Table 16_3_2-3a

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_3_2.3a
People with a specific source of ongoing care,^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		86.1	0.3	86.3	0.4	84.7	0.7	87.5	1.0	DSU	DSU	83.4	3.0	83.2	2.2
Age	0-17	94.3	0.3	94.4	0.4	93.7	0.7	95.2	1.0	DSU	DSU	90.3	4.2	95.1	1.8
	18-44	75.9	0.6	76.2	0.7	73.7	1.4	77.2	2.0	DSU	DSU	76.8	5.7	73.6	4.8
	45-64	89.1	0.4	89.5	0.5	87.2	1.3	90.5	1.8	DSU	DSU	81.5	6.0	76.8	5.2
	65 and over	96.3	0.3	96.1	0.4	96.6	0.9	98.8	0.6	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Gender	Female	89.9	0.3	90.1	0.4	88.5	0.8	90.4	1.2	DSU	DSU	87.2	4.2	87.4	2.3
Gender	Male	82.2	0.5	82.6	0.5	80.1	1.1	84.5	1.4	DSU	DSU	79.5	3.7	76.4	3.8
Health insurance,^b ages 0-64	Private	91.4	0.4	91.7	0.4	90.1	0.9	90.8	1.0	DSU	DSU	91.7	3.7	89.4	2.2
	Public only	90.9	0.7	90.5	0.8	90.0	1.4	96.7	1.3	DSU	DSU	95.0	2.2	97.9	1.0
	Uninsured	55.0	1.1	55.6	1.2	53.4	2.6	47.7	4.3	DSU	DSU	61.2	6.1	40.1	7.2
Health insurance, age 65 and over	Medicare and private	97.7	0.3	97.8	0.4	96.0	1.8	98.4	1.2	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	Medicare and public	96.4	0.9	96.1	1.1	95.7	2.1	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	Medicare only	94.3	0.6	93.7	0.8	98.1	0.9	98.7	0.9	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Family income^c	Negative/poor	77.5	0.9	76.9	1.1	79.8	1.6	76.8	3.4	DSU	DSU	80.6	6.5	72.9	8.1
	Near poor/low	78.3	0.8	77.7	1.0	81.2	1.6	77.0	3.0	DSU	DSU	80.8	5.3	74.8	4.9
	Middle	87.0	0.5	87.2	0.6	86.1	1.2	87.8	2.1	DSU	DSU	88.0	3.7	86.7	3.6
	High	92.1	0.4	92.2	0.4	90.4	1.2	94.5	1.2	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	86.7	3.2
Education, age 25 and over	Less than high school	74.2	1.0	72.8	1.2	80.5	2.3	80.3	4.2	DSU	DSU	81.1	5.9	DSU	DSU
	High school graduate	82.2	0.7	82.8	0.8	79.3	1.8	85.0	3.7	DSU	DSU	78.0	6.5	72.4	6.3
	At least some college	88.9	0.4	89.2	0.4	87.8	1.0	88.7	1.4	DSU	DSU	84.7	4.7	86.0	3.0
Location of residence^d	Metropolitan	86.1	0.3	86.4	0.4	84.8	0.7	87.5	1.0	DSU	DSU	80.6	3.4	83.7	2.3
	Large central metro	84.5	0.5	83.9	0.7	85.4	1.1	86.8	1.4	DSU	DSU	81.2	4.7	83.6	3.4
	Large fringe metro	88.5	0.6	89.3	0.6	83.6	1.5	88.9	1.9	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	86.8	4.7
	Medium metro	85.7	0.7	85.8	0.8	85.8	1.5	87.9	2.0	DSU	DSU	81.0	5.1	79.9	4.4
	Small metro	86.0	1.1	86.7	1.1	82.9	2.4	86.0	4.1	DSU	DSU	73.5	5.9	84.8	6.5
	Micropolitan (nonmetropolitan)	84.4	1.0	85.0	1.1	80.5	1.9	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	79.0	6.7
	Noncore (nonmetropolitan)	89.0	1.5	88.5	1.6	93.9	1.9	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	92.0	3.8	DSU	DSU
Activity limitations,^d age 18 and over	Basic activities	89.3	0.9	88.9	1.1	90.0	1.8	87.4	5.0	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	95.5	2.7
	Complex activities	85.9	1.1	85.9	1.2	84.3	2.7	80.6	8.0	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	94.3	3.2
	Neither basic nor complex activities	83.2	0.4	83.6	0.4	81.3	0.9	84.6	1.3	DSU	DSU	79.8	4.2	76.3	3.4

^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.

^d 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_3_2-3a: 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_3_2-3a.html