Table 1_3_1-2b

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_3_1.2b
Adults age 50 and over who received colorectal cancer screening,^a by ethnicity, United States, 2008
				Non-Hispanic						Hispanic, all races
		Total		All races		White		Black		Hispanic, all races
Population group		Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE
Total		60.1	0.6	61.7	0.7	63.1	0.7	54.8	1.8	42.8	1.9
Age	50-64	54.7	0.9	56.7	0.9	58.0	1.0	50.6	2.3	35.9	2.4
Age	65 and over	66.5	0.8	67.6	0.9	69.1	0.9	59.8	2.6	50.9	2.9
Gender	Female	58.6	0.8	60.1	0.9	61.3	1.0	55.8	2.4	41.9	2.6
Gender	Male	62.0	0.9	63.7	1.0	65.3	1.0	53.8	2.7	44.2	2.9
Health insurance,^b ages 50-64.	Private	60.2	1.0	61.3	1.0	62.2	1.1	55.1	3.2	44.4	3.5
	Public only	52.4	2.0	53.0	2.1	55.2	2.7	50.4	4.1	48.2	5.6
	Uninsured	26.6	2.2	30.2	2.7	29.8	3.2	31.3	5.1	13.3	2.9
Health insurance, age 65 and over, not age adjusted	Medicare and private	71.3	1.1	71.5	1.1	71.7	1.2	70.5	3.7	64.9	7.1
	Medicare and public	61.7	2.4	64.9	2.7	70.3	3.1	55.6	5.2	44.9	5.7
	Medicare only	59.8	1.6	60.8	1.7	62.7	1.9	52.8	4.6	50.4	4.5
Family income^c	Negative/poor	41.8	1.9	44.6	2.2	49.2	2.5	40.2	3.9	29.8	4.1
	Near poor/low	50.4	1.4	52.5	1.6	53.1	1.9	52.5	3.7	39.0	3.5
	Middle	58.5	1.2	59.3	1.3	59.9	1.4	56.5	3.8	49.4	3.8
	High	69.1	1.0	70.0	1.1	70.4	1.1	68.4	3.2	49.6	4.2
Education	Less than high school	43.8	1.5	46.8	1.7	48.7	2.1	45.0	3.5	33.8	2.6
	High school graduate	57.2	1.1	57.8	1.2	59.1	1.3	50.9	3.3	46.3	4.4
	At least some college	67.5	0.8	68.2	0.8	69.0	0.9	66.8	2.5	54.2	3.4
Location of residence^d	Metropolitan	60.9	0.7	62.7	0.8	64.4	0.8	56.3	1.9	43.9	2.0
	Large central metro	56.3	1.3	59.1	1.5	62.2	1.8	53.8	2.9	42.1	2.8
	Large fringe metro	63.1	1.3	64.2	1.4	64.3	1.5	61.0	3.3	45.2	5.3
	Medium metro	63.4	1.2	64.8	1.3	66.4	1.4	59.8	4.0	46.5	4.4
	Small metro	61.1	2.3	62.3	2.4	64.1	2.3	48.0	5.8	47.1	6.3
	Micropolitan (nonmetropolitan)	59.1	2.3	59.8	2.3	60.5	2.4	46.5	6.4	DSU	DSU
	Noncore (nonmetropolitan)	54.3	1.9	55.6	2.0	56.5	2.1	40.4	6.5	DSU	DSU
Activity limitations^d	Basic activities	60.7	1.1	62.2	1.2	63.5	1.3	55.2	2.9	45.3	3.7
	Complex activities	58.5	1.5	60.0	1.6	61.6	1.8	52.6	4.2	43.3	5.3
	Neither basic nor complex activities	60.7	0.8	62.4	0.9	63.7	0.9	55.5	2.3	41.6	2.5

^a Cancer screening determined if received colonoscopy, sigmoidoscopy, proctoscopy, or a fecal occult blood test in the last 2 years. 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: 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_3_1-2b: 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_3_1-2b.html