Table 16_3_5-1

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_5.1
People in fair or poor health with a specific source of ongoing care,^a United States, 2005-2008
		2008		2007		2006		2005
Population group		Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE
Total		85.3	1.0	84.5	1.1	85.0	1.0	87.2	0.9
Age	0-17	93.8	1.8	91.6	2.2	92.3	2.5	93.8	2.3
	18-44	74.9	2.1	73.7	2.2	73.9	1.9	78.3	1.6
	45-64	88.8	1.1	89.9	1.0	89.3	1.0	89.7	0.9
	65 and over	96.3	0.7	96.2	0.6	97.8	0.4	97.5	0.4
Race	AI/AN only	DSU	DSU	82.3	4.3	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	Asian only	80.1	7.3	77.4	4.3	89.9	3.5	88.6	4.5
	NHOPI only	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	Black only	85.7	2.1	83.3	2.0	86.4	1.9	86.7	2.0
	White only	85.5	1.2	85.0	1.4	84.6	1.3	87.5	1.0
	Multiple races	75.8	7.2	86.1	4.5	82.5	6.7	87.3	4.5
Ethnicity	Hispanic, all races	76.8	2.6	81.2	2.1	76.0	1.9	82.6	1.4
	Non-Hispanic, all races	87.4	1.1	85.2	1.3	87.4	1.2	88.2	1.1
	Non-Hispanic, Black	85.5	2.1	83.1	2.1	87.0	1.9	86.6	2.1
	Non-Hispanic, White	88.2	1.4	86.5	1.9	87.5	1.7	89.0	1.4
Gender	Male	80.8	1.8	82.3	1.8	81.2	1.7	83.5	1.4
Gender	Female	88.9	1.1	86.2	1.3	88.2	1.1	90.0	1.2
Health insurance,^b ages 0-64	Private	92.3	1.4	93.2	1.5	93.5	1.0	94.7	0.9
	Public only	93.0	1.2	89.0	2.2	93.9	1.1	93.8	1.1
	Uninsured	55.2	3.6	57.4	4.0	48.5	4.5	58.4	4.0
Health insurance, age 65 and over	Medicare and private	98.0	0.6	97.0	0.8	98.9	0.5	98.1	0.6
	Medicare and public	95.9	1.4	94.9	1.3	97.5	0.9	98.7	0.5
	Medicare only	95.1	1.3	96.4	1.1	97.3	0.9	96.3	1.1
Family income^c	Negative/poor	82.8	1.7	80.3	1.8	82.0	1.7	84.7	1.4
	Near poor/low	82.6	2.2	83.2	2.1	82.9	2.4	86.0	1.9
	Middle	88.8	1.8	85.4	2.3	87.2	2.0	87.9	2.4
	High	90.1	2.4	95.0	1.7	92.9	1.7	92.6	1.7
Education, age 25 and over	Less than high school	79.0	2.4	81.4	2.1	80.6	2.0	80.3	1.6
	High school graduate	88.4	1.5	86.9	1.5	84.5	1.9	88.6	1.4
	At least some college	86.2	1.7	85.5	2.3	88.5	1.4	90.3	1.2
Location of residence^d	Metropolitan	85.5	1.1	84.6	1.2	84.3	1.2	DNA	DNA
	Large central metro	85.6	1.8	84.5	1.7	82.4	1.8	86.1	1.7
	Large fringe metro	85.4	2.9	87.7	1.9	88.8	1.9	85.4	2.6
	Medium metro	84.1	2.0	86.4	1.7	85.6	2.0	87.9	1.5
	Small metro	87.7	2.6	75.6	6.1	80.2	4.2	88.0	2.8
	Micropolitan (nonmetropolitan)	80.3	2.8	83.7	3.8	85.9	2.6	87.0	2.4
	Noncore (nonmetropolitan)	92.7	2.2	83.7	3.1	88.8	2.3	91.8	2.3
Activity limitations,^d age 18 and over	Basic activities	91.8	1.0	86.1	2.9	91.2	1.0	DNA	DNA
	Complex activities	87.6	1.5	85.4	2.1	89.9	1.3	DNA	DNA
	Neither basic nor complex activities	77.3	1.9	78.4	1.7	75.9	1.7	DNA	DNA

^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.

DNA - Data have not been analyzed.

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_5-1: 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_5-1.html