Table 16_3_6-3

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_6.3
People unable to get or delayed in getting needed dental care due to financial or insurance reasons, 2002-2007
		2007		2006		2005		2004		2003		2002
Population group		Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE
Total		77.4	1.5	75.6	1.4	75.7	1.4	73.0	1.6	72.3	1.7	73.2	1.3
Age	0-17	73.4	4.4	72.3	4.1	71.2	3.8	68.0	3.9	68.6	3.8	66.4	3.6
	18-44	82.3	1.9	77.2	1.9	79.1	1.8	76.1	2.0	73.3	2.1	78.6	1.6
	45-64	78.3	2.3	79.1	2.0	74.4	2.4	72.9	2.4	73.6	2.5	69.5	2.2
	65 and over	53.8	5.4	57.3	5.2	66.8	4.6	61.2	4.9	69.9	4.6	62.9	4.1
Gender	Male	77.4	2.0	75.8	1.7	76.1	2.0	71.9	2.3	71.2	2.2	73.7	1.8
Gender	Female	77.5	1.8	75.5	1.7	75.4	1.7	73.9	1.7	73.2	1.9	72.9	1.6
Race	White, single race	78.2	1.7	75.8	1.6	75.6	1.6	75.5	1.7	72.7	2.0	73.8	1.4
	Black, single race	74.5	3.1	74.0	3.0	75.5	2.7	62.2	4.1	72.1	3.5	71.4	3.6
	Asian, single race	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	NHOPI, single race	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	AI/AN, single race	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	Multiple races	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Ethnicity	Non-Hispanic, all races	76.6	1.7	74.5	1.6	73.9	1.6	71.6	1.7	71.3	1.8	72.3	1.5
	Non-Hispanic, White	77.2	2.0	74.4	1.9	73.5	1.9	73.9	1.9	70.9	2.2	73.0	1.6
	Non-Hispanic, Black	74.5	3.2	73.9	3.1	75.3	2.8	63.0	4.2	72.9	3.6	70.7	3.7
	Hispanic, all races	82.4	2.7	83.1	3.1	85.8	2.6	81.6	2.5	79.2	3.5	79.1	3.1
Family income^a	Negative/poor	82.6	2.5	84.6	2.4	83.4	2.0	81.4	2.5	81.6	2.5	82.9	2.1
	Near poor/low	79.6	2.6	84.4	2.0	86.5	2.0	79.2	2.6	82.2	2.3	85.5	1.9
	Middle	81.8	2.3	75.6	2.3	75.4	2.9	77.9	2.1	73.8	2.8	75.1	2.8
	High	63.7	4.3	59.0	3.5	55.5	3.7	45.3	4.1	48.7	4.3	48.5	3.0
Education^b	Less than high school	82.4	2.5	84.9	2.4	83.5	2.2	82.1	2.2	81.8	2.6	81.9	2.1
	High school graduate	83.9	2.1	79.2	2.3	79.0	2.1	76.8	2.4	76.2	2.5	75.3	2.1
	At least some college	70.9	2.4	68.9	2.5	70.6	2.4	65.5	2.7	65.5	2.7	69.4	2.0
Employment status, ages 18-64	Employed	79.4	1.8	77.1	1.8	76.5	1.7	73.3	1.9	70.5	2.0	74.2	1.6
Employment status, ages 18-64	Not employed	84.0	2.4	80.5	2.3	80.2	2.3	79.6	2.6	82.3	2.5	79.4	2.4
Health insurance, ages 18-64	Any private	72.6	2.4	68.8	2.2	65.9	2.4	64.0	2.4	61.2	2.5	65.5	2.1
	Public only	75.4	3.1	77.1	3.1	79.1	2.7	74.9	3.1	75.4	2.8	79.4	2.5
	Uninsured	92.3	1.7	93.3	1.5	93.9	1.2	91.6	2.0	93.6	1.3	89.1	1.8
Health insurance, age 65 and over	Medicare only	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	Medicare and private	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	Medicare and other public	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Location of residence^c	Metropolitan	77.3	1.6	75.9	1.6	77.1	1.4	73.3	1.8	72.5	1.9	73.7	1.4
	Large central metro	73.9	2.9	77.5	2.4	77.8	2.0	74.0	2.8	75.4	2.6	75.0	2.1
	Large fringe metro	76.1	3.4	75.5	3.1	71.9	3.1	70.7	3.6	63.8	3.7	71.2	3.4
	Medium metro	80.5	2.9	73.7	3.7	78.5	2.9	73.3	3.5	74.2	3.4	73.8	2.7
	Small metro	82.7	5.0	76.3	4.6	85.7	3.2	77.5	3.8	79.8	3.3	74.0	4.0
	Nonmetropolitan	78.5	3.8	74.6	3.0	69.2	4.2	71.4	3.8	71.2	4.0	70.5	3.4
	Micropolitan	77.0	4.7	76.4	3.4	71.5	4.9	71.6	4.1	69.9	5.2	73.2	4.2
	Noncore	DSU	DSU	70.7	5.0	66.0	7.2	71.1	6.2	73.6	4.9	64.9	5.2
Language spoken most often at home	English	77.1	1.7	75.3	1.5	74.3	1.5	72.2	1.7	71.6	1.8	72.2	1.4
Language spoken most often at home	Other	80.1	3.4	79.0	4.5	86.2	3.3	79.4	4.7	78.6	3.1	82.0	3.1
Perceived health status	Excellent/very good/good	76.7	1.8	74.4	1.7	73.5	1.6	71.2	1.7	70.5	1.9	72.1	1.5
Perceived health status	Fair/poor	79.9	2.6	80.2	1.9	83.4	1.9	79.6	2.7	80.0	2.8	77.5	2.6
Activity limitations^c	Basic activities	80.4	2.6	75.7	2.6	82.1	2.1	80.6	2.3	80.0	2.7	72.8	2.7
	Complex activities	81.1	2.7	77.5	2.9	84.0	2.3	78.9	3.0	79.2	3.3	74.0	3.2
	Neither basic nor complex activities	77.5	1.8	76.0	1.8	74.7	1.7	71.1	1.9	70.8	1.9	74.6	1.5

^a 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.

^b 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.

^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_3_6-3: 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_6-3.html