Table 16_3_2-2

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_3_2.2
People with a specific source of ongoing care,^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		86.7	0.2	87.9	0.2	87.6	0.2	88.0	0.2	87.0	0.2	86.4	0.2
Age	0-17	94.6	0.3	94.6	0.3	93.8	0.3	94.1	0.3	92.9	0.3	93.3	0.3
	18-44	77.4	0.4	79.3	0.4	78.9	0.4	79.9	0.4	78.9	0.4	77.8	0.4
	45-64	88.9	0.4	90.2	0.4	90.8	0.3	90.7	0.3	89.5	0.4	88.7	0.4
	65 and over	95.8	0.3	96.6	0.3	96.1	0.3	96.2	0.3	95.7	0.3	94.9	0.3
Race	AI/AN only	83.3	2.4	85.2	2.4	87.0	2.4	88.8	2.3	86.4	2.4	83.3	3.0
	Asian only	85.7	1.3	85.7	1.2	82.1	1.4	86.7	1.1	84.6	1.2	82.1	1.5
	NHOPI only	80.9	6.2	DSU	DSU	85.9	4.6	77.6	6.1	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	Black only	86.3	0.6	86.8	0.6	86.8	0.6	88.3	0.5	86.1	0.6	85.5	0.5
	White only	86.8	0.3	88.1	0.2	88.4	0.2	88.6	0.2	87.8	0.3	87.1	0.2
	Multiple races	87.9	1.8	87.5	1.6	85.0	1.7	84.9	1.7	84.7	1.9	86.4	2.0
Ethnicity	Hispanic, all races	75.9	0.6	78.0	0.6	76.8	0.7	76.7	0.7	75.8	0.8	77.3	0.7
	Non-Hispanic, all races	88.6	0.2	89.6	0.2	89.3	0.2	89.9	0.2	88.7	0.2	87.7	0.2
	Non-Hispanic, Black	86.5	0.6	87.1	0.6	86.8	0.6	88.4	0.5	86.1	0.6	85.6	0.5
	Non-Hispanic, White	89.2	0.3	90.3	0.2	90.2	0.2	90.4	0.2	89.4	0.3	88.4	0.2
Gender	Male	83.4	0.3	84.5	0.3	84.3	0.3	84.9	0.3	83.6	0.3	82.2	0.3
Gender	Female	89.9	0.3	91.1	0.2	90.7	0.2	91.1	0.2	90.3	0.2	90.5	0.2
Health insurance,^b ages 0-64	Private	92.0	0.2	92.7	0.2	92.7	0.2	92.8	0.2	91.8	0.2	90.5	0.2
	Public only	91.2	0.5	93.3	0.5	91.0	0.6	91.4	0.6	91.8	0.6	91.2	0.5
	Uninsured	55.9	0.8	59.1	0.8	58.0	0.8	59.2	0.8	58.8	0.8	57.9	0.8
Health insurance, age 65 and over	Medicare and private	97.8	0.3	97.9	0.3	97.1	0.3	97.1	0.3	97.1	0.3	95.8	0.4
	Medicare and public	96.5	0.7	96.8	0.7	95.9	0.7	96.2	0.8	94.7	1.0	94.0	1.2
	Medicare only	93.6	0.7	93.9	0.8	95.4	0.6	94.6	0.6	93.2	0.7	93.8	0.8
Family income^c	Negative/poor	77.1	0.7	81.1	0.6	79.6	0.7	78.3	0.7	78.9	0.7	77.7	0.7
	Near poor/low	80.9	0.6	82.1	0.6	81.8	0.6	82.0	0.5	80.5	0.6	80.3	0.6
	Middle	87.6	0.4	88.1	0.4	88.5	0.4	88.9	0.3	88.1	0.4	87.5	0.4
	High	92.1	0.3	92.9	0.3	92.3	0.3	93.3	0.2	91.9	0.3	91.0	0.3
Education, age 25 and over	Less than high school	74.1	0.8	77.6	0.7	77.6	0.8	77.4	0.7	77.1	0.8	77.4	0.7
	High school graduate	85.3	0.5	85.5	0.5	86.7	0.5	87.1	0.4	85.2	0.5	84.5	0.5
	At least some college	89.5	0.3	90.9	0.3	90.1	0.3	91.0	0.3	89.9	0.3	88.7	0.3

^a Estimates are age adjusted to the 2000 standard population.� Age data and health insurance data for age 65 and over are unadjusted.

^b A small number of people who were covered by both public and private health insurance plans were included in the "private" category only.��

^c 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_3_2-2: 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_3_2-2.html