Table 1_2_1-1

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 1_2_1.1
Women age 18 and over who received a Pap smear in the last 3 years,^a United States, 1999-2008
		2008		2005		2003		2000		1999
Population group		Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE
Total		75.6	0.5	77.9	0.4	79.2	0.4	81.3	0.4	80.8	0.4
Age	18-44	81.8	0.7	83.6	0.6	83.9	0.5	84.9	0.5	86.8	0.5
	45-64	78.8	0.8	80.6	0.6	81.3	0.7	84.6	0.6	81.7	0.7
	65 and over	50.1	1.3	54.9	1.0	60.8	1.0	64.6	0.9	61.0	0.9
Race	AI/AN only	67.5	4.8	71.2	5.5	84.3	4.8	76.1	5.7	88.6	3.1
	Asian only	64.4	2.0	63.9	2.7	67.8	2.6	65.7	2.9	64.1	2.9
	NHOPI only	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	Black only	79.3	1.2	80.0	1.0	82.8	0.9	84.1	0.8	84.2	0.9
	White only	75.8	0.5	78.2	0.4	79.1	0.4	81.7	0.4	81.1	0.4
	Multiple races	74.5	3.5	83.9	2.8	79.4	3.6	78.4	3.7	86.2	3.0
Ethnicity	Hispanic, all races	73.7	1.3	74.4	1.1	74.6	1.1	76.6	1.1	75.8	1.0
	Non-Hispanic, all races	76.0	0.5	78.6	0.4	80.0	0.4	82.0	0.4	81.6	0.4
	Non-Hispanic, Black	79.3	1.2	80.2	1.0	82.6	1.0	84.1	0.8	84.5	0.9
	Non-Hispanic, White	76.6	0.6	79.1	0.5	80.2	0.5	82.5	0.4	81.8	0.4
Health insurance,^b ages 18-64	Private	84.3	0.6	86.3	0.5	86.8	0.5	87.5	0.4	87.2	0.5
	Public only	79.8	1.3	80.0	1.1	83.1	1.0	85.6	1.1	84.2	1.1
	Uninsured	66.3	1.4	66.9	1.1	65.8	1.2	69.7	1.1	72.3	1.1
Health insurance, age 65 and over	Medicare and private	51.2	1.7	56.9	1.3	62.7	1.2	67.8	1.1	63.4	1.1
	Medicare and public	46.1	3.0	56.6	2.7	60.9	2.6	58.8	2.9	55.4	3.0
	Medicare only	50.3	2.0	50.3	1.9	56.5	2.0	58.7	1.9	57.4	1.9
Family income^c	Negative/poor	68.1	1.4	67.9	1.1	69.7	1.1	72.7	1.1	73.4	1.1
	Near poor/low	67.1	1.3	70.8	0.9	73.1	0.9	75.3	0.9	74.8	0.9
	Middle	74.2	0.9	78.8	0.7	79.3	0.7	80.6	0.7	80.8	0.7
	High	82.8	0.8	83.2	0.7	84.8	0.7	87.0	0.7	85.8	0.7
Education, age 25 and over	Less than high school	66.3	1.5	67.6	1.1	67.7	1.1	73.7	1.0	71.2	1.0
	High school graduate	72.0	1.1	75.7	0.8	77.5	0.7	80.9	0.6	80.3	0.7
	At least some college	81.3	0.6	83.1	0.5	84.7	0.5	86.4	0.5	85.8	0.5
Location of residence^d	Metropolitan	76.3	0.5	DNA	DNA	DNA	DNA	DNA	DNA	DNA	DNA
	Large central metro	75.2	0.9	77.8	0.7	DNA	DNA	DNA	DNA	DNA	DNA
	Large fringe metro	78.1	0.9	79.0	0.8	DNA	DNA	DNA	DNA	DNA	DNA
	Medium metro	76.3	1.1	77.5	0.9	DNA	DNA	DNA	DNA	DNA	DNA
	Small metro	74.8	1.6	80.8	1.0	DNA	DNA	DNA	DNA	DNA	DNA
	Micropolitan (nonmetropolitan)	72.2	1.7	76.7	1.3	DNA	DNA	DNA	DNA	DNA	DNA
	Noncore (nonmetropolitan)	74.0	1.9	73.6	1.5	DNA	DNA	DNA	DNA	DNA	DNA
Activity limitations,^d age 18 and over	Basic activities	71.5	1.6	DNA	DNA	DNA	DNA	DNA	DNA	DNA	DNA
	Complex activities	66.4	1.7	DNA	DNA	DNA	DNA	DNA	DNA	DNA	DNA
	Neither basic nor complex activities	78.2	0.5	DNA	DNA	DNA	DNA	DNA	DNA	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 1_2_1-1: 2010 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports. February 2011. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. http://www.ahrq.gov/research/findings/nhqrdr/nhqrdr10/1_cancer/T1_2_1-1.html