.7	1.4	24.8	1.0	12.4	0.7
Gender	Female	15.0	0.5	28.6	1.4	18.3	0.8	9.5	0.5
Race	White, single race	18.0	0.5	36.2	1.4	21.1	0.8	10.5	0.5
	Black, single race	19.6	0.9	23.2	2.1	24.1	1.6	13.9	1.2
	Asian, single race	13.7	1.8	DSU	DSU	20.3	3.8	10.1	1.9
	NHOPI, single race	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	AI/AN, single race	26.4	4.9	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	Multiple races	15.3	2.7	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Ethnicity	Non-Hispanic, all races	14.4	0.5	24.6	1.3	18.9	0.7	9.7	0.5
	Non-Hispanic, White	13.4	0.5	25.1	1.7	17.5	0.9	9.1	0.5
	Non-Hispanic, Black	19.7	0.9	23.3	2.1	24.3	1.6	13.9	1.2
	Hispanic, all races	38.5	1.3	49.8	2.0	38.0	2.0	23.4	1.7
Family income^b	Negative/poor	36.8	1.5	38.8	2.3	37.7	2.2	32.8	2.6
	Near poor/low	34.2	1.2	41.3	1.9	34.9	1.8	26.7	1.9
	Middle	18.7	0.7	32.7	2.1	19.3	1.1	13.2	0.9
	High	6.9	0.5	15.6	2.4	10.4	1.0	5.0	0.5
Employment status, ages 18-64	Employed	16.6	0.5	36.9	1.4	20.7	0.8	9.7	0.5
Employment status, ages 18-64	Not employed	22.7	0.9	27.8	1.5	24.1	1.4	17.3	1.3
Location of residence^c	Metropolitan	17.8	0.5	34.3	1.4	22.1	0.8	10.7	0.5
	Large central metro	20.6	0.8	38.9	2.1	25.0	1.3	12.3	0.9
	Large fringe metro	13.3	0.8	26.8	2.5	18.9	1.5	7.8	0.7
	Medium metro	18.7	1.2	33.3	3.1	22.1	1.8	11.7	1.1
	Small metro	18.9	1.6	33.5	4.4	21.1	2.1	11.8	2.0
	Nonmetropolitan	18.5	1.1	30.4	2.2	19.6	1.7	11.8	1.3
	Micropolitan	17.8	1.4	32.3	2.8	18.7	2.3	10.6	1.5
	Noncore	19.9	1.9	27.1	3.6	21.5	2.9	14.4	2.4
Language spoken most often at home	English	14.4	0.4	24.4	1.2	19.0	0.7	9.5	0.5
Language spoken most often at home	Other	42.2	1.7	53.6	2.3	44.0	2.9	26.1	2.2
Perceived health status	Excellent/very good/good	17.6	0.5	35.1	1.3	21.4	0.7	10.5	0.5
Perceived health status	Fair/poor	20.8	1.0	26.8	2.0	22.8	1.7	14.3	1.7
Activity limitations^c	Basic activities	14.4	1.2	21.6	2.9	14.5	1.9	10.1	1.6
	Complex activities	12.9	1.1	16.1	2.1	13.1	1.9	10.2	1.9
	Neither basic nor complex activities	18.2	0.5	35.4	1.2	22.3	0.7	10.9	0.5
U.S. born	Yes	14.7	0.4	25.3	1.2	19.0	0.7	9.6	0.5
U.S. born	No	33.4	1.5	50.8	2.3	38.9	2.3	17.8	1.5

^a Persons age 18 and over. Less than high school refers to fewer than 12 years of education; high school graduate, 12 years of education; and at least some college, more than 12 years of education.

^b Negative/poor refers to household incomes below the Federal poverty line; near poor/low, 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 MEPS entry in Appendix B: Detailed Methods.

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: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Center for Financing, Access, and Cost Trends, Medical Expenditure Panel Survey.

Current as of February 2011

Internet Citation: Table 16_1_5-2d: 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_5-2d.html