Table 4_1_1-2a

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 4_1_1.2a
Adults who received a blood pressure measurement in the last 2 years and can state whether their blood pressure was normal or high,^a by race, United States, 2008
				Single race
		Total		White		Black		Asian		NHOPI		AI/AN		Multiple races
Population group		Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE	Percent	SE
Total		92.9	0.2	92.7	0.2	93.4	0.5	94.1	0.7	DSU	DSU	92.6	2.4	89.8	2.5
Age	18-44	91.6	0.3	91.5	0.4	92.0	0.9	92.4	1.2	DSU	DSU	90.8	3.3	91.4	3.1
	45-64	93.6	0.3	93.4	0.4	94.5	0.8	96.2	1.0	DSU	DSU	92.1	4.5	93.9	2.4
	65 and over	95.4	0.3	95.4	0.4	96.0	0.9	95.2	1.0	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Gender	Female	94.9	0.2	94.9	0.3	95.0	0.6	95.1	0.9	DSU	DSU	97.4	1.4	92.0	2.6
Gender	Male	90.6	0.4	90.4	0.4	91.5	0.9	92.8	1.2	DSU	DSU	87.5	4.0	85.6	4.8
Health insurance,^b ages 18-64	Private	94.8	0.3	94.6	0.3	95.6	0.6	95.3	0.8	DSU	DSU	96.6	3.2	96.5	1.6
	Public only	94.2	0.6	94.5	0.7	93.9	1.3	97.0	1.3	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	89.2	6.8
	Uninsured	82.0	0.8	81.3	1.0	85.1	2.0	79.6	4.2	DSU	DSU	86.7	6.8	74.7	7.4
Health insurance, age 65 and over	Medicare and private	97.0	0.4	97.0	0.4	97.1	1.2	98.3	1.2	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	Medicare and public	93.4	1.2	93.5	1.3	93.5	2.3	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	Medicare only	93.2	0.8	92.9	0.9	96.6	1.6	90.2	3.3	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Family income^c	Negative/poor	89.7	0.7	89.1	0.9	91.1	1.3	91.3	2.5	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	Near poor/low	89.5	0.6	89.2	0.7	90.6	1.6	89.6	2.4	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	86.0	6.6
	Middle	92.8	0.4	92.3	0.5	95.5	0.8	95.0	1.3	DSU	DSU	95.3	3.9	85.9	5.2
	High	95.0	0.4	94.9	0.4	94.5	1.4	95.7	1.0	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	93.3	3.4
Education, age 25 and over	Less than high school	87.7	0.8	87.4	0.9	88.8	2.0	87.8	3.5	DSU	DSU	92.7	2.9	DSU	DSU
	High school graduate	91.3	0.5	91.2	0.5	93.1	1.1	93.8	1.9	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	69.5	6.8
	At least some college	94.9	0.2	94.6	0.3	96.2	0.5	95.4	0.8	DSU	DSU	96.5	2.7	97.2	1.4
Location of residence^d	Metropolitan	93.0	0.2	92.9	0.3	93.5	0.6	94.0	0.8	DSU	DSU	94.5	2.7	90.1	2.7
	Large central metro	91.6	0.5	91.3	0.6	92.2	0.9	92.9	1.1	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	91.4	3.4
	Large fringe metro	94.3	0.4	94.2	0.5	94.7	1.1	95.6	1.3	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	88.5	6.1
	Medium metro	93.6	0.4	93.4	0.5	94.7	1.1	95.8	1.8	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	88.1	5.2
	Small metro	92.5	0.6	92.4	0.7	93.8	1.8	93.4	3.1	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	Micropolitan (nonmetropolitan)	91.6	0.5	91.6	0.6	92.9	2.1	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
	Noncore (nonmetropolitan)	93.0	0.8	93.0	0.9	93.6	1.5	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU
Activity limitations,^d age 18 and over	Basic activities	94.4	0.7	94.3	0.9	95.0	1.2	96.4	2.3	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	86.0	5.7
	Complex activities	94.6	0.6	94.6	0.7	95.6	1.1	95.1	2.5	DSU	DSU	DSU	DSU	91.8	5.6
	Neither basic nor complex activities	92.7	0.2	92.5	0.3	93.1	0.6	94.0	0.8	DSU	DSU	92.0	2.9	92.4	2.4

^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.

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.

Page last reviewed October 2014

Internet Citation: Table 4_1_1-2a: 2010 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports. October 2014. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. http://archive.ahrq.gov/research/findings/nhqrdr/nhqrdr10/4_heartdiseases/T4_1_1-2a.html