Table 1_3_3-1

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_3_3.1
Adults age 50 and over who received a fecal occult blood test in the last 2 years,^a United States, 1998-2008
		2008		2005		2003		2000		1998
Population group		Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE
Total		14.7	0.5	17.1	0.4	22.1	0.5	24.0	0.5	34.6	0.6
Age	50-64	13.1	0.6	15.1	0.5	19.6	0.6	21.9	0.6	31.4	0.7
Age	65 and over	16.5	0.7	19.4	0.6	25.2	0.7	26.6	0.8	38.5	0.8
Race	AI/AN only	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	25.8	6.9	DNC	DNC
	Asian only	15.3	2.2	12.9	2.3	18.3	3.0	24.4	3.6	DNC	DNC
	NHOPI only	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	�DSU	DSU	DNC	DNC
	Black only	13.7	1.1	15.7	1.2	22.3	1.3	20.5	1.3	DNC	DNC
	White only	14.9	0.5	17.4	0.5	22.1	0.5	24.6	0.5	DNC	DNC
	Multiple races	DSU	DSU	17.5	4.3	28.9	5.5	20.4	5.2	DNC	DNC
Ethnicity	Hispanic, all races	11.4	1.2	12.1	1.3	15.4	1.3	13.5	1.2	23.2	1.6
	Non-Hispanic, all races	14.9	0.5	17.5	0.4	22.6	0.5	24.7	0.5	35.4	0.6
	Non-Hispanic, Black	13.6	1.1	15.7	1.2	22.3	1.3	20.4	1.3	DNC	DNC
	Non-Hispanic, White	15.2	0.5	17.9	0.5	22.7	0.6	25.2	0.6	DNC	DNC
Gender	Male	15.2	0.7	17.3	0.6	22.8	0.8	23.2	0.8	35.7	0.8
Gender	Female	14.3	0.6	17.0	0.5	21.7	0.6	24.9	0.6	33.9	0.7
Health insurance,^b ages 50-64	Private	13.5	0.7	16.1	0.6	21.2	0.7	23.7	0.7	33.9	0.8
	Public only	17.1	1.6	18.0	1.5	21.4	1.6	22.6	2.0	30.8	2.0
	Uninsured	6.7	1.3	6.7	0.9	7.3	1.0	9.2	1.2	14.4	1.6
Health insurance, age 65 and over	Medicare and private	17.6	1.0	20.8	0.8	26.3	0.9	28.5	1.0	42.0	0.9
	Medicare and public	15.9	1.7	20.8	1.7	25.5	1.9	20.7	2.0	31.7	2.1
	Medicare only	14.6	1.3	16.2	1.2	22.7	1.4	23.4	1.3	30.5	1.7
Family income^c	Negative/poor	10.6	1.1	11.3	1.1	15.0	1.2	15.6	1.3	23.0	1.6
	Near poor/low	13.1	1.0	15.4	0.9	17.5	0.9	20.3	1.1	29.3	1.3
	Middle	14.2	0.8	18.0	0.8	22.3	0.8	23.5	0.9	33.5	0.9
	High	16.9	0.9	18.7	0.7	26.2	0.9	29.0	1.0	41.2	1.0
Education	Less than high school	11.7	0.9	12.4	0.8	15.4	0.9	16.6	0.8	25.6	0.9
	High school graduate	12.7	0.7	16.5	0.7	21.3	0.8	22.9	0.8	33.6	0.9
	At least some college	17.2	0.7	19.9	0.6	26.2	0.7	29.1	0.8	40.7	0.8
Location of residence^d	Metropolitan	15.3	0.5	DNA	DNA	DNA	DNA	DNA	DNA	DNA	DNA
	Large central metro	15.6	0.9	16.4	0.8	DNA	DNA	DNA	DNA	DNA	DNA
	Large fringe metro	14.7	1.0	16.4	0.8	DNA	DNA	DNA	DNA	DNA	DNA
	Medium metro	16.1	1.0	19.5	0.9	DNA	DNA	DNA	DNA	DNA	DNA
	Small metro	14.1	1.4	17.5	1.3	DNA	DNA	DNA	DNA	DNA	DNA
	Micropolitan (nonmetropolitan)	13.5	1.5	16.4	1.4	DNA	DNA	DNA	DNA	DNA	DNA
	Noncore (nonmetropolitan)	10.7	1.4	15.0	1.3	DNA	DNA	DNA	DNA	DNA	DNA
Activity limitations^d	Basic activities	14.6	0.8	DNA	DNA	DNA	DNA	DNA	DNA	DNA	DNA
	Complex activities	14.6	1.1	DNA	DNA	DNA	DNA	DNA	DNA	DNA	DNA
	Neither basic nor complex activities	15.3	0.6	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.

DNC - Data have not been collected.

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_3_3-1: 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_3_3-1.html